Digital Design Team Manager - #2088655

looking to recruit a Digital Design Team Manager for a 3-month contract on an hourly rate of £28.15-£32.74. Hybrid working.

Responsibilities

- Scoping and prioritisation of design requests

- Client liaison at project initiation

- Management of the production process

- Trouble-shooting and resolving as challenges arise

- Line-management of a permanent team of eight, plus potentially other short-term staff

- Advice and support to senior staff across the organisation

- Working collaboratively with other design and communications professionals across the organisation.

- Hands-on design work as required.

Essential Skills:

- Several years of managing large design teams in busy environment.

- Experience in managing end to end design production processes and in negotiating deliverables and timescales with clients.

- Experience in development of Brands and creation of brand assets

- Experience in commissioning and managing design projects from external providers

- Experience of working both independently and as part of a team, whilst balancing a range of competing priorities

- Experience of leading team meetings, webinars, events and/or conferences online

- Track record of working within project management environments, planning and organising a variety of tasks, including involvement in multiple projects and programmes of work

- Experience communicating complex, confidential and often sensitive information with a range of staff across the organisation and with external stakeholders (both verbally and in writing)

- Ability to work with minimal supervision; to plan and prioritise own workloads, and that of your team; and to meet deadlines

- Flexible approach to learning and problem solving

- Commitment to own personal and professional development, and that of your team

- Excellent understanding of Adobe Creative Cloud: InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop and After Effects

- Knowledge and understanding of accessibility requirements for UK public sector bodies

- Strong organisational abilities.

- Ability to manage internal and external stakeholders across different levels of seniority

- Ability to respond to confidential and sensitive situations with confidence and discretion, utilising tact, diplomacy, and persuasion skills when necessary

- Ability to collate and produce reports and statistical information

- Line management skills and experience including coaching and/or mentoring of team members

- Proven expertise in using Microsoft 365, in particular Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and SharePoint

- Ability to meet the travel requirements of the post

Desirable Skills:

-Honours Degree level qualification with related in depth experience

Or

- SCQF Level 10 equivalence obtained via Professional Development Awards; Graduate or Professional Apprenticeships; and SVQs Evidence of continued professional development

- Experience in public sector environment

- Experience in a design environment

- Experience of delivering presentations to large audiences on a local and/or national basis to enhance engagement and collaboration

- Experience of working within a Health, Social Care or educational environment

- Experience of working flexibly in complex/sensitive environments where the parameters of the job are not necessarily clearly defined

- Expertise in accessing, analysing and presenting a wide range of complex information to a range of audiences

- Sound understanding of Umbraco sites

- Sound understanding of the application of GDPR to the storage and use of personal information and data privacy

If you would like to hear more about this opportunity please get in touch.