Content Designer (M365 Copilot)
Posted 5 days ago by Certes Computing Ltd
£418 Per day
Inside
Hybrid
England, UK
Summary: A Content Designer is needed for a higher education client to support the M365 Copilot programme by creating user-centred guidance and training materials. The role involves collaboration with various stakeholders to ensure effective communication of M365 Copilot tools in educational contexts. The designer will focus on developing accessible and engaging content for academic and professional services. This position requires a strong understanding of user-centred design principles and experience in creating digital learning content.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, write and maintain clear, user-centred content to support the M365 Copilot Programme.
- Develop training materials applicable to Teaching and Learning use cases.
- Collaborate with the HCD Consultant to translate user research insights into effective content.
- Work with the Academic Lead to ensure content reflects academic practice and institutional standards.
- Adapt content for various formats and channels, including self-service resources and digital platforms.
- Apply inclusive design and accessibility principles to all content produced.
- Iterate content based on feedback, analytics, and evolving user needs.
Key Skills:
- Proven experience as a Content Designer, Content Strategist, Technical Writer or similar role.
- Strong understanding of user-centred and human-centred design principles.
- Experience creating digital learning or training content in an educational or public-sector environment.
- Ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear, concise guidance.
- Excellent written communication skills with attention to structure, tone, and readability.
- Experience working collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams.
- Knowledge of accessibility standards (e.g., WCAG) and inclusive content design.
- Understanding of different prototyping techniques and ability to build basic prototypes.
- Familiarity with Microsoft 365 tools and/or AI-enabled productivity tools (desirable).
- Understanding of Teaching and Learning practices within higher education (desirable).
- Able to run user testing sessions to gather feedback on content and prototypes (desirable).
Salary (Rate): £418 per day
City: Manchester
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: Other
Content Designer (M365 Copilot)
Duration: 6 months
Rate: £418 per day
Location: Hybrid - Remote and onsite at Manchester as/when required
IR35 Status: Inside
Start: ASAP...
Role Overview:
A Content Designer is required for our higher education client to work on their M365 Copilot programme to support the delivery of effective, user-centred guidance and training materials.
You will work closely with their Human-Centred Design (HCD) Consultant and the Academic Lead, and this role will ensure that M365 Copilot enablement is clearly communicated and aligned to the practical needs of teaching and learning.
As the Content Designer you will focus on developing accessible, engaging and reusable content that supports academic, students and professional services colleagues in understanding and applying Copilot tools in real education contexts.
Essential Skills & Experience required:
As the Content Designer M365 Copilot you will possess the following:
Proven experience as a Content Designer, Content Strategist, Technical Writer or similar role.
Strong understanding of user-centred and human-centred design principles.
Experience creating digital learning or training content, ideally within an educational or public-sector environment.
Ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear, concise and practical guidance.
Excellent written communication skills, with strong attention to structure, tone and readability.
Experience working collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams.
Knowledge of accessibility standards (eg WCAG) and inclusive content design
Understand different prototyping techniques, from paper sketches to coded prototypes, and be able to build at least basic prototypes to demonstrate the content they produce
Desirable
Familiarity with Microsoft 365 tools and/or AI-enabled productivity tools.
Understanding of Teaching and Learning practices within higher education.
Able to run user testing sessions to gather feedback on the content and prototypes.
Responsibilities include:
Design, write and maintain clear, user-centred content to support the M365 Copilot Programme that creates a unified, coherent and navigable user experience.
Develop training materials (eg guides, learning pathways, walkthroughs and scenarios) that are directly applicable to Teaching and Learning use cases.
Collaborate with the HCD Consultant to translate user research insights into effective content and learning experiences.
Work with the Academic Lead to ensure content reflects academic practice, pedagogical priorities and institutional standards.
Adapt content for different formats and channels, including self-service resources, presentations, workshops and digital platforms.
Apply inclusive design and accessibility principles to all content produced.
Iterate content based on feedback, analytics and evolving user needs.
If this role is of interest please email your CV to: (see below)
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