Lead Content Designer
| Posting date: | 10 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | £72,664 to £77,740 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 24 June 2025 |
| Location: | LS2 7UA |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 408993/3 |
Summary
Are you passionate about creating user-centred services that truly make a difference?
We’re on the lookout for experienced content designers to shape services that impact millions.
As a Lead Content Designer, you won’t just design content. You’ll set the standards, mentor others, and lead the way in creating user-centred, accessible experiences that put people first.
We want someone who can:
- Guide teams on best practice and strategy.
- Coach user-centred design practitioners and build strong design communities.
- Champion content design and user-centred design across the department.
As a Lead Content Designer, you will:
- Lead on consistency, good practice and standards.
- Build professional relationships to influence strategies and remove impediments to effective working.
- Direct events and initiatives for the DWP or cross-government content design and user-centred design communities.
- Line manage, coach, mentor and develop senior design practitioners.
- Assess design resource needs and oversee recruitment and induction activities.
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