Content Designer

Role Purpose This Content Designer role will sit within the Future of Operational Meteorology Tools & Systems project. The project mission is to deliver up-to-date tools that utilise advances from Science and the new Supercomputer output, to best support Operational Meteorologists in providing insight to customers, so they can stay safe and thrive. The Content Designer will create, evaluate, edit and update content to support the delivery of Met Office products and services. This can range from creating micro-copy to appear on a user interface, to single pieces of distinct content, to providing the content for the end-to-end journey of a service.Responsibilities  Work collaboratively with agile teams to create content to be included in and promote digital products and apply an agile mindset to their work Identify important stakeholders and communicate with them clearly and regularly, tailoring the communication to suit the audience Present content and insights to stakeholders, teams and users to help align and inform decision-making Engage with the Met Office Communications team and contribute to the cross-government content community Use a range of tools and platforms to plan and manage their work Contribute to office-wide content strategies and policies and communicate these with the team Champion user-centred design practices and represent the user in a multidisciplinary team Be an active member of the UX practice to help embed and grow a user-centred culture across the organisation Be expected to work independently in agile delivery teams, or on solo work, creating content to meet user needs and make complex information easy to understand Formulate hypotheses, gain insights and use evidence, data and research to create, evaluate, update and review content at all stages of the end-to-end user journey Choose the best options to make content understandable to different audiences, writing in plain English in a way that users understand and that meets accessibility requirementsExperience  We are looking for a confident and competent editor who will write and review written content, and use multimedia effectively, to ensure the appropriate content is shown to users. The Content Designer will work closely with User Researchers to ensure their content is based on evidenced user needs. As a Content Designer  you will need to evidence Content Designer skill levels applicable to your postContract  Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm  The successful candidate will be expected to travel into the office at least once a month or as required to attend meetings, workshops and user testing PAYE via Umbrella  Initial 3 month contract with the opportunity to extend