Content Designer

🚨 Content Designer – (GDS / Public Sector Essential)

💰 £55,000 – £65,000

📍 UK-wide | Hybrid (1–2 days per week onsite as required)

We’re supporting a leading digital consultancy delivering high-impact UK public sector programmes, and we’re looking to hire multiple Content Designers with recent, hands-on GDS experience.

⚠️ Please note: This role requires demonstrable experience working on UK government/public sector services aligned to GDS standards. Candidates without this experience are unlikely to be considered.

🔍 The Opportunity:

You’ll be embedded within multidisciplinary teams delivering government digital services, shaping content that supports critical user journeys across large-scale transformation programmes.

This is a role where GDS isn’t just a guideline—it’s central to everything you do.

🛠️ What You’ll Be Doing:

• Designing and delivering user-centred content for public sector services
• Applying GOV.UK Service Standard and GDS principles in day-to-day work
• Creating clear, accessible, and inclusive content aligned to government guidelines
• Working closely with user researchers, service designers, and developers in agile teams
• Using research, data, and testing to continuously iterate and improve content
• Supporting service assessments and ensuring GDS compliance
• Engaging stakeholders across government to shape content strategies
• Simplifying complex policy and technical information for end users

✅ What We’re Looking For (Essential):

• Recent experience working on UK public sector / government digital services
• Strong, practical knowledge of GDS and the GOV.UK Service Standard
• Experience preparing for or working through GDS service assessments
• Proven background in Content Design within agile, multidisciplinary teams
• Ability to produce clear, concise, accessible content at scale
• Confidence working with user research, data, and evidence-led design
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills within public sector environments

➕ Nice to Have:

Experience in a consultancy environment

Workshop facilitation and stakeholder alignment experience

Broader UX / Service Design exposure

🏡 Working Setup:

UK-wide role

Hybrid working: 1–2 days per week onsite (project dependent)

Flexibility to travel as required by client engagements

Must have right to work in the UK (no sponsorship available)