German Speaking Social Media Editor / Writer

Salary: £42,000 – £54,000 per year

We are looking for a German speaking Content Writer with a background in social, to join our Studio and develop outstanding branded content across our client portfolio.

We are ideally looking for an individual who has brilliant journalistic abilities and experience working across modern luxury, hospitality and automotive industry.

We are looking for someone with the ability to find stories and design and write for both short form and long form: from Instagram stories through to blog articles. The aim for the successful candidate will be to get audiences talking about the brand and its products through the creation of multimedia content.

The role will involve research and writing content for a range of channels and uses, researching a range of topics and originating copy. You must have strong experience writing for social channels and an ability to flex tone of voice and approach to suit different brands. We are looking for somebody who can grow to become an editorial expert at the heart of a fast growing content team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Working with strategists and creatives to produce long and short-form story-telling/copy for a variety of formats to an agreed brief
• Liaising directly with client and other contacts to research and collaborate on the production of copy and messages
• Developing content plans alongside strategists and other content specialists to support a client’s communications objectives
• Supporting other editorial and strategy colleagues on projects to develop tone of voice and editorial strategies for clients – helping them to align their overall brand and creative proposition with their wider written content output
• Support clients’ content efforts that raise their brand awareness and build its reputation
• Push creative thinking and storytelling
• Take complex or technical information (written or via a conversation), translate either high-level or detailed concepts into well-balanced, persuasive and compelling content that can scale across multiple channels
• Create narratives that can be repurposed
• Good understanding of German market + culture, native level abilities in German language

Requirements

Skills and Experience you need to have:

• Ability to write accurate, clear, concise and grammatically correct copy in German + English
• Have a significant background in writing for social media channels
• Have a good understanding of commercial content and what stories will be attractive to which audiences
• 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 interpersonal skills that allow you to build relationships
• Possess excellent journalistic and editorial skills
• Strong history of crafting copy for larger multichannel campaigns
• Non-stop ideas and a keen eye for detail
• Capacity to work well under pressure and manage workloads and multiple projects
• Self-motivation – you’re proactive and collaborative, with a can-do attitude
• Approachable personality – a good team player with both creative and account teams
• Excellent portfolio – proven experience is essential for this role
• Automotive experience would be a plus

Benefits

+ Named in Campaign Magazine’s Best Places to Work 4 years running +

Hybrid working – London (1 day in the office) / Remote Home Working (4 days)

Private Healthcare & Life Insurance, 25 Days+ Holiday, Team Minibreaks, Regular Social events