Digital Content Editor

My Client has a simple mission: to improve lives through Education and Training. Each year they do this for 45 million prospective students, 1000 universities and colleges clients worldwide, 4100 children via there charity in Kenya and a staff of 300 across 5 offices worldwide.

Do you know your bricklaying apprenticeships from your massage training? Can you explain the difference between a BTEC and an NVQ? Ok, maybe not yet, but would you like to? If you’re a keen writer looking for the next step in your career and love the idea of helping people find educational opportunities that could transform their careers and thus, change their lives, this could be your ideal next role.
My client is looking for a creative and enthusiastic editor to join there adult learning portfolio to write and edit content for their apprenticeships and training focused site, Training and Courses. You will have ownership of the editorial on the website and be in charge of ensuring it has its own voice. You’ll build the social media pages for the brand and be responsible for coming up with ideas of how to share their content through these channels. You might make the odd video, you’ll definitely have some views on how they can improve the user experience on site, and you’ll even be up for trying out the odd course yourself…

You will excel in this role if you:

*Have a higher level qualification in English/creative writing/journalism (if you’ve done an apprenticeship, they would especially like to hear from you!)
*Love writing compelling editorial and possess a passion to learn more
*Are fanatical about grammar and punctuation
*Know about SEO and how to write copy with this in mind
*Can make your way around Photoshop and have experience using different CMS
*Have some experience in producing and editing videos for the web
*Are brimming with ideas and keen to put them into practice

My client is right for you if:

*You’re looking for more than just a job
*You want ownership over what you produce
*You love learning
*You’ll help out as needed, regardless of role or title
*You enjoy and know how to get stuff done in a rapidly changing environment

What they offer you:

*Learning and development are at the heart of everything they do; they offer their staff regular training, both on-the-job and external training. Knowing their employees are their future, they don’t leave progression to chance. Their talent management strategy helps them identify, reward and develop people with the potential to progress. And, to ensure you know where you stand, they have a performance management structure in place. Many of their managers have progressed from within.
*Staff benefits include: Pension scheme, Cycle to Work scheme, Child Vouchers, Free eye tests, Travel loan, Annual Course allowance, Enhanced Maternity Leave, Free hot drinks and fruit in the office, monthly company drinks, staff social events and team building activities.
*Their recently refurbished office comes with an onsite café, and a free gym.

Adecco is an equal opportunities recruitment agency.

Due to the high volume of applicants we will only contact those who are successful.

Adecco is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy. The Adecco Group UK & Ireland is an Equal Opportunities Employer.