Web Content Designer - £450 PD Inside IR 35
12 days ago
Morden
Web Content Designer Contract | £450 per day (Umbrella) | 6 Weeks Remote | Immediate Start RequiredAn urgent opportunity has arisen for an experienced Web Content Designer to support a local authority during a critical pre-election period. This is a fast-paced, short-term engagement focused on ensuring all digital content, intranet pages, and user journeys are accurate, accessible, and aligned to best practice standards ahead of upcoming elections.You will play a key role in reviewing, redesigning, and publishing content across the council’s digital estate, ensuring services are clear, user-focused, and accessible. Working across multiple service areas, you’ll translate complex processes into intuitive digital journeys and high-quality content aligned to Government Digital Service (GDS) standards.Key Responsibilities • Audit, review, write, and publish content across intranet (SharePoint) and website (Drupal), • Redesign and optimise digital forms (e-forms) aligned to GDS design principles, • Translate service requirements into clear, user-centred content and journeys, • Apply plain English and WCAG accessibility standards across all outputs, • Use user research, analytics, and stakeholder input to inform content decisions, • Simplify complex policies and processes into clear, usable digital experiences, • Collaborate with stakeholders across the organisation to improve digital services, • Support delivery across multiple concurrent projects within tight deadlinesKey Skills & Experience:, • Strong background in content design for digital services (public sector highly desirable), • Proven experience conducting large-scale content audits and redesigns, • Experience designing digital forms (e-forms) aligned to GDS standards, • Strong understanding of user-centred design principles, • Experience with CMS platforms, ideally SharePoint and Drupal, • Knowledge of WCAG accessibility standards, • Ability to translate complex information into clear, user-focused content, • Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills, • Comfortable working at pace and managing multiple priorities