Join us at EIT:
At the Ellison Institute of Technology (EIT), we’re on a mission to translate scientific discovery into real world impact. We bring together visionary scientists, technologists, policy makers, and entrepreneurs to tackle humanity’s greatest challenges in four transformative areas:
Health, Medical Science \& Generative Biology
Food Security \& Sustainable Agriculture
Climate Change \& Managing CO₂
Artificial Intelligence \& Robotics
This is ambitious work - work that demands curiosity, courage, and a relentless drive to make a difference. At EIT, you’ll join a community built on excellence, innovation, tenacity, trust, and collaboration, where bold ideas become real-world breakthroughs. Together, we push boundaries, embrace complexity, and create solutions to scale ideas from lab to society. Explore more at www.eit.org.
Your Role:
At EIT we are seeking an experienced UI Designer/Developer with Webflow experience to join our growing central communications team. Reporting to the Websites, Platforms and UX Lead, you will form a key part of delivering EIT’s external digital presence, building web pages and cohesive online experiences for a number EIT sub brands and external audiences.
Your Responsibilities:
Write well designed, testable, efficient code by using best software development practices
Create responsive website layouts and user interfaces by using Webflow, and where applicable standard HTML/CSS practices
Integrate data from various back-end services and databases
Support the Digital Experience team with specifications and requirements based on technical needs
Create and maintain software documentation
Engage with emerging technologies/industry trends and apply them into operations and activities
Requirements
Essential Skills, Qualifications \& Experience:
Demonstrable experience in a UI / Front-End / Web Designer Developer role within a start-up, scale up or tech first environment.
Webflow
HTML, CSS, Javascript
Figma
Front end code repo experience
SEO optimisation experience
Strong understanding of development approaches and methods
Ability to translate design documents into responsive designs
Website optimisation experience
Strong collaboration skills
Effective communication
Ability to explore new technical solutions as challenges emerge
Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously, prioritise tasks, and meet tight deadlines.
Ability to work closely with cross-functional teams, agencies and suppliers (designers, developers, product and communications)
Ability to demonstrate previous experience through portfolio of works (please include your link within your application)
Organised and reliable.
Desirable Skills, Qualifications \& Experience:
Prior experience running UX or UCD workshops with stakeholders or users
Experience building non-traditional web experiences outside of standard desktop environments.
Exposure to mixed-media or creative coding approaches.
Experience contributing to early stage digital platforms or greenfield products.
Benefits
Our Benefits:
Salary: £45,000 - £50,000 (dependent on experience) + travel allowance + bonus
Enhanced holiday pay
Pension
Life Assurance
Income Protection
Private Medical Insurance
Hospital Cash Plan
Therapy Services
Perk Box
Electric Car Scheme
Working Together – What It Involves:
You must have the right to work permanently in the UK with a willingness to travel as necessary.
You will live in, or within easy commuting distance of, Oxford (or be willing to relocate) and can commit to being on site 3 days per working week.