Overview

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This is a full-time, permanent role based at our Frenchay campus with the option to work from home on some days.

Responsibilities

You will be responsible for creating, updating and reviewing web content and user experience journeys to ensure content is well structured, accurate and easy to find. Your content will have a consistent look and feel that aligns with the University’s brand identity and content strategy, following user-centred design as a service principle.

Working collaboratively, with an agile mindset, you will use your skills and expertise in content design to create a consistent and coherent experience that brings together insights, data, and research to continually deliver business and user needs.

You will design and create web content that is user-focused, well-structured, and aligned with the University’s brand identity. You will play a crucial role in ensuring a consistent and seamless user experience for current and prospective students by contributing to and using style guides, brand identity, and information architectures. Your deep understanding of users and their needs, informed by research and testing, will enable you to craft content that is clear, accessible, and effective.

You will be joining a dynamic cross-functional team, working closely with web developers, UX designers, marketing managers and subject matter experts to curate content. You will draw on your experience in marketing campaigns to analyse user behaviour, measure performance, and provide valuable insights to improve campaign effectiveness. Collaborating closely with stakeholders, you will identify, analyse, and recommend evidence-based solutions that meet user needs.

Your role will also involve sharing your knowledge of best practices, promoting user-centred design, and agile principles and adhering to the University’s policies on equal opportunities and health and safety.

Additional information on the role includes campus location and interview details as well as working pattern expectations described below.

Location and working pattern

This post is based at our lively Frenchay campus where we have invested in the latest facilities and resources to give both our staff and students access to everything they need to succeed. The role is campus based for 2 days per week, with the opportunity to work from home on the remaining days.

About UWE Bristol

We are one of the largest providers of Higher Education in the South West with 38,000 students and 4,000 staff from right across the globe. Based in vibrant Bristol, our ambitions are to make a positive difference to our planet, transforming futures through actions and solving real world challenges.

We offer a wide range of employee benefits including progressive pay rates, very generous annual leave and career average pension schemes as well as retail savings, onsite nursery and opportunities for training and personal development.

Commitment to diversity and inclusion

UWE Bristol recognises the power of a truly diverse university community. We emphasise an inclusive culture and encourage applications from all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from global majority and female candidates as we are currently under-represented in this area; however, all appointments are made strictly on merit. We are a Disability Confident employer and welcome applications from those who identify as having a disability.

Requirements and process

We ask applicants to describe how their skills and experience relate to the essential and desirable criteria listed in the Person Specification in the Job Description and provide specific examples where possible. Interviews are scheduled to take place at our Frenchay campus on a date still to be confirmed. This is a full-time, permanent post, working 37 hours per week. Salary offers are in line with the University’s guidelines and based on relevant skills and experience. The University requires evidence of eligibility to work in the UK.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Marketing, Public Relations, and Writing/Editing

Industries

• Higher Education

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