Digital Content Editor

We have an exciting opportunity available for a Digital Content Editor to join one of the world’s leading research Institutes at a crucial time in its evolution, and play a definitive role in shaping it for the future. You will join us on a full-time, permanent basis and in return, you will receive a competitive salary of £53,000 per annum subject to skills and experience.The Digital Content Editor oleWe are looking for a talented Digital Content Editor with a great eye for detail to join our Digital and Creative team, helping manage our website content and producing long-form articles to engage our varied audiences across our digital channels.We are about to embark on a major project to redevelop our public-facing website, where this post holder will play a pivotal role. You will be involved from the project initiation, auditing our website, working with our Digital Communications and Content Manager to help develop the new website’s content strategy and content design principles, overseeing content production and migration, and right through to rolling out training to website editors across the Crick.Responsibilities of our Digital Content Editor:These include but are not limited to:* Develop and commission Digital Content, with a particular focus on written copy, to engage our varied online audiences with the work and science of the Crick.* Copyedit and fact-check website and long-form digital copy, ensuring it is up-to-date, factually accurate, on-brand, grammatically correct, accessible and search engine optimised.* Monitor, evaluate and make recommendations on website content using tools and techniques such as Google Analytics, user-testing, focus groups, online surveys.* Write articles and long-form content translating the Crick’s science and research for a non-specialist audience;* Source, edit and advise on photography and images for the Crick’s website.* Lead on website content production projects, collaborating with colleagues from across the Crick.* Train website editors on best-practice writing for the web, website accessibility, and how to use our website CMS.* Audit our existing website content, including website pages, images, videos, downloadable documents etc., to help inform and prioritise our content migration and production project workstream.* Work with Digital Communications and Content Manager to oversee content production and migration for the new Crick website.* Work with Digital Content Manager to develop and roll out content strategy for our new Crick’s website.* Develop editorial and content design guidelines for Crick’s new public website.* Work with Digital Content Manager to manage testing of our new website content.Skills and experience we are looking for in our Digital Content Editor:* Experience of producing user-focused, accurate and engaging Digital Content.* Excellent writing skills with a keen eye for an engaging story.* Experience of managing content for a large public-facing website* A strong understanding of website accessibility.* A strong understanding of SEO principles.* Proven ability to write content that translates complex ideas for a non-specialist audience.* An understanding of principles of project management.* Experience of providing website editorial and CMS training.* Experience of working to tight deadlines without compromising standards or attention to detail.* Excellent organisational skills with the ability to deliver on complex projects, working with colleagues towards coordinated deadlines.* Strong inter-personal skills and ability to negotiate and influence.* Experience of using Google Analytics to evaluate and report on website content.* Experience of using Photoshop to process images for the web.* A passion for digital communications.Closing date: 5th February 2024, 23.59If you feel you have the skills and experience to become our Digital Content Editor, please click ‘apply’ today, we’d love to hear from you!All offers of employment are subject to successful security screening (including enhanced DBS check) and continuous eligibility to work in the United Kingdom