Location: Lancaster University & Remote
Salary: £26,038 to £29,659 (Full time, indefinite with end date)
Closing Date: 9 February 2025
Interview Date: 17 February 2025
Contract: 6 month contract with a possible extension
Since its founding in 2015, The Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats (CREST) has been at the forefront of UK research on security threats. Funded by the Home Office and administered by the ESRC, CREST is an interdisciplinary research centre specialising in behavioural and social science research on security threats. Based within the Department of Psychology at Lancaster University, CREST brings together academics, policymakers, and practitioners to tackle critical security challenges.
A key focus of CREST’s work is ensuring that research findings are not only rigorous but also accessible and practical. To achieve this, CREST produces a variety of resources — including reports, guides, posters, and briefs — designed for practitioners and the public.
As a Marketing Designer, you will play a vital role in creating and refining these resources, reporting directly to the Director of Communications.
Your primary responsibilities include:
1. Template design and layout using Adobe InDesign to input and edit content into pre-existing templates.
2. Ensuring designs are polished and adhere to our style guidelines.
3. Adjusting text layouts and resolving formatting issues to ensure documents are print- and web-ready.
4. Marketing resources and effectively communicating CREST’s research on topics like risk management, misinformation, and deterrence to target audiences.
5. Putting together the CREST newsletter and updating webpages to ensure research outputs are accessible and well-presented.
6. Crafting social media posts to promote research outputs, events, and resources across platforms.
7. Helping with the design and layout of CREST's bi-annual magazine, CREST Security Review (CSR).
This exciting and flexible role has many opportunities for you to excel in different areas, depending on your strengths and interests. You will work alongside a small, highly motivated, and dynamic team, so it's essential to be self-driven, able to multitask, and manage your workload efficiently to meet deadlines, particularly during busy periods. Attention to detail and a high level of accuracy are essential. Experience with other Adobe software like Illustrator and Photoshop to create or adjust artwork would be a strong advantage, but not essential as training and support will be provided.
If you’re excited by the opportunity to combine design and digital skills to support impactful research, we’d love to hear from you!
The Department of Psychology provides a work environment that strongly supports the individual needs of each employee, promoting a healthy work-life balance. We hold the Athena SWAN Bronze award, recognising our commitment to the representation of and support for women in the academic workplace. We are committed to family-friendly and flexible working policies on an individual basis.
Hybrid remote working is available, provided you can commute to Lancaster University on agreed mandatory office days, typically Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Flexibility is required, as these days may occasionally change. You can also choose to work entirely on campus.
While the post is initially for 6 months, there may be an opportunity to extend this contract if funding becomes available.
Informal enquiries are welcome and should be addressed to CREST’s Director of Communications, Rebecca Stevens at email: b.stevens@lancaster.ac.uk
We welcome applications from people in all diversity groups.
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