King's College London

About us 

**About King’s Digital  **

Our mission is to provide transformative, high-quality digital education, so students can learn, wherever they are.

We collaborate with academics and professional services staff across the university, and with our external partners, to design, develop and deliver a wide range of educational programmes.

Our learners study with us from across the world, choosing when and where they study, working around their schedules.

We are a dynamic team with ambitious growth targets in a priority area of development for King’s. We proudly foster a supportive culture and community which prioritises both individual and collective wellbeing.

Employee support at King’s includes flexible working arrangements, paid maternity/shared parental leave, menopausal support, an active wellbeing programme, training and development opportunities and much more. All of our staff benefit from a generous pension contribution as well.

As part of hybrid working at King’s, all team members can work remotely for part of the week if they wish.

Join us as we open futures and unlock potential.

About the role 

Reporting to the Senior E-learning Visual Designer, the E-Learning Visual Designer is an integral part of the Kings Digital Creative Media Team, designing and creating a range of visual elements and engaging content across our online courses to enhance the learning experience of our global student community. 

You will take the lead in designing and creating a range of visual elements such as graphics, illustrations, data visualisation and animations for a range of online courses.   

You will be responsible for all aspects of visual design from ideation to delivery and will collaborate closely with other members of the Creative Media Team, including Media Producers and Video Editors, to facilitate media workshops with academic stakeholders and contribute to wider production activities as part of established workflows.   

You will work closely with a range of other teams across the department including Learning Designers, UX specialists, Project Managers and E-Learning Content Developers.   

You will be creative, collaborative and adaptable with excellent organisation and communication skills. You will demonstrate both technical and design expertise and be able to advise on best practice to support the creation of exceptional e-learning assets. You will be confident interpreting and contributing to design guidelines and actively seek opportunities to innovate practises and systems.  

You will be confident interpreting complex briefs in order to develop visual concepts and comfortable advising colleagues who are not familiar with design/media about relevant timescales and processes. You will show an understanding of accessibility principles and their application to visual design and regarding e-learning development.   

This is a full time post (35 hours per week) and you will be offered an indefinite contract.

About you

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria 

1. ​An undergraduate degree in a related subject or relevant industry experience.  
2. ​2-3 years’ experience in a design related role with relevant industry-specific knowledge and skills.   
3. ​Ability to visualise complex concepts and information in a clear and visually appealing format.   
4. ​Knowledge and understanding of visual design principles, and the ability to apply these.  
5. ​Ability to transform storyboards and briefs into accessible written and visual designs.   
6. ​Experience using a range of industry standard software tools such as Adobe Creative Suite, Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, etc.  
7. ​Strong time management and organisation skills.     

Please include a link to a portfolio of relevant work as part of your application demonstrating your visual design skills across graphics and animation.

Desirable criteria

1. ​Experience of content creation and learning design in an educational environment.   
2. ​Knowledge of task management tools, processes and methodologies.   
3. ​Familiarity with virtual learning environments such as Moodle.  

Downloading a copy of our Job Description 

Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the page. This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.

Further information

At King’s, we believe that the diversity of our community and a culture that is welcoming, open, inclusive and collaborative, are great strengths of the university. 

The Equality Act of 2010 protects the rights of our students and staff and provides a framework to fulfil our duties to eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation and in addition, to advance equality of opportunity and foster good relations between those who share a protected characteristic and those who do not. At times, this will include balancing rights and beliefs that can feel in tension.

We are committed to free speech and to academic freedom, believing that our foundational purpose as a university, is to create spaces where a wide range of ideas, including ideas that are controversial, can be discussed and debated, and where members of our community can express lawful views without fear of intimidation, harassment or discrimination.

When engaging in the robust exchange of ideas, we ask that our community is mindful of our Dignity at King’s guidance.

We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the person specification section of the job description. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.

We reserve the right to close adverts early due to the volume of applications we receive. While the closing date may change, all adverts will close at 23:59 to allow sufficient time for applications to be submitted on that day.

We encourage you to apply at the earliest opportunity to avoid disappointment as once we have closed a vacancy you will be unable to submit your application.

To find out how our managers will review your application, please take a look at our ‘How we Recruit’ pages.