Multimedia Designer

Job summary

We’re looking for an experienced Multimedia Designer who can quickly turn ideas and complex information into clear, accessible and engaging content.

You’ll bring a broad multimedia skill set spanning graphic design, video, audio, motion graphics, presentations and digital publishing. You’ll understand how layout, typography, imagery, accessibility and user experience work together to create content that is easy to understand and effective for its intended audience.

Job description

Working across a varied portfolio of organisational priorities, you’ll create high-quality content for reports, presentations, our intranet, GOV.UK, colleague communications and other corporate publications. You’ll be comfortable taking broad or developing briefs, quickly identifying the underlying communication need and recommending a creative approach that is effective and proportionate.

You’ll work closely with colleagues and stakeholders at all levels, including senior leaders, providing confident professional advice and constructively challenging ideas where another solution would better meet the audience’s needs. You’ll be able to manage competing priorities, work independently and translate briefs into strong creative solutions quickly, combining pace with accuracy, accessibility and attention to detail.

The role offers the opportunity to make a visible contribution across SLC, with a particular focus on supporting internal communications and wider organisational priorities through thoughtful, practical and high-quality multimedia content.

As part of your application, please provide a link to a portfolio or examples of relevant work across different multimedia formats. During the interview, you’ll be asked to select one project and spend up to five minutes explaining the brief, your personal contribution, the creative and accessibility decisions you made, and the outcome.

Person specification

• Working proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud including Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, After Effects Premiere Pro, (or in an equivalent design programmes) and O365 products including designing in Word, PowerPoint etc, and video editing software

• Highly skilled written and verbal communications and ability use storytelling and visual techniques to explain complicated things simply

• Highly developed organisational, time and project management skills to ensure co-ordination of content creation and sign off. Must enjoy the challenge of producing high-quality work while delivering at pace with little requirement for supervision

• Demonstratable experience of graphic design, motion graphics, typography and multimedia design for a variety of on and offline channels (websites/intranets, social media etc). Experience of print requirements and deadlines using brand guidelines

• Degree, relevant qualification or comparable experience in creative communications

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £30,201, Student Loans Company contributes £8,749 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).

You can expect more from a career with SLC. We support colleagues to unlock their potential through our Career Pathways development programme and offer an excellent benefit and rewards package that includes:

• 28 days annual leave plus 8 public holidays
• Option to buy/sell annual leave
• Flexi-time and enhanced flexible working options available
• Option to join the Civil Service pension scheme
• Life insurance cover for 4 x annual salary
• Enhanced company sick pay and family leave including maternity, paternity and adoption
• Contributory lifestyle benefit options including discounts at hundreds of retailers, cycle to work scheme, access to the Civil Service Sports and Leisure Club for discounted gym memberships, and an optional dental insurance scheme
• To find out what’s it’s like to work at Student Loans Company click here SLC Careers

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

Shortlisted candidate will be invited to interview

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a basic (or equivalent) criminal record check.People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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Working for the Civil Service

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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : ask_recruitment@slc.co.uk
• Email : ask_recruitment@slc.co.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : ask_recruitment@slc.co.uk

Further information

If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles and you wish to make a complaint, you should contactask_recruitment@slc.co.uk in the first instance.