Content Coordinator - Corporate Communications

Business Unit: Corporate Communications
Salary range: £35,200 - £46,000 DOE per annum DOE + red-hot benefits
Location: Remote, UK Flexible
Contract Type: Fixed term for 12 months (maternity cover)

Live for the weekday. Live a life more Virgin.

Our team

We’re looking for a super-smart Content Coordinator to join the Corporate Communications Team and drive campaigns forwards with passion, purpose and positivity.

Our ambition is to create gold-standard content - not just for a Bank but for a much-loved consumer brand. We bring the narrative around what makes Virgin Money special to life through our internal and external channels and believe this is where the personality of our brand really comes to life.

In this role you’ll maintain content to ensure we have a strong presence in the crowd and create a community of followers.

What you’ll be doing

• Developing an editorial and content planner based on our Corporate Communications narrative.
• Day to day management of our LinkedIn channel.
• Analysis of daily news and internal news to make sure we never miss an opportunity to share our own news or comment and share relevant news stories that our followers will expect us to have an opinion on.
• Channel reporting and measurement.
• Creative production on social media assets.
• Collaborate with the wider Corporate Communications team on large campaigns and ensure social is represented at key decision-making meetings and planning sessions.
• Protect our brand and reputation by careful channels management.

We need you to have

• A proven track record and passion for content creation.
• The ability to spot when to engage with our followers on social and great ideas on how to dial up the Virgin tone of voice.
• A strong understanding of our brand and how it shows up on social platforms.
• Experience in building a creative brief.
• Great copy-writing skills.
• Previously worked across different teams and business areas.
• An understanding of how social platforms work and how we can create the right content for the right platform.
• A good eye for photography and use this to make social content stronger.

It’s a bonus if you have but not essential

• Previous experience running social media accounts
• Digital content creation skills Familiarity in content creation on Adobe Creative Cloud i.e. InDesign, Premiere Pro, After Effects

Red Hot Rewards

• Generous holidays - 38.5 days annual leave (including bank holidays and prorated if part-time)​ plus the option to buy more
• Up to five extra paid well-being days per year​ 
• 20 weeks paid, gender-neutral family leave (52 weeks in total) for expectant parents and those looking to adopt 
• Market-leading pension
• Free private medical cover, income protection and life assurance
• Flexible benefits include Cycle to Work, wellness and health assessments, and critical illness 
• Ability to work anywhere in the UK​ (where the role allows) 

And there's no waiting around, you'll enjoy these benefits from day one.

Feeling insatiably curious about this role? Apply as soon as you can. If we’re lucky to receive a lot of interest, we may close the advert early and would hate you to miss out.

We're all about helping you Live a Life More Virgin, so happy to talk flexible working with you.

Say hello to Virgin Money
We’re making great strides towards achieving our ambition of becoming the UK’s best digital bank.  As a full-service digital bank with a heritage stretching back over 180 years, we`re a workforce to be reckoned with.  We're putting the full power of our experience behind disruptive ideas that reinvent the role a bank plays in people's lives. We strive to create positive experiences for our millions of customers and our purpose, ‘Making You Happier About Money’, underpins everything we do. We believe in doing banking differently, innovating and working together to make a real difference. Join us and Live a Life More Virgin that empowers you with choice and flexibility in how you work.

Be yourself at Virgin Money
Our purpose is to make people happier about money, this means seeing and feeling the world as our customers do by creating a workforce that reflects the rich diversity of our customers and communities.  We’re committed to creating an inclusive culture where colleagues feel safe and inspired to contribute, speak up and be heard.  

As a Disability Confident Leader, we're committed to removing any obstacles to inclusion.  If you need any reasonable adjustments or support making your application, contact our Talent Acquisition team (url removed)

Now the legal bit
Living A Life More Virgin allows our colleagues to be based anywhere in the UK (if the role allows it), but we'll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK.

If you're successful in securing a role with us, there are some checks you need to complete before starting. These include credit and criminal record checks and three years' worth of satisfactory references. If the role is part of the Senior Manager Regime and Certification Regime, it requires enhanced pre-employment checks – we'll ask for six years of regulatory references, and once in the role, you'll be subject to periodic employment checks.