Product Designer

Salary: £35,000 - £45,500

Location: Cambridge, Coventry or Gateshead - Hybrid

Contract: Permanent, Full Time - 35 Hrs Per Week

Are you a creative problem-solver with a passion for shaping the future of education? Right now, we are seeking an enthusiastic Product Designer with an interest in STEM qualifications to help drive development of our new and existing qualifications. This is a diverse role that would requires someone with excellent interpersonal skills, high attention to detail, and the ability to advance projects in a timely fashion.

We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation and a proud part of the University of Cambridge.

About the role

As a Product Designer you interpret and share key information with subject experts and external specialists to create General and Vocational qualifications that are attractive to customers, high quality and cost effective. Your work will be underpinned by evidence and insight.

Other responsibilities include:

Leading teams of contributors and liaising with relevant stakeholders to gather knowledge and insight that informs the design of new or revised qualifications.
Ensuring that the products are delivered on time, to cost, whilst delivering on our vision of providing customers with exceptional quality qualifications. All qualifications will need to meet national regulatory requirements.
Collaborating with colleagues in different teams such as assessment standards, sales and marketing, operations, product management and product support as you strive to create innovative and exciting products.

About you

You will be an articulate communicator who is adept at aligning stakeholder interests and forging consensus. Precision and an analytical eye are important, as you'll be tasked with translating complex information into innovative product enhancements.

Your organisational capability will be vital in adeptly managing multiple projects with competing priorities, and whilst experience in the education or assessment sectors is beneficial, a background in STEM is particularly desirable.

For a full brief on what this role entails, or more details on what will make you successful, please see the full job description at the bottom of the advert on our careers page.

Rewards and benefits

We will support you to be at your best in work and to live well outside of it. In addition to competitive salaries, we offer a world-class, flexible rewards package, featuring family-friendly and planet-friendly benefits including:

28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
Private medical and Permanent Health Insurance

Discretionary annual bonus
Group personal pension scheme
Life assurance up to 4 x annual salary
Green travel schemes

We are a hybrid working organisation, and we offer a range of flexible working options from day one. We expect most hybrid-working colleagues to spend 40-60% of their time at their dedicated office or location. We will also consider other work arrangements if you wish to work more flexibly or require adjustments due to a disability.

Ready to pursue your potential? Apply now.

We review applications on an ongoing basis, with a closing date for all applications being 20 May 2024 and interviews are scheduled to take place by the end of May (28 – 31 2024)

Please note that successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory background checks including DBS due to working in a regulated industry.

Please note, Cambridge University Press & Assessment is unable to sponsor this role under the Skilled Worker Visa route as it does not meet the minimum skill requirements.

Why join us

Joining us is your opportunity to pursue potential. You'll belong to a collaborative team that's exploring new and better ways to serve students, teachers and researchers across the globe – for the benefit of individuals, society and the world. Sharing our mission will inspire your own growth, development and progress, in an environment which embraces difference, change and aspiration.

Cambridge University Press & Assessment is committed to being a place where anyone can enjoy a successful career, where it's safe to speak up, and where we learn continuously to improve together. We welcome applications from all candidates, regardless of demographic characteristics (age, disability, educational attainment, ethnicity, gender, marital status, neurodiversity, religion, sex, gender identity and sexual identity), cultural, or social class/background.

We believe better outcomes come through diversity of thought, background and approach. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and communities, actively seeking to employ people from a wide range of different communities.

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