Head of Design

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Job Description

Role: Head of Design
Division: Assessment & Qualifications Delivery
Location: Rotherham, Manchester or London, UK

About Pearson: At Pearson we 'add life to a lifetime of learning' so everyone can realise the life they imagine. We do this by creating vibrant and enriching learning experiences designed for real-life impact. Our Purpose | Add Life to a Lifetime of Learning. Pearson was founded in 1844 and has been built on our ability to grow with and adapt to a constantly evolving market. Our 20,000+ employees are dedicated to creating the high-quality, digital-first, accessible and sustainable resources for lifelong learning.

About Pearson Assessment Services The Pearson Assessment Services (PAS) team provides assessment services to the UK and international assessment markets, supporting government education departments with project management, operational delivery and technical solutions. We are part of Pearson School Qualifications which supports the curriculum, qualifications and assessments for students in the UK and globally, delivering exams to over 3.4 million students in over 80 countries annually and operating as a centre of excellence in qualifications and assessment.

Role Summary

• A multidisciplinary designer, experienced in both print and digital design, with the ability to work closely with colleagues across the business. Most design work is focused on assessments, but also marketing materials and video production.
• This is a practicing designer role, combined with managing others.
• Role involves travel and includes the regular servicing of contracts overseas.

Good communicator, able to manage the work of partner design teams and consultants and be responsible for the quality of their output.

Requirements

Print

• 7 years + experience design ideally in assessment/education.
• A keen eye for detail.
• Experience in colour and black and white print production and pdf diagnostics.
• Ability to demonstrably fulfil client need whilst satisfying background technical requirements.
• Ability to design/engineer imaginative ad hoc print solutions.
• Ability to design LTR and RTL documents and templates (experience with Arabic DTP a definite advantage).

Digital

• Good working knowledge of UX / UI design theory and prototyping.
• A firm grasp of WCAG requirements and the importance of accessibility in design.
• Confidence in line management of UX / UI designer(s).

Video

• Ability to create high quality software simulations and training videos with animated vector graphics and voiceovers.

  Software packages

• Expert user of Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat Pro.
• Good working knowledge of Figma.
• Good working knowledge of Adobe Premiere, After Effects and Audition.

Working knowledge of Adobe Captivate is useful.