PR-0032 Visual and Content Designer in the BIS Digital Group

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Summary of the work * Provide internal consultancy on effective visual and written communication * Support the Engagement team by producing designs and documentation that meet internal users’ needs and that turn sometimes complex narratives into clear communication pieces * Create and own Group design and documentation assets Specialist role Designer Expected Contract Length 24 months, but may be shorter, depending on how the project develops and the needs. Latest start date 01/07/2016 Maximum Day Rate £450 Who Speclialist Work With * Group Head of Strategic Engagement * Engagement team * Internal stakeholders * There may be occasional internal consulting work for other delivery teams What Specialists Work On * Support the Group Head of Strategic Engagement * Work with the engagement team and across other internal delivery teams within BIS *Identify and agree the need for visual and written communications, and the most appropriate media for those * Produce visual designs and written documentation — for digital and paper — that meets recipients’ needs * Own the design of in-house presentation visuals and documentation style guides * Design and advise on presentation visuals * Design, write, and advise on communication materials Skills & Experience • Demonstrate strong visual design skills acquired through a minimum of 3 years’ experience as an interaction designer, graphic designer, visual designer, or other professional role wrangling visual media. (Scores 10%) • Demonstrate understanding of visual design principles and how those affect the ways people consume visual media (Scores 10%) • Demonstrate exceptional clarity and precision in written and spoken English (Scores 10%) • Show a minimum of 2 years’ experience producing or editing high-quality written communications in a professional context (5%) • Have experience of working in a culture of continuous delivery and improvement. (Scores 6%) • Have experience balancing changing priorities and dealing with ambiguity (Scores 6%) • Have experience using agile project management methods (Scores 6%) • Have experience of being part of a multidisciplinary team (Scores 5%) Nice to Haves Have previous experience in a government transformation programme (Scores 2%) Work Location Department for Business, Innovation & Skills, 1 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0ET Working Arrangments Monday to Friday on site. A professional working day, hours and working pattern as needed to deliver the service in an efficient way. Mainly based from our office in Westminster, London. Security Clearance Minimum Baseline Personnel Security Standard No. of Specialists to Evaluate 3 Cultural Fit Criteria • Work well in a collaborative agile team (Scores 5%) • Demonstrate courage (e.g. can express controversial views, confront reality, make tough decisions, question actions inconsistent with group behaviours, candid about progress/estimates) (Scores 3%) • Demonstrate vulnerability (e.g. declare uncertainty, fear, recognise mistakes, apologise, acknowledge weaknesses) (Scores 3%) • Demonstrate responsibility (e.g. act like a leader, serve your team, provide solutions to problems, engage in external/internal environments, seek the best for the organisation beyond your team) (Scores 2%) • Demonstrate simplicity (e.g. take simple steps to goals, do less but better, mitigate failures, talk straight with respect) (Scores 3%) • Demonstrate excellence (e.g. seek actionable feedback, set challenging targets, know users, deliver cost effective high level customer satisfaction) (Scores 2%) • Demonstrate enthusiasm (e.g. bring whole self to work, celebrate success, share passion and energy with others, optimistic) (Scores 2%) Evaluation Weighting Technical competence 60% Cultural fit 20% Price 20% Questions from Suppliers 1. Is there any particular design or visual tools that the BIS would like the candidate to have? Commonly used design software in BIS includes Sketch and InDesign but there is no absolute requirement. In general we prefer software tools that do not lock government in to high purchase prices and/or ongoing subscription costs. However the choice of tool is less important than the ability to produce, export and share design output with colleagues in BIS. 2. Specifically related to question “Show a minimum of 2 years’ experience producing or editing high-quality written communications in a professional context (scores 5%) What does this consist of exactly are you looking for someone who does entirely content (written communications) or someone who has dealt with it in their career as a visual designer? I think content design borders on advertising What Government means about content design: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/content-design/what-is-content-designThis role is mostly visual design; they must also be able to produce clear, professional written communication. Yes, we want someone who has dealt with this sort of thing either during their career as a visual designer, or through additional experience.Examples of experience might include:- writing words for the web (as part of interface or service design)- publishing or editorial work (could be offline, doesn't have to be for the web)- blogging on behalf of an employer- turning an understanding of user needs into clear, helpful words