Creative Communications Executive

Excited to grow your career?

Our purpose is to make it easy for people to save and invest for a better future. We are looking for great people to join us, so please come and invest in YOUR future at HL.

We know that sometimes people can be put off applying for a job if they don't tick every box. If you're excited about working for us and have most of the skills or experience we're looking for, please go ahead and apply. We'd love to hear from you!

About the role

We have a fantastic opportunity to join our Marketing team on a Fixed Term Contract (FTC) until May 2025, as a Creative Communications Executive within our Trading and Initiatives squad. This is a great role for anyone with experience in marketing, who is looking to develop their skills within the Financial Services industry.

The main focus of your role will be building on our Financially Fearless work. Women are chronically under-represented in the world of investing. And only 34% of women say they're comfortable making investment decisions. This in part is down to the language surrounding the industry. You will play a part in driving change to make investing more accessible for everyone.

You'll join an experienced and diverse Creative Communications team that sits within our wider in-house marketing department. We bring different skill sets together to work collaboratively in squads, with focused objectives and targets.

You'll be expected build on your existing knowledge of the industry, our products, your audience, and their needs. You'll provide your marketing squad with creative delivery, working closely with, and learning from the people in your squad, the design team and other channel experts.

What you'll be doing

• Propose, create and deliver engaging and relevant content and communications for both content-led and offer-led marketing campaigns, across multiple channels.
• Deliver new and improved content for squad web pages, working collaboratively with the squad's digital optimisation specialist.
• Become a specialist in at least two products or services, and develop a working knowledge of the full HL range and the overall HL proposition.
• Stay on top of the latest news, developments and trends that affect your products and target market. Use this to generate, propose and drive ideas for marketing campaigns and client communications.
• Build knowledge of marketing best practice and deliver continued improvement by seeking insight from clients, analytics, helpdesk, advisers, research and competitors (UK and overseas).

About you

• Superb creative writing skills, innovative in your approach
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
• Collaborative mind-set with the ability to bring people with them
• A creative thinker with plenty of ideas.
• Willing to learn, develop knowledge and work towards qualifications
• Keen interest and passion for marketing and Financial Services
• Experience in online and offline marketing
• Offer-led and content marketing best practice
• Understanding of financial products and markets
• Investments or pensions experience

Interview process

This will be a one-stage interview process, consisting of competency and behavioural based questions.

Working Schedule

You have the option of working from home and coming into the office. We like team members to come into the office at least twice a week to amplify collaboration and planning.

Why us?

Here at HL, we're the UK's number 1 investment platform for private investors, based in Bristol. For more than 40 years we've helped investors save time, tax and money on their investments.

To achieve our mission, we believe we have a workplace like no other, with constant learning, dynamic teams, and a great ethos. We're steered by core values that promote service, quality, innovation, and opportunity in everything we do.

What's on offer?

• Discretionary annual bonus and annual pay review
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays and 1-day additional Christmas closure
• Option to purchase an additional 5 days holiday
• Flexible working options available, including hybrid working
• Enhanced parental leave
• Pension scheme up to 11% employer contribution
• Sharesave scheme - have a real stake in HL's future
• Income Protection and Life insurance (4 x salary core level of cover)
• Private medical insurance
• Health care cash plans - including optical, dental, and outpatient care
• - confidential support including mental health counselling and remote GP
• Wellhub - unlimited access to fitness providers and wellness coach sessions
• Variety of travel to work schemes with bike storage and shower facilities
• Inhouse barista and deli serving subsidised coffee and sandwiches
• Two paid volunteering days per year

dependant on role level

only available to select during our annual benefits window, in November each year

Hargreaves Lansdown is an inclusive employer that values diversity in its workforce. We encourage applications from all individuals without regard to race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or age.

This role may also be available on a flexible working or part time basis - please ask the Recruitment & Onboarding team for more information.

Please note, we are unable to provide employment sponsorship to candidates.