Content Manager
12 Month FTC – Maternity Cover
Manchester
Up to £40,000

Overview:

• 12 month fixed term contract with a June 3rd start date
• Potential option to take up a permanent role on completion due to company growth
• South Manchester office location with parking onsite
• Hybrid with set office days – Tuesdays and Wednesdays
• Strategic focus, overseeing and delivering this year’s strategy and setting the strategy for 2025
• Line management responsibilities of a team of 3
• Hands-on copywriting, largely editorial, including blogs, newsletters, campaign copy, landing pages and product descriptions
• Chance to get involved in video content if not already doing it
• 80% B2C focused across leisure and luxury markets including sport, travel and beauty
• eCommerce sector, multi-brand

There will be a handover period with the current Content Manager who is heading off on maternity, she has set the strategy for each channel for 2024 so we are looking for someone to own and deliver on this, reforecasting and tweaking as and when required. We’re then looking for this person to set a new strategy in November/December time to see them through 2025.

You’ll be working with a number of internal teams, including the in-house design and video studio, technical SEO, web analytics and digital PR. It’s likely to be a 50/50 split between management and strategy, including content writing.

We’re looking for someone with:

• Prior line management experience
• Strong knowledge of SEO best practice, familiarity with tools such as Ahrefs and Semrush
• Creative copywriting skills and a varied portfolio ideally including blogs and product page copy
• Experience researching, editing and publishing content – interviewing skills also desired
• A strategic background and experience pulling together monthly content calendars
• A largely B2C background – a little B2B would be an added bonus
• CMS experience, reporting skills and Google Analytics knowledge

It’s going to be a fast-paced and fun role with a lot of variety, one day you could be interviewing their brand ambassadors, the next could be a full content day of filming or could see you mapping out campaigns with influencers. They are putting more of a focus on video this year and showcasing it across their social media channels and they are also launching new brands and products – all of which I am sure you will agree, is great experience for your CV!

If you think that sounds like an interesting role, you’ve got the experience above and you’re available from June, please get in touch as I’d love to speak to you!