Content Designer

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Content Designer to join our team and organisation for a fixed-term of 12 months (Maternity cover). We are committed to fostering an inclusive work environment and we are interested in you as an individual. We are looking for someone with experience in user-centred design for digital products/services, to create high quality, engaging content for the organisation.

Crescent Purchasing Consortium (CPC) is a not-for-profit charity that gives back to the education sector and a one-stop procurement shop, with a vision of being the first-choice procurement services charity that gives back to the education sector. Combining professional support, expert guidance, and resources with FREE training and development opportunities via Crescent Learning.

Each year CPC's Board of Trustees review the level of reserves our charity has and any surpluses are reinvested back into the education sector via the 'Giving Back' initiative. To date over £2 million has been designated for re-investment in the form of various projects with the largest amount being used specifically for awarding non-refundable grants to CPC members supporting SEND learners, wellbeing and absenteeism in colleges, schools, academies, and universities nationwide.

We're an award-winning organisation recognised and certified as a “Great place to work”. We offer a collaborative, exciting environment where your ideas are heard and valued. We provide competitive salaries, benefits, and opportunities for career development. We're making a real

difference and you can be a part of it! This is just the beginning, we're constantly growing and evolving and we're always looking for passionate individuals who share our vision!

This is just the beginning, we're constantly growing and evolving and we're always looking for passionate individuals who share our Vision, Mission and Values:

CPC’s Vision is to be the first-choice procurement services charity that gives back to the education sector.

• CPC’s Mission, we want our members to receive outstanding procurement services.   

• CPC’s Values

  • People First - We provide a caring, inclusive, and supporting environment that focuses on individual needs to enable our people to be the best they can be.

  • Customer Always - Everything we do is for the benefit of our customers, to help them provide the best service possible to their learners.

  • Excellence -We are 100% committed to delivering the highest-quality services that exceed expectations, with continuous improvement at the heart of what we do. 

The role is offered as a full-time or part-time position based at our head office in Salford for a fixed term of 12 months (Maternity cover) from 29th June 2026 to 31st July 2027.

Being part of the Communications Team, you will lead and deliver continuous improvement to our websites and Digital Email Marketing Campaign via Mailchimp to enhance and evolve our Group service offer for the benefit of our members, partners and wider stakeholders.  As a content designer you will be responsible for creating, evaluating, updating and reviewing content at all stages of the end-to-end user journey.

You will work collaboratively with other multi-disciplinary team members as well as liaise with internal and external stakeholders.

In this role your work may involve the creation of, or change to, a transaction, product or single piece of content that stretches across digital and offline channels. You will be responsible for delivering rich, brand-building content to support our Five-Year Strategic Plan and Communications and Marketing Strategy.

Role responsibilities include conducting thorough research on industry-related topics, generating ideas for new content types and proofreading articles before publication to ensure it is of the highest standard, engaging, meets the brief and aligned to the overall organisational messaging.

Your content design skills will also be utilised for Group wide research, surveys and direct email marketing and will support the wider Communications Team day to day business activity.

This is just the beginning, we're constantly growing and evolving and we're always looking for passionate individuals who share our vision!