Senior Content Designer

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Spring Technology's client, a public sector organisation, are currently looking to recruit a Senior Content Designer for an initial 2 month contract based in Edinburgh on a rate of c.£275-£325/day (inside of IR35).

Responsibilities:

* Work with minimal supervision to create and iterate content for end-to-end services that makes complex language and processes easy to understand and directs others in the pursuit of this as needed.

* Understands and implements as needed appropriate content styles and standards.

* Identifies, analyses, manages and monitors relationships with and between stakeholders, using evidence to explain decisions made and balancing competing priorities.

* Leads the design and implementation of content strategies, directing the evaluation of strategies and policies to ensure business requirements are being met.

* Analyses user research and data to understand users, identifying who they are and what their needs are based on evidence.

* Prioritises and defines approaches to understanding user stories, guiding others in doing so, and proposes design approaches or services to meet these needs.

* Offers recommendations on the best content design tools and methods to use.

Requirements:

* Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with an ability to convey user behaviour, research methods and content subject matter to colleagues and senior members of staff.

* Experience writing for the web with proven ability to create content that is both accessible and usable and with an understanding of various standards.

* Experience establishing a publishing flow with responsibility for all fact checking and on-going accountability for error checking.

* Experience interacting with others to learn about content subject matter.

* An ability to articulate the benefits of a user-centric approach to content creation.

* Experience using predefined taxonomy and meta-data when creating content.

Desirable Skills:

* Experience of using publishing tools and content management systems.

* Experience working in a public sector environment.

* Experience of technical writing.

If you would like to hear more about this opportunity please get in touch with Claire Lorden on 0131 524 9027 or send your CV through to [email protected]

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