Content Creator Channel and Sales Enablement Manufacturing - John Crane - Slough

Smiths Group; Slough; Remote; GBP 42,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

John Crane, part of Smiths Group, is seeking a skilled Content Creator to transform engineering concepts into compelling visual stories for our global sales teams and channel partners.

You will produce 2D/3D animations, videos, and sales content, working with engineers, product experts and marketers to communicate customer value. The role blends creative production with strategic content planning across regions.

Qualifications

• Ability to translate complex engineering or technical content into clear visual stories.
• Experience in content creation, creative production, marketing or in-house studio environments.
• Proficiency with animation and motion graphics tools (After Effects, Cinema 4D, Blender, 3ds Max).
• Strong PowerPoint presentations and visual storytelling capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Turn engineering into stories by translating technical concepts into customer-focused narratives.
• Create standout visual content including video, 2D/3D animation and product visualisations.
• Lead creative production from concept and storyboarding to final delivery and sound design.
• Enable global sales teams with presentations, demos and sales collateral.

Skills

Creative thinking

Technical storytelling

Presentation skills

Collaboration across teams

Tools

After Effects

Cinema 4D

Blender

3ds Max

Job description

Content Creator Channel and Sales Enablement

Location:

United Kingdom

Ref:

REF6686H

Job Function:

Manufacturing

Company Description

John Crane, a business of Smiths Group, is a global leader in mission-critical flow control solutions for energy and process industries that enable efficient and sustainable operations. Our products include mechanical seals and systems, couplings, bearings, filtration systems, and predictive digital monitoring technologies.

We have a global network of more than 200 sites in over 50 countries and employ more than 6,000 people worldwide. We partner with our customers to help them keep their operations safe, reduce downtime, improve efficiency, and meet the latest environmental standards.

John Crane is part of Smiths Group. For over 170 years, Smiths has been pioneering progress by engineering for a better future. We serve millions of people every year, helping to create a safer, more efficient, productive, and better-connected world across four global markets: energy, security & defence, space & aerospace, and general industrial. Listed on the London Stock Exchange, Smiths employs approximately 16,000 colleagues in over 50 countries

Job Description

We’re looking for a creative Content Creator to join John Crane and help transform complex engineering, technology and customer challenges into compelling visual stories.

This is a hands-on creative role at the intersection of engineering, technology, content and commercial growth. You’ll create the videos, animations, visualisations and sales content that help our global sales teams and channel partners explain what our technology does, why it matters and the value it creates for customers.

You’ll work directly with engineers, product experts, sales teams and marketers around the world, taking technical concepts and turning them into content that is clear, engaging and visually powerful.

From developing 2D and 3D animations and product visualisations to creating video, sales presentations, case studies and digital content, you’ll have the opportunity to tell the stories behind technologies used in some of the world’s most demanding industrial applications.

And you won’t simply be responding to briefs. You’ll help shape what we create, how we create it and how content is used to support our commercial teams globally.

What you’ll do

You’ll own content from initial idea through to final delivery and optimisation. Working closely with Sales, Channel, Product Marketing, Engineering, Training and Digital teams, you will:

Turn engineering into stories: work with technical and product specialists to translate complex technologies into clear, customer-focused narratives.

Create standout visual content: develop video, 2D and 3D animation, motion graphics and product visualisations, including working with CAD-based models and engineering data.

Lead creative production: take projects from concept, scripting and storyboarding through visualisation, production, sound design and final delivery.

Enable our sales teams: create presentations, demo videos, product collateral, case studies, playbooks and other content that helps our teams communicate customer value.

Support our channel partners: develop co-brandable marketing and sales materials, alongside onboarding, training and certification content.

Shape the content roadmap: help determine what content we need based on business priorities, product activity, campaigns and growth opportunities.

Use technology intelligently: explore generative AI and emerging creative technologies to accelerate production, localisation and visual development while maintaining quality and appropriate governance.

Measure what works: use analytics and feedback to understand how content is being used and continually improve its effectiveness.

Raise the creative bar: champion strong storytelling, design quality and consistency across sales and partner-facing content globally.

Qualifications

We’re looking for someone who combines creative thinking with the ability to understand technical subjects and make them accessible.

Strong experience in content creation, creative production, marketing or an in-house creative environment.

Excellent animation and motion graphics capability using tools such as After Effects, Cinema 4D, Blender or 3ds Max.

Strong video editing, graphic design and visual communication skills across Adobe Creative Suite.

Experience creating compelling presentations and visual storytelling in PowerPoint.

The ability to take complex technical information and turn it into engaging commercial content.

Experience working with engineers, product specialists or other technical subject matter experts.

Experience using generative AI and emerging creative tools to enhance content development and production.

Strong project and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work across teams, regions and priorities.

Additional Information

With colleagues stretching across the globe, we are proud of our diversity. To foster inclusivity, we run employee resource groups (ERGs) to provide a safe space for employees to connect and support each other. Our cross-business ERGs include Veterans, Pride Network, Black Employee Network, Women@Work Network, and Neurodiversity.

Across our company, we recognize excellence, culminating in the Smiths Excellence Awards, our annual celebration of the most extraordinary activities, people, and projects that best showcase our strengths and help drive our business forward. We announce these on our annual Smiths Day, a global celebration of Smiths around our network.

Join us for a great career with competitive compensation and benefits, while helping engineer a better future.

We believe that different perspectives and backgrounds are what make a company flourish. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, economic status, disability, age, or any other legally protected characteristics. We are proud to be an inclusive company with values grounded in equality and ethics, where we celebrate, support, and embrace diversity.