Innovation and Digital Design Lead

Job Description: Innovation and Digital Design Lead

Liberty Woodland School – Where Nature Meets Innovation

Type: Part-time or full-time (flexible for the right candidate)

Start Date: September 2025

Salary: Competitive and commensurate with experience

About Liberty Woodland School

At Liberty Woodland School, we believe that education should be alive. Rooted in the outdoors and driven by inquiry, we nurture courageous, creative and connected learners who are ready for the real world—not just to take part in it, but to change it. We’re looking for someone bold, imaginative and values‑driven to join our team and help shape the future of digital learning for our students.

The Role

We are seeking a dynamic and visionary Innovation and Digital Design Lead to embed ethical, creative, and purpose‑driven digital learning across our school. This is not about screens for the sake of screens—it’s about weaving digital thinking into real‑world problem‑solving, storytelling, and joyful exploration.

You’ll help us ensure that the digital world our children step into is one they feel equipped to navigate and inspired to influence. You’ll guide our staff, support our families, and work alongside children to co‑create an approach to technology that is thoughtful, vibrant and entirely Liberty Woodland School.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership: Develop and lead our digital learning vision, ensuring it aligns with our child‑led approach.
• Build a bespoke digital curriculum that spans media design, ethical tech use, creative coding, and storytelling—blending it seamlessly into our projects and forest learning.
• Design and curate a flexible, child‑led space for digital exploration—from animation and podcasting to robotics and maker projects.
• Lead conversations around mindful tech use, screen balance, and online identity—ensuring all learners (and staff) engage with digital spaces in a healthy and empowered way.
• Inspire and train colleagues to bring digital tools into their practice in meaningful and confidence‑building ways.
• Community & Partnership Building: Connect us with innovators, creatives, and ethical tech partners who can elevate the digital experiences of our learners.

Who You Are

• A creative digital thinker with a deep understanding of how children learn.
• Passionate about making technology a force for good—not just efficiency.
• Experienced in working across digital media, coding, or design platforms.
• An innovator who is happy in muddy boots one minute and exploring a new animation tool the next.
• Excited by the idea of shaping a pioneering model of digital learning from the ground up.

What We Offer

• A chance to reimagine digital education within a setting that celebrates nature, play, and inquiry.
• A supportive and purpose‑driven team who care deeply about doing things differently.
• Freedom to shape your role and bring bold ideas to life.
• Flexible working options and a generous approach to wellbeing and development.

Call‑Out: Join Us – Innovation and Digital Design Lead

Do you believe that digital education can be radically better—and more human? That children deserve to create, code, design and question the digital world they’re stepping into? At Liberty Woodland School, we’re creating a new kind of education—one that blends the power of the outdoors with the creativity of the digital. And we’re looking for someone to lead the charge. We want a changemaker. A digital dreamer with dirt under their fingernails. Someone who gets excited about children designing video games one day and debating digital ethics the next. Someone who doesn’t just follow trends—they create new paths. This is your chance to help build something bold. If you’re ready to co‑create a future‑facing digital curriculum, design a tech playground that doesn’t look like a screen farm, and reimagine how we teach innovation to children—you’ve just found your home.

Application Process

To express your interest, please send the following to leanna@libertywoodlandschool.com by 6th June 2025:

1. A short introduction explaining why you believe you’re the right person for this role.
2. Your CV.
3. A response to this creative challenge (no more than one page or one minute of video/audio – your choice):

The creative challenge: We want you to outline a digital project you would introduce to children aged 9–13 that encourages them to explore and advocate for a local environmental issue (e.g., biodiversity, rewilding, waste reduction, or tree preservation). Describe the project, the tools or platforms you would use, and how you would ensure it empowers the students to take meaningful action and share their work with others.