Content Designer
Location: Cambridge (hybrid working), or remote (UK only) with occasional travel to Cambridge
Salary: £36,000 – £40,000 p.a. full-time equivalent, dependent on experience
Basis: Permanent; full-time, part-time, or flexible
Eligibility: You must be eligible to work in the UK
The role
Our digital products and services are used by millions of people all over the world. As part of our ambitious plans to expand our reach and impact, we are looking for a Content Designer to join our team.
We are responsible for delivering digital experiences which have a large audience and measurable positive impact on young people and educators. For example, our Projects site content is viewed millions of times a year; our Coolest Projects showcase keeps growing, and in 2021, 1385 young people from 47 countries shared their tech creations; and Code Club World, is a way for young people to learn to code at home and has a rapidly growing user base.
In this role, you will report to the Head of Product Design and work collaboratively as part of a team of Product Designers, User Experience Researchers, Product Managers, Marketing Managers and Software Engineers to create digital products that have a real impact for our users around the world who are engaged with digital making and computing education.
You will bring your experience of creating content to our range of digital platforms and will work closely with Product Designers to design content in situ as well as work with User Experience Researchers to ensure content is tested with our users and meets their needs.
You will join an agile digital products team that works in Cambridge and remotely around the UK. We use collaboration tools such as monday.com, Figma, and Slack to communicate effectively.
We strive to make the Foundation a place where talented people who care about our mission can do the best work of their careers. We have a flexible and collaborative approach to all aspects of our work. If you’re the right person for the job, we’ll make it work for you, and you can be confident that you’ll be working with an exceptional team.
Responsibilities
Experience and personal attributes
We recognise that everyone has the potential for growth, and we welcome applications from candidates who can demonstrate that they have some, but not all, of the experience and personal attributes listed here.
About us
The Raspberry Pi Foundation is a UK-based educational charity with the mission to enable young people to realise their full potential through the power of computing and digital technologies.
Established in 2008 and first known for our product — the wildly successful Raspberry Pi computer — the Foundation has developed education programmes, learning experiences, and products that are helping millions of young people learn vital new knowledge and skills
Through Code Club and CoderDojo, we support the world’s largest network of free informal computing clubs for young people. Tens of thousands of educators have taken our online courses, and millions of people use our free online learning resources. To deepen our understanding of how young people learn about computing and how to create with digital technologies, we conduct academic research, and we use that knowledge to increase the impact of our work and advance the field of computing education.
Across all of our work, we work hard to engage young people who come from backgrounds that are traditionally underrepresented in the field of computing or who experience educational disadvantage. We work all over the world, with teams based in the UK, Ireland, North America, and India, and partnerships with mission-aligned organisations in over 40 countries.
We are at the forefront of the global movement to help young people learn about computing and digital making. You can read more about our mission, values, and goals in our Annual Review 2022 and our Strategy 2022–2025.
Benefits
In addition to competitive salaries, we offer a range of benefits for all of our colleagues, including:
Timetable for applications
Closing date: 10:00am GMT, 7th May 2024
Interviews:
We will first organise a 20-minute phone interview in the week of 6th May 2024, followed, if you are successful, by two ‘face-to-face’ interviews shortly afterwards. Interviews will be conducted remotely and we can be flexible with scheduling to accommodate your needs.
We will also ask you to complete a short task (with a week’s notice), which you should spend no more than three hours of your time on, and we will ask you to walk us through it during one of the interviews. There won't be any whiteboard coding or questions designed to trip you up. We aim for the process to be as fair as possible and we always value your feedback.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. If successful in the selection process, you will be required to undergo a background check to confirm that you are a suitable person to work with children. Further background checks will be made at regular intervals thereafter.