Content Writer

We’re looking for an ambitious and passionate English degree or NCTJ-qualified writer to join our team and play an important part in our national and international campaigns. This role will allow you to go beyond copywriting as a skill set. If you’d like to improve your digital strategy and marketing skills and gain experience in other parts of digital then this job will bring you joy.

Title: Content Writer

Hours: Full-time

Location: Remote and/or Northern Quarter, Manchester

Salary: £25,000 per annum + cost of living bonus (£1,800 per annum)

You’ll be working closely with our digital marketing managers and senior digital marketing managers on our client accounts. We run a mix of critical BAU campaigns and exciting creative-led campaigns that lean heavily on paid search and social.

Our clients’ campaigns can be local or global; we’re active in multiple territories and across multiple languages. It’s interesting, challenging and every day is different. If you’re ambitious, a self-learner and want to take on a role with a clear career path then this could be a great fit for you.

We’re a supportive, caring business that wants to get the best out of ambitious people. We ask that our team come into the office for at least two days a month, but in reality, you’re likely to be in the office four days a month. Want to be in the office every day? No problem. Want to avoid travelling for hours on end and WFH? That’s a-ok with us. Spend time at the office and you’ll find a group of smart, thoughtful individuals who support each other.

Main Roles and Responsibilities

• Creating engaging, interesting content for our clients; from long-form articles to the small snippets of text that are the cornerstone of our marketing campaigns, including perfectly crafted social media ad copy, and engaging copy for our client's emails.
• Supporting our own marketing with content and proofing.
• Being part of a collaborative team where you can use your writing experience to elevate other people's output.
• Supporting others in the team with training and support.
• Communicating internally (to your colleagues) and externally (this is a role where there may be some client-facing time) on campaign activities and performance.
• Generating new ideas: whether it’s an approach, a format or a creative, our clients love and support innovation and change.
• Going beyond writing, this role will include work in other areas of digital marketing. If you’re excited by the idea of going beyond just writing then we’ll provide you with the support so that you can get experience in other parts of our business.

Key Skills

• You’ll have an English degree or be NCTJ-qualified with publicly visible work.
• Experience in producing work to a content marketing brief.
• Knowledge of digital marketing best practices for content writing (e.g. SEO, Social Media etc)
• At least a year of commercial writing experience within an organisation.
• You’ll be highly organised, with amazing written and verbal communication skills and a love of working with and being around people.
• You’ll be ambitious and want to widen your skillset beyond writing.

Desirable Skills

• Experience of working in an agency
• Creative skills or experiences; Canva or Photoshop.