Senior Shopping Writer
Woman & Home is the UK’s most ambitious women’s lifestyle media website, and one of the UK’s original women’s magazines. An authority in the mature woman’s fashion, beauty, health and homes choices, it specialises in expert-driven content that inspires aspirational, style-conscious, savvy consumers to live their best lives.
If you love writing and reviewing new, beautiful and useful products, from hair tools to household appliances, and helping consumers make brilliant shopping choices, then we want to hear from you! This is a fantastic opportunity to join the brilliant eCommerce team that’s an integral part of this market-leading women’s lifestyle media brand.
What you'll be doing...
As Senior Shopping Writer, you'll pitch and write brilliant articles for Woman & Home, create content at a fast pace while maintaining consistency in tone and values, applying SEO best practice and balancing commercial and editorial KPIs. participate in peak trading events, such as Black Friday or Amazon Prime Day, and when required, create commercial content alongside editorial, and contribute to partnership pitches and broader brand projects.
You'll commission and edit from external contributors into CMS as required, sub-edit and ensure SEO best practice is applied to articles – for example, re-writing headlines, meta titles and meta descriptions; updating internal linking, sourcing images and ensuring images have correct and accurate alt text and credits, develop a network of industry contacts to provide expert comments on relevant articles and use analytical tools to measure success of created content and inform upcoming content decisions.
Experience that will put you ahead of the curve…
A digital native, you’ll be a whizz at using CMS systems and have an understanding of deal blocks and widgets. We need you to be able to deliver content quickly and efficiently.
A keen interest in, and understanding of, women’s products, particularly for the core market aged 45-60. We don’t necessarily require you to be an expert initially, but you’ll grasp the challenge of becoming one very quickly, and will need to understand what drives these women to buy, what their interests and pain points are.
Exceptional writing skills - from the ability to write snappy headlines and tight grammar control to the ability to choose the right image to draw people in.
Keen interest in SEO and an understanding of analytical tools, which you’ll use to form your content crafting.
A natural collaborator who loves being part of a high-performing team. Communication skills are paramount, and the ability to be a team player.
What's in it for you…
We have a number of awesome perks available to our staff. We offer huge opportunities to learn and develop, whether through professional qualifications, exposure to incredible business projects or informal lunch & learns, hosted by your colleagues. We have a fantastic culture where we really do care about our people and want everyone to succeed. Varied roles mean you’re not pigeonholed in to one finite area but get the opportunity to develop a wide range of skills and experience
And to top it all off, not only do we offer unlimited holiday because we trust you to manage your workload and time but we also offer a share in our success whereby every colleague is eligible to join our profit pool bonus scheme - if Future hits their performance targets all colleagues may receive a bonus.
* Internal job family level E6.
The expected range for this role is £25,000 - £27,000.