Content Writer

Compensation: £21,225 - £26,000 / year

Description

Due to growth, we are currently looking for a new Content Writer to join our award-winning team, based in Bedford. This is a hybrid position (3 days working in the Office and 2 days working from Home)

Receptional have been named:

Employer of the Year for Luton & Bedfordshire at the SME Business Awards 2022.
SBC Marketing & Services Provider of the Year 2022
Best Agency Culture (Silver Award) 2022 at the UK Agency Awards

About Us:

Are you looking for a role where your colleagues are bright and engaged, the work is rewarding, and there's plenty of opportunity for progression? At Receptional, we love working with challenger brands that are changing the world. It means we're growing fast and looking for enthusiastic people to grow with us.

Receptional are a multi award-winning team of over 50 creative and digital marketers that have been working with some of the UK's best-known and challenger brands for over 20 years. We offer a variety of services to our clients ranging from one-off projects to multi-channel campaigns.

A major part of our success are the people that work for us. We hire diverse people with potential and enable them to flourish with training and progression with both team and individual training budgets to support your growth. This is a company where you can build a career, we are long-term focused and reward great performance with clearly defined career progression paths.

We place culture at the centre of our business with an array of annual initiatives ranging from charity to social events. Work / life balance is of utmost importance to us. We believe in providing a supportive and collaborative environment to enable you to reach your full potential.

About the Role:

As a Content Writer, you will work as part of the Content Team, collaborating to create different forms of content for various platforms on behalf of our clients. You will participate in ideation sessions, carrying out research to obtain a good understanding of the niche and target audience, ensuring that the content you produce is on-time and of high quality, written in the required tone of voice as per the client's brief. As part of the role, you will also proofread and sub-edit other colleagues' work and attend any client calls or meetings as required.

Key Responsibilities:

Writing high-quality, relevant, and timely content to a good standard ensuring it adheres to the style guide and is written in the appropriate TOV
Positively participate in ideation sessions for the writing of content, pitches, and proposals.
Produce internal resources and marketing material for the content team and the wider business based on research or training
Write or repurpose content for international markets
Attend client calls/meetings as required
Proof and sub-edit colleague's content to a good standard
Carry out effective research, gaining a good understanding of niche and target audiences to aid with content creation
Contribute to client content calendars
Be proactive with personal development. Attending training courses to aid development. Constantly be looking to expand subject knowledge.

Skills Knowledge and Expertise:

Essential Skills:

Proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Outlook)
A passion for writing with the ability to create different forms of content
Previous experience of creative or copywriting
Ability to evidence writing to a high-quality standard
A positive attitude with good verbal and written communication skills
Ability to work either independently or as part of a team as required
Organised with good time management skill and the ability to meet deadlines

Non-Essential Skills:

Degree in Journalism or similar is preferred but not essential
Understanding of SEO and keyword research
Ability to write in different languages

Our Values and Benefits:

Every half-decent agency has a beer fridge and free fruit. It's all a bit samey, a bit bleugh. We take a different approach, with benefits based around our five core values. But there is, of course, free beer and fruit, if you want it.

Transparent

We have open, honest conversations and strive to communicate clearly and constructively .
Company-wide meetings every Monday
Whole-team business reviews every quarter
Twice yearly appraisals
Transparent pay scale and skills matrix
Bonuses split equally among the team

Forward-thinking

We invest in innovation, thought leadership and wellbeing, to improve our people and work.
Free fresh fruit and healthy snacks
Mental health training and first aiders
Annual health check and flu jab
Fantastic pension plans
Enhanced pay for parental/adoption leave

Dynamic

We're flexible in our work and value creative thinking.
3 days in the office, 2 days at home
Modern, spacious office with table tennis
Cycle-to-work scheme
Your own high-spec PC
Monthly rewards for top performers

Collaborative

We're an integrated team. We see strength in diversity and value collective expertise .
A focus group to make everyone's voice heard
Quarterly days out - from canoeing to falconry
Team fundraising for our charity of the year
Celebrations for Pride, Black History Month and more

Curious

We're inquisitive and think beyond the brief. Information and experience make us smarter.