Job Title: Web & Digital Design Lead
Salary: £28,800 - £37,425
Location: Cambridge (Hybrid)
Contract: Fixed term until 20 March 2026, part-time (28 hours per week)
We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment (CUP&A), a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation and a proud part of the University of Cambridge. As a part of the University, we have a big reputation behind us and high standards to uphold. We are associated with quality and our Web & Digital Designers keep that at the heart of everything they do.
From print to digital design, marketing to social media, this Web & Digital Design Lead role definitely comes with variety and stimulation to use your skills across a broad portfolio of materials to promote our products, qualifications and programmes across the world. If you are an experienced Design professional and want to be working with a company who have a chance to make an impact on education internationally, this could be your step into CUP&A.
About the role
Your in-house design skills will be put to work right away on live campaigns, including user interface design, campaign landing pages, email marketing, social media posts and print materials. You will manage all digital design requests, working with other designers to deliver on time, on budget, and up to standards (both ours and yours!).
Passionate about brand, quality and accessibility, you will ensure we maintain a high level of consistency across all we do. This will involve analysing and improving our processes, whether that be to reduce our time to deliver or improve our offering, your keen eye for best practice will come in handy here.
We know that empowered people are key to our success, which is why we give everyone here the support, resources, and opportunity to learn and develop new skills. This could be a great ‘springboard' opportunity for you to further your career in design and get the resources and support to flourish for the long term.
About you
Your passion for design is apparent in everything you do. You will ideally have a solid track record in a creative role where your design skills have been proven. A graphic design qualification would be beneficial. You know what makes a good website design, and you keep your knowledge of industry leading patterns and approaches current.
Armed with confidence in all the tools of the trade (Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, Canva) and experience in HTML, CSS and website content management systems, you are ready to find your next company to sink your teeth into and develop further.
If you would like to know more about this Web & Digital Design Lead opportunity and what will make you successful, please see the full job description attached to the bottom of this vacancy on our careers site.
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 with your CV, cover letter and ideally a portfolio or examples of previous design work if possible.
We review applications on an ongoing basis, with a closing date for all applications being Friday 21st February 2025 although we may close it earlier if suitable candidates are identified.
Please note that successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory background checks including DBS due to working in a regulated industry.
Please note that Cambridge University Press & Assessment will not ordinarily be able to provide sponsorship for vacancies of less than 12-months in duration. Applicants must therefore ideally have an existing right to work in the UK to be eligible for this position.
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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