Content Writer

This is an excellent time to join our award-winning company as we continue to evolve and innovate across the business and grow in new markets in our mission to help the world find better deals. You will have the opportunity to work in a friendly, dynamic, and inclusive environment with talented and passionate individuals and the option to work in a hybrid work pattern.

The Role

The Content Writer will be producing accurate, engaging and informative content for the company’s multiple price comparison websites, as well as content for partner sites as and when required.While financial services experience isn’t mandatory, the successful applicant should be comfortable getting to grips with a wide range of financial jargon and be able to simplify this jargon in a consumer-focused, SEO-friendly and FCA-compliant way.

In this role you will:

• Write high-quality content for website landing pages, insurance and personal finance guides, press releases and email newsletters
• Use keyword analysis tools to both determine what content to create and optimise that content for search
• Fact-check, proofread and edit content written by other team members and freelance writers
• Support Seopa’s PR, email marketing and social media experts with content writing, proofreading and editing as and when required
• Support other Seopa teams with their copywriting and content development requirements when required.

The successful candidate will have:

Academics

Honours Degree or equivalent (minimum 2:1), and 3 grades ‘B’ or above at A-Level are desirable but not essential.

Essential Criteria

• The successful candidate will have a demonstrable background in content writing and editing, with a particular emphasis on web-based content
• They should be a fluent English speaker with a deep command of the written word
• They should have a meticulous attention to detail, both when writing their own content and when fact-checking and editing other people’s writing
• They should also be IT literate, with experience using tools like Word, Excel, Google Docs and Google Sheets.

Desirable

• A basic understanding of SEO would be ideal, although additional SEO training will be provided
• Financial services experience is also highly desirable but not essential
• Previous experience with content managements systems (e.g. WordPress), although training will be provided.

Personal Attributes

• Good interpersonal and influencing skills
• Attentive to detail - getting it ‘right first time’
• Self-motivated and able to use initiative and think creatively
• Organised approach to work
• Efficient and able to juggle multiple deadlines.

Company Values

Can identify with and commit to our company values:

SMART
We are innovative and strategic
We find better ways to do things

EFFICIENT
We maximise productivity and value for money
We minimise waste and duplication

OPEN
We are one team – diverse, loyal and respectful
We welcome new ideas, challenge and change

PASSIONATE
We are ambitious, positive and driven
We celebrate the success of our company and colleagues

ACCOUNTABLE
We are responsible, trustworthy and dependable
We do what we say we will

Benefits

Seopa offers a competitive salary and benefits package, including:

• private medical insurance
• life assurance
• Pension and opportunity for annual pension review
• health cashback plan
• hybrid working arrangements
• annual travel card loan
• additional service-related holidays
• option to buy additional holidays
• cycle to work scheme
• full access to online learning system
• wide-ranging discount reward schemes
• recognition bonuses

Location

The company operates a hybrid working policy, where employees can work both from home and from our modern offices at Adelaide Exchange, Adelaide Street, Belfast, BT2 8GD.

How to Apply

Please submit your CV to careers@seopa.com

About Seopa

Founded in 2003 with branches in Belfast (Head Office) and Timisoara, we are an industry leader in creating and hosting insurance, finance and utility price comparison engines. In addition to providing our software and systems to other companies, we operate our own insurance comparison brands - Quotezone.co.uk and CompareNI.com.

Used by more than 3 million people annually, our systems enable insurance providers to secure business within their target markets and empower consumers to easily identify those providers who meet their financial product requirements at market leading prices. Our Affinity Partnership arrangements also facilitate other companies to increase the range of services offered (and revenue generated) via their websites. Our products are used by over 400 financial partners in the insurance, finance and utilities industry.

Our success has been recognised by a series of awards including six consecutive Deloitte Technology Fast 50 awards, a Deloitte EMEA Technology Fast500 award, several prestigious Deloitte Best Managed Companies awards (2017, 2018, 2019) and three Gold Standard Best Managed Companies awards (2020, 2021 and 2022).