Creative Artworker & Typesetter

Role overview

This is a permanent opportunity with the UK National Audit Office in London, with at least two days each week spent in the office as part of the hybrid working arrangement. The position offers a London salary of approximately £37,855.

You will join a busy Design & Publishing team that produces influential publications for Parliament, Government and the public. The team is looking for someone who enjoys working at speed, has exceptional accuracy, and can help turn complex material into clear, accessible and visually engaging outputs.

As a Creative Artworker & Typesetter, you will support the end-to-end production of reports, infographics and digital/social content. The role involves managing layouts, typography, visual assets and amends while maintaining brand, editorial and accessibility standards. You will contribute to a workflow that delivers up to three significant publications each week and will work closely with colleagues across design, publishing and communications to maintain quality throughout every stage.

Main responsibilities

• Produce design work across print, digital and social formats to support clear and accessible reporting for Government and Parliament.
• Format and typeset publications using Adobe InDesign and InCopy.
• Develop charts, infographics and other visual elements that help present complex information clearly.
• Follow brand, editorial and accessibility requirements while checking accuracy and consistency during review rounds and rapid amendment cycles.
• Prepare final artwork and export files suitable for web, print and ePub use.
• Work collaboratively with design, publishing and communications colleagues to deliver polished outputs.
• Support ongoing improvements in team processes and wider departmental ways of working.

Skills, experience and qualifications

The ideal candidate will bring strong technical design skills, a careful eye for detail and the ability to stay organised in a deadline-led environment. You should be comfortable working on varied publications, communicating with different stakeholders and applying publishing standards consistently.

• Advanced capability with Adobe Creative Cloud tools, especially InDesign, InCopy, Illustrator and Photoshop.
• Experience producing well-designed branded publications for both print and digital channels, including long-form documents.
• Excellent attention to detail and a track record of producing accurate, high-quality work.
• Ability to juggle several deadlines at once in a busy production setting.
• Experience working collaboratively within teams and communicating effectively with a range of stakeholders.
• Working understanding of brand, editorial and accessibility standards.

Application requirements

Applications must include all of the following; incomplete submissions will not be considered:

• An up-to-date CV.
• A cover letter that answers the application questions, with a maximum length of two pages in total including the questions.
• A portfolio or examples linked within the cover letter. Links via WeTransfer or Dropbox are not accepted.

Applicants are asked to answer the following questions in no more than 150 words each, using examples from their portfolio:

• Describe a time when you were responsible for multiple publications or deliverables at the same time. How did you prioritise your work and meet the deadlines?
• Which InDesign features or techniques are most useful to you when producing complex publications, and why?
• Which Adobe Creative Cloud tools or functions do you rely on most often, and how do they help your workflow?
• Give an example of how you improved the clarity or readability of a detailed layout or document.
• Review the organisation’s products and provide three examples from your own work that best match the type of outputs they produce. These should be clearly highlighted in your portfolio.

Guidance for applicants

The organisation is looking for concise, experience-led responses that demonstrate how you deliver precise, high-quality work in a fast-moving environment.

Selection process

The application closing time is 23:59 on Sunday 19 July 2026.

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to a first-stage interview on 10–12 August, either online or in person. This stage includes a written exercise and a panel interview and may take up to two hours.

Second-stage interviews will be held in person on 19 and 20 August. This stage will also include a written exercise and a panel interview and may take up to two hours.

Nationality requirements

• UK nationals.
• Commonwealth nationals who have the right to work in the UK.
• EU, EEA or Swiss nationals who have status under, or are eligible for, the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS).

The role cannot support visa sponsorship. For nationality eligibility queries, applicants may contact the HR Service Desk at hrservicedesk@nao.org.uk.

Equality, diversity and reasonable adjustments

Applicants with a disability who would like to be considered under the Disability Confident scheme should indicate this when applying. Under this scheme, an interview is guaranteed to disabled applicants who meet the minimum role requirements.

Candidates can also request reasonable adjustments at any stage of the process by contacting the HR Service Desk at HRServiceDesk@nao.org.uk.

The organisation recruits fairly and openly, assessing all applications on merit against the role requirements. Recruitment decisions are made without discrimination on the basis of any protected characteristic covered by the Equality Act 2010.