Marketing Communications Executive London, England
Job description
About Us:
The payments market is the most exciting technology market in the world today for good reason. McKinsey values it globally at over $2 trillion and it’s growing between 13-15% year-on-year. Some of the largest most dynamic brands are investing in this sector; Apple has ApplePay, Google has GooglePay, Amazon has AmazonPay, and it’s not just the Silicon Valley brands. Tencent owns WeChatPay, Alibaba owns Alipay and digital disruptors like Square, Stripe and Adyen all invest millions to grow the payments market.
Planet are a technology company that’s transforming payments by putting the customer experience first. We help our customers deliver a better experience for guests, shoppers, and consumers everywhere. We operate in a market that continues to evolve and expand, partnering with the world’s most prestigious brands across Retail and Hospitality, and with a network of Financial Services partners worldwide.
To meet consumer demands, payments must be simple, safe, and invisible. The only way to do this is to fully embed payments in the software and networks that runs business. By combining networks, software and payment technology, Planet’s creating a world of connected commerce, that makes payments feel good.
We’re growing organically, and with strong Private Equity investors, Advent International and Eurazeo, we’ve the financial capital and expertise to grow our capabilities and reach through acquisition.
Growth
The Growth team is responsible for defining and driving the execution of Planet’s Growth and Go-To-Market (GTM) strategies. Within our team we combine Go-To-Market strategy, Marketing, Inside Sales, Pre-Sales Consulting and Revenue Operations to grow Planet’s business and expand into new markets and customer segments. From top level strategy to operational excellence and execution. We design end-to-end customer acquisition journeys and drive high impact Go-To-Market motions at scale. We are natural team players, partnering closely with the Hospitality, Retail and Partner teams, Product, Operations and many others. We play to win and always put the customer first.
Role Overview:
In the last 12 months, we’ve transformed our Marketing function into a customer-centric, and commercially focused demand generation team. We’ve started to have a measurable impact on the growth of the business, and we are operating across a number of communication channels. For us to further improve message penetration and channel optimisation, we are looking to strengthen our corporate content production engine. We are looking for an individual who is skilled in highly creating engaging content for use across our platforms and channels.
What you will do:
As one of our content champions, you will create, write and sign off highly engaging content and copy for our communication channels including social media, press and email
Conduct research on trends, topics and competitor positioning to help shape our editorial and content calendar
You will own Planet’s Linkedin channels and day-to-day management to drive forward the organic content strategy
Report on content performance and consumption and derive insight for future content production
Build a pipeline of content leveraging our corporate narrative, research, customer success stories and marketing calendar
Develop best practice approach, templates, processes and systems
Co-ordinate corporate content, messaging and campaigning with central editorial calendar to ensure consistency of themes and visibility across the function
Who You Are:
Experience in storytelling and copy writing with an affinity to digital channels and social media
Strong verbal and written English skills
Skilled with Microsoft Office and quick to pick up new skills and technologies
A team player and excellent communicator
Ability to work on multiple projects and collaborate with colleagues across the business
Problem solving mentality driven by delivering results and passionate about supporting the business grow
Excellent organisational, planning and time management skills
Motivation to work in a fast-paced high growth environment
A keen eye for detail and a sense of design and how to message to a target audience
Why Planet:
Planet is an equal opportunity employer where diversity is valued, and all employment is decided based on qualifications, merit, and business need.
Come and grow your career in the most exciting, fast paced technology market, with a business that delivers feel-good connected commerce. We would love to hear from you
