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Jenny Childs

Burley,Hampshire

Summary

Senior content designer with extensive experience delivering clear, efficient, and user-centred content for websites, apps, and digital services across government, health, and finance sectors. Experienced in large-scale content audits and migrations, reducing pages whilst maintaining usability and compliance. Skilled at working end-to-end on content strategy, research, user testing, and CMS migration, and at liaising with stakeholders at all levels to deliver measurable improvements.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work history

Content Designer

NHS England
Remote | Leeds
04.2024 - Current
  • Lead content design across two squads for Vaccination Digital Services, managing the end-to-end content journey using UCD principles.
  • Conduct discovery, user research, testing, and analytics to understand user needs and form working hypotheses.
  • Create front-end UI content to make the Select and Invite service more efficient, scalable, and secure.
  • Advocate for users while navigating complex technical and clinical language.
  • Lead content strategy across work streams, collaborating with cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders.


Senior Content Designer

NHS Digital
Remote | London
04.2022 - 03.2024
  • Delivered content strategy and audits for the NHS website, including the COVID-19 hub (reduced from 70+ pages to 24 pages).
  • Led the Your Covid Recovery migration project: audited 120 pages, triangulated analytics, survey data, user needs, and expert input to integrate content into NHS.UK, resulting in savings of over £300k and consolidation to a single long COVID page.
  • Identified content gaps and quick-win opportunities, such as new components, improved links, and enhanced navigation for users.
  • Worked with SEO and analytics teams to ensure migrated content met real user needs.
  • Applied GDS content principles to make content clear, accessible, and easy to navigate.

Content Designer

UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)
Remote | London
10.2021 - 04.2022
  • Created user-centred, accessible content for the NHS COVID-19 app in a fast-paced environment with frequent policy changes.
  • Participated in regular user research sessions and agile sprints to improve content quality and user journeys.
  • Built strong stakeholder relationships to ensure alignment of content strategy with organisational goals.

Senior Content Designer

Vitality
07.2018 - 10.2021
  • Managed the content design team for Vitality's logged-in website and app
  • Led the content strategy for a migration of 2,500+ member web pages from Sitecore 6.6 to Sitecore 9. This project also included migrating app content to the new CMS platform.
  • Conducted extensive audits, content mapping, user testing, and stakeholder consultation.
  • Rewrote all member web content to align with the new design system and UI.
  • Designed end-to-end content for a new digital claims service, balancing business, user, marketing, and clinical requirements.
  • Managed the content design team, working closely with senior stakeholders to launch new products, benefits, and partners.

Digital Content Manager

Ageas
Bournemouth
05.2017 - 12.2017
  • Managed the digital content team and CMS platforms to deliver new capabilities across multiple brand sites.
  • Repurposed and rebranded the Rias brand site and launched the new Elastic product online.
  • Ensured regulatory compliance and consistency of brand propositions across digital channels.

Digital Content Manager & Copywriter – Contractor

Barclaycard
Northampton
04.2016 - 04.2017
  • Developed clear, engaging content across consumer channels to improve experience and increase traffic.
  • Created an interactive fraud tool and web and video content for campaigns including 'Start Today' a marketing initiative to inspire people to pursue their goals, showcasing the flexibility of contactless payments.

Content producer

Moravia
Remote
10.2015 - 03.2016

Wrote and edited structured Google hotel descriptions for global markets, ensuring style and tone consistency.

Ad Hoc Editor | First Choice Editor | Thomson Copy

TUI Group
London | Luton
04.2005 - 08.2015
  • Created digital and print content for multiple TUI brands.
  • Led copywriting team for First Choice UK, producing engaging web, brochure, and marketing content.
  • Developed tone of voice guidelines for Thomson, First Choice and CruiseDeals rebrands.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - English

Lancaster University

Skills

  • Content migration and strategy for large-scale websites and apps
  • Design systems experience, including GDS
  • Agile delivery within a UCD team using Jira and Confluence
  • User research, testing, and analytics to inform content decisions
  • CMS experience: Wagtail, Sitecore (66 & 9), EPiServer
  • Proficient with Figma, Miro, and Mural for prototypes
  • Tone of voice and style guides for multiple brands, including NHS England, Thomson and First Choice

Certification

  • Content Design London
  • Google analytics for beginners
  • Introduction to Web Accessibility
  • Section ProfAI: AI Proficiency


Timeline

Content Designer

NHS England
04.2024 - Current

Senior Content Designer

NHS Digital
04.2022 - 03.2024

Content Designer

UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)
10.2021 - 04.2022

Senior Content Designer

Vitality
07.2018 - 10.2021

Digital Content Manager

Ageas
05.2017 - 12.2017

Digital Content Manager & Copywriter – Contractor

Barclaycard
04.2016 - 04.2017

Content producer

Moravia
10.2015 - 03.2016

Ad Hoc Editor | First Choice Editor | Thomson Copy

TUI Group
04.2005 - 08.2015

Bachelor of Arts - English

Lancaster University
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