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Digital Content Editor Edinburgh, Scotland

People's Postcode Lottery

Full Time Edinburgh, Scotland 24455 - 29612 GBP ANNUAL Today

Job description

Digital Content Editor

The Postcode Lottery raises funds for good causes. Together with our partners and everyone who participates in the lottery, our staff members all work towards creating a better, greener and more socially inclusive world. Would it make you proud to contribute towards this amazing mission as our Digital Content Editor? Join our international team at the Postcode Lottery Group in the Netherlands, Germany, Norway, the UK and Sweden!

Our award-winning communications department works to enhance and protect the reputation of People’s Postcode Lottery.

Every one of our big winners has an amazing story to tell. There’s always strong interest from our players and potential players about winning postcodes, the winners themselves, and how they plan to spend their prize money.

People’s Postcode Lottery was created to raise funds for charities and good causes. That means there are also great opportunities to highlight the impact of those funds in Britain and beyond. Our work really does change lives for the better.

We strive to ensure our communications products reflect the needs of diverse audiences, externally and internally.

These are our main workstreams:

Winner communications
Charity communications
Corporate communications
Internal communications
Crisis communications

The Digital Content Editor will be a senior member of the department and will report directly to the Head of Communications. This is an important, new role and the successful candidate will join a cross-functional team of talented professionals working to transform our websites. You will be creative, flexible, and passionate about harnessing the power of digital communications.

Extensive and proven experience in a similar role is required and you will be able to demonstrate how you have used your skills in previous posts to deliver against business KPIs. We are looking for someone who is degree-educated in a relevant field, or has equivalent professional experience, within a relevant discipline.

You will have experience of working with digital asset management systems, an understanding of intellectual property and data protection laws, and a knowledge of social media trends and platforms. Experience of working in a highly regulated environment would also be welcome.

Our communications team work flexibly and adaptably, and the successful candidate may occasionally be required to support other departmental functions. Travel within Great Britain and weekend working, dependent on business needs, will be required.

Izzi McLaren, Communications Officer: ‘We’re always sharing good news stories here at Postcode Lottery. Whether it’s our wonderful winners, the fantastic charities we support or celebration of team success, we’ve got lots to shout about in the communications team.

I joined the organisation as a customer experience agent before moving into the communications team as an assistant. I’m now a senior communications officer and it’s hard to think of another organisation where I would have been given the opportunity and experience to develop my career in such a way.’

Your tasks

Drive acquisitions and support retention by creating and publishing versioned content targeting key demographics
Support the delivery of our refreshed SEO strategy
Work with colleagues from across the business to deliver enhanced digital communications
Analyse website traffic data and use outcomes to develop and refine strategy
Liaise with agency and charity partners to deliver outstanding content

Your qualities:

Advanced copy writing, copy editing and web publishing skills
Ability to create content tailored to the needs of specific audiences
Strong multi-media production skills
An analytical approach to data and a willingness to adapt your approach
Flexible, adaptable and resilient

Benefits of working with us:

You will receive a competitive salary, join an excellent pension scheme and benefit from private medical care
We have a strong culture of learning and development. Our Lottery Academy offers an extensive range of training programmes and courses. There are also many career opportunities in the UK and abroad
We enjoy working with one another. We regularly arrange social activities and organise our Christmas breakfast at the end of the year, a date that everyone looks forward to, where we look back proudly at what we’ve achieved together
Your wellbeing is important to us. That’s why we offer a variety of options including an inhouse gym, with an optional weekly massage, and access to mental health support services
You’re regularly involved in the work carried out by the charities thanks to the funds we raise for them. This includes volunteering, project visits, presentations in our seminar space, and an invite to the annual Gala event attended by the organisations we support

Your future department:

People’s Postcode Lottery has a great story to tell, and our communications team ensure people understand what we do and why we do it.

The team work with the media to celebrate our lucky winners in postcodes across Great Britain. They also highlight the incredible range of projects which lottery funding supports.

Your future employer:

The Postcode Lottery Group is an international organisation with a social purpose. We set up and run lotteries to raise funds for a fairer, greener, healthier world.

Our players win prizes together with their neighbors and raise money for charity together – it’s a win-win!

Postcode Lottery players have now raised over €12 billion for thousands of charities since 1989. We’re the third largest private charity donor in the world.

Every day, more than 1,500 team members in Great Britain, the Netherlands, Sweden, Germany and Norway are helping to raise €2.3 million for charity partners.

People are at the heart of what we do. Whether it’s our team, our players or the thousands of good causes supported, our aim is to play our part in creating a fairer, more equal world. We are open to ideas and are committed to creating a culture that is inclusive, representative and celebrates diversity in everyone. But we are not perfect. We will always strive to do better – that’s just who we are.

Join us!

If you’re interested, you can apply now. If you’d like more information, we would be happy to help you. Just contact us at [email protected].

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

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