Social Media Content Writer

**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