Production Designer x 2
Salary: Circa £32,000, depending on experience
Job Type: 2 x Fixed-Term Contracts, Full-Time, 37.5 hours per week (20 Months and 14 Months)
IB Global Centre, Cardiff
Hybrid Working (Office presence required 1 day per week)
About the IB
The International Baccalaureate provides world-class educational services to over 6,000 schools across more than 160 countries. Additionally, we are increasingly working with Education Systems, supporting them in achieving their education reform goals. A career with the IB is not just a job; it’s an opportunity to work with an innovative world leader in education services where we empower our employees to thrive and make a difference.
About the Role
The Production Designer is part of our Exam Publishing Department who are responsible for designing and developing traditional and digital assessment material. The Production Designer is accountable for managing the visual design and production of IB assessments and related material in line with IB standards and quality.
Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
- Accurately develop, build and amend IB assessments and related material, with a focus on layout clarity, accessibility and accuracy.
- Design, create and edit images, illustrations, graphics and other visual elements in line with house style, for use in assessments and related material.
- Maintain and develop templates and design specific style guides ensuring assessments are consistent and created in line with our organization, subject and language specific guides.
- Offer support and guidance to the publishing team in the analysis and resolution of technical issues.
- Working with internal and external stakeholders, offer advice on the design and layout of IB assessments.
- Assist with the integration of new systems, software and working practices.
Qualifications
About You
Essential:
- Excellent skills in using Adobe Creative Suite, in particular InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop.
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, in particular MS Word.
- An exceptional eye for detail and meticulous accuracy.
- Strong design and technical skills.
- Ability to work as part of a team and a diligent approach to working autonomously.
- Capacity to proactively manage changing priorities and deadlines.
- Advanced communication skills and the ability to effectively provide solutions to technical challenges.
- A degree or equivalent experience in a relevant field, or experience of working within a relevant professional environment. Including experience in a graphic design, art-worker and/or technical illustrator role.
- Strong typographical knowledge.
- Ability to work under pressure within a flexible working environment.
- An excellent command of the English language.
Desirable:
- Experience of typesetting in the Korean, Chinese, Japanese version of InDesign.
- Written fluency in French, Spanish, Korean and/or Japanese.
- Experience of multi-media such as Adobe Audition software.
- Experience working with HTML, CSS & JavaScript.
- Experience with technical illustration and/or creating material for the sciences (physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics).
In addition to your salary, we offer an attractive range of benefits including:
- 10% employer pension contribution from first day of employment (minimum contribution required from yourself is 3%)
- Annual salary review (from July 2027)
- 25 Days annual leave, plus public holidays
- 10 Days work from anywhere leave (per calendar year)
- Flexi Hours with our core hours as 10am-12pm and 2pm-3pm. You can flex your 37.5 hours per week around this
- Enhanced family friendly benefits
- Life assurance 4x annual salary
- Paid volunteering leave (one day per calendar year)
- Flexible benefits allowance at 1.5% of your annual salary
- Excellent continuous professional development
- Health and wellness schemes
- Disability Confident Employer
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Discounts on a range of products, including days out and Gym Memberships
- Cash back opportunities available from a wide range of retailers
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Free onsite parking
Applications will be accepted until 11.55pm BST, 02 October 2026.
Opportunity & Belonging
We are committed to building a working environment that values respect, diversity, and compassion. The International Baccalaureate is proud to be an equal opportunities employer, and we welcome applications from all qualified applicants. As a global employer, we adhere to all relevant employment legislation in the countries in which we operate, and we’re happy to provide any reasonable support or adjustments as needed to ensure applicants can fully participate in our recruitment process.
