Head of Design

Description:

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).