Product Designer (Education) (3208)

Salary: £32,100 to £41,700

Location: Coventry or Cambridge & hybrid working

Contract: Fixed Term (12-months or 16-months)

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

This is a crucial role in Cambridge University Press & Assessment, and this is an opportunity to make a significant contribution to OCR's future success. You will be part of a strong, mutually supportive team that will support your personal development in an exciting time for our organisation.

About the role

As a Product Designer for Cambridge, you will interpret and share key information with subject experts and external specialists to develop General and Vocational qualifications that are attractive to customers, high quality and cost effective. The qualifications will meet regulatory requirements and our design strategy.

Our work is underpinned by evidence and insight. As a product designer you will lead teams of contributors and liaise with relevant stakeholders to gather knowledge and insight to support the design of new or revised qualifications. You will be responsible for ensuring that the products are delivered on time, to cost, and to quality assurance parameters. This includes regulatory requirements and meeting the needs of our customers.

Working with colleagues in different teams including assessment standards, sales and marketing, operations, product management and product support, forms a key part of this role as you strive to create innovative and exciting products.

You will work closely and collaboratively with others to gather feedback and make recommendations based on this to develop appropriate products. This diverse role requires excellent interpersonal skills, attention to detail and a focus on getting things right and getting things done.

About you

You will need previous experience of working in the education or assessment sector, where you will have designed or developed educational products. You will need to be an excellent communicator and be able to interpret a wide range of information in the creation or improvement of a product. The ability to influence to create buy-in and gain agreement, particularly when dealing with multiple stakeholders with conflicting interests, is essential in this role. As a product designer you need to be a confident “plate spinner”, as you will often have multiple competing priorities.

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:

• Group personal pension scheme
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Life assurance up to 4 x annual salary
• Private medical and Permanent Health Insurance
• Green travel schemes
• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays

We also offer flexible and hybrid working options from day one. We will consider any work arrangements if you wish to work flexibly or require adjustments due to a disability.

Ready to pursue your potential? Apply now.

We review applications on an ongoing basis, with the closing date for all applications being 17th April 2023 and interviews are scheduled to take place on the week commencing 24th April 2023.

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

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 everyone has a voice, and where we learn continuously to improve together. Ensuring that everyone feels they belong is essential to who we are, and to the contribution we make to society and our planet.

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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