Content designer (Public Sector)
Day rate: £500 - £550 (potentially some wiggle room)
Location: Ideally North of England, but open to anywhere as long as you’re ok travelling to site in Manchester, Leeds or Midlands a few times a month
Engagement type: Outside IR35
Start date: Immediate
Need to be eligible for SC Clearance
We're looking for experienced content designers to join a specialist technology consultancy working on high-impact digital services. These are contract roles with immediate starts, working across public sector programmes with the opportunity to take on private sector work as your engagement evolves.
The work
You'll be embedded in delivery teams working on complex public sector digital services, the kind of work where clear, accessible content genuinely changes outcomes for the people using it. You'll work alongside user researchers, interaction designers, and service designers to shape services from discovery through to live.
Content design here means more than writing. You'll be making decisions about what content exists, where it lives, and why translating policy and legal language into services that work for real people. You'll engage directly with stakeholders, navigate style guides and accessibility standards, and advocate for users in environments where institutional language can be hard to shift.
The consultancy works across both public and private sector, so while immediate projects are in government and public services, there is scope for the right person to work across a broader portfolio over time.
What we're looking for
We want content designers with a clear sense of their craft and the confidence to explain it. You should be able to talk about the decisions behind your work not just what you wrote, but why, and what difference it made.
Strong candidates will have experience working on real digital products and services, deep familiarity with user-centred design practice, and a track record of collaborating closely with researchers, designers, and stakeholders. You'll be comfortable in a fast-paced delivery environment, pragmatic about balancing user needs with business constraints, and able to move at pace without cutting corners on quality.
You'll need experience navigating brand and style guides including GOV.UK or similar and a view on when and how to challenge them based on evidence. Familiarity with tools like Figma, Google Docs, GitHub, and content management systems is expected. We also want to hear how you're thinking about and using AI tools in your practice.
Requirements
You must be eligible for Security Check (SC) clearance. Active clearance is not required, but you must be eligible. You should also be willing and able to travel to client sites a few times a month as the engagement requires.
How to apply
If this sounds like the right kind of work, we'd love to hear from you. Send us a note about your background and a few examples of what you've worked on recently. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to an initial conversation, followed by a skills interview where you'll be asked to walk through examples of your work.
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