Job description
**Remote working with the need to be in proximity/able to commute to an office in Birmingham, London, Carlisle, or Belfast at least once a week**
This is a great opportunity to join a successful business, who offer their staff the best possible working environment in which to thrive professionally, while maintaining a healthy work/life balance. This role would suit somebody with UK-based experience currently working in a similar role, looking for a fresh new challenge.
Our client is a fast-growing marketing agency, with a team experienced in a variety of areas including strategy, creative, social media, UX, web development, and SEO. As a business their experts are focused on solving problems for clients to become the agency of first choice for clients across a broad spectrum of industries.
What we need from you as a Social Media Content Writer:
- A grade English language skill, a wide vocabulary and exquisite grammar, and the confidence to know when to throw out the rulebook
- Proven content writing experience gained working inhouse across multiple brands or within an agency
- Have a good understanding of commercial content and what stories will be attractive to which audiences
- Excellent editing skills
- An understanding of how to write content for a variety of digital channels
- An ability to flex your tone and approach to the written word in different scenarios and for different brands
- Strong history of crafting copy for campaigns
- Excellent portfolio - proven experience is essential for this role
What the role involves:
The role will involve collaborating predominantly with the social team and creative team to produce long and short-form storytelling/copy for a variety of formats to an agreed brief.
Duties include but not limited to:
- Understanding and researching clients, their industries and target audiences to then write copy which is relevant and compelling
- Writing content for different purposes - to inform, inspire, educate, producing outputs that meet the desired brief objectives
- Researching topics so their content contains timely and accurate information
- Liaising directly with client where needed to present and refine content
- Developing content plans alongside strategists to support a client’s communications objectives
- Determining content needs through conversations with clients and their representatives
- Creating compelling social headlines and body copy that will capture the attention of the target audience
- Revising existing content to reflect business changes or new preferences
Salary/hours: £26,000-£32,000 per year, depending on experience. Working 37.5 hours per week, flexibility around hours to be worked and the option to work a 9-day fortnight.
Benefits:
- 25 days plus 8 bank holidays
- Company pension scheme
- Life assurance
- Flexible working
- Laptop
Please apply now!
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £26,000.00-£32,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
- No weekends
Application question(s):
- Although this role offers remote working, you will need to be in proximity/able to commute to an office in Birmingham, London, Carlisle, or Belfast at least once a week. Please only apply if you are able to do this. Thank you.
Experience:
- working as a Social Media Content Writer: 1 year (required)
- working inhouse across multiple brands or within an agency: 1 year (required)
Licence/Certification:
- Grade A English language or above/equivalent (required)
Work Location: Remote