Content Manager (5486)

Irwin Mitchell LLP; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A national law firm is seeking a Content Manager to develop and execute a comprehensive content strategy. Responsibilities include leading content development across multiple platforms and enhancing audience engagement. Ideal candidates will have extensive content creation experience and strong organizational skills. This role offers a supportive work environment with generous benefits and a commitment to well-being.

Benefits

Generous holidays including bank holidays

Flexible pension schemes

Two paid volunteering days annually

Westfield Health membership

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in content creation and strategy, ideally in a managerial role.
• Exceptional writing, editing, and proofreading abilities.
• Solid understanding of SEO best practices.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute content strategy that engages audiences.
• Lead development of high-quality content across various formats.
• Track and analyze content performance metrics to enhance engagement.

Skills

Content creation

SEO best practices

Organizational skills

Team leadership

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, Journalism, or related field

Tools

Content management systems (CMS)

Job description

We’re a national law firm with a local reach. Our legal experts are here for you. Whether it’s personal or business, we understand that everyone’s situation is different. But we’re more than just a law firm – we’re a team of people working together to help individuals and businesses navigate life’s ups and downs. Working here you’ll feel a part of our friendly and inclusive environment.

We’ll value you for who you are and what you bring. We support each other and push boundaries to achieve incredible things and make a real difference to our clients and communities.

We're always looking to support our colleagues to work in a way that works best for them and everyone else, including our clients, the business and the regulators. Please speak to a member of our Recruitment and Onboarding team for more information.

Your Role and What You'll Be Doing

As our Content Manager, you will be responsible for developing and executing a comprehensive content strategy that engages and grows our audience. This role requires a creative and strategic thinker who can plan, organise and produce high-quality content across various platforms, ensuring alignment with our brand voice and business objectives, whilst leading a small team of Content Executives.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Design and execute a comprehensive content strategy that aligns with business objectives and engages key audiences
• Lead the development of high-quality content across various formats, including social media posts, videos, photography, articles, blog posts, and other digital assets
• Generate compelling content themes and campaign ideas for distribution across the company’s website and social media platforms
• Oversee the creation of editorial content, ensuring it meets brand standards and maintains a consistent tone of voice
• Ensure all content adheres to brand guidelines, tone, and style. Provide editing and proofreading support as needed
• Build and maintain a detailed content calendar to ensure timely, consistent, and strategic content delivery
• Manage workflows and task distribution among internal and external designers and producers, including file and process management
• Drive audience engagement and website traffic through impactful content initiatives tailored to target demographics
• Supervise and mentor the Content Specialist, fostering professional development and ensuring high performance
• Track and analyse content performance metrics to refine strategies and enhance engagement.
• Partner with marketing, design, and campaign teams to ensure cohesive messaging and brand alignment across all channels
• Provide regular updates to the Head of Brand and External Communications on content strategy progress and performance outcomes

About You

• Extensive experience in content creation and strategy, including previous experience in a managerial or supervisory role
• Exceptional writing, editing, and proofreading abilities
• Proficiency in content management systems (CMS) and workflow planning tools
• Solid understanding of SEO best practices and associated tools
• Strong organisational and project management capabilities
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and collaborate effectively across teams
• Creative mindset with strong problem-solving skills.
• Ideally you will have a Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, Journalism, or a related field
• An understanding of the legal or professional services market would be desirable

Our Benefits - What We Can Offer You

• 25 days holidays as standard plus bank holidays - You can ‘buy’ up to 35hrs of extra holiday too.
• Generous and flexible pension schemes.
• Volunteering days – Two days of volunteering every year for a cause of your choice (fully paid)
• Westfield Health membership, offering refunds on medical services alongside our Aviva Digital GP services.

We also offer a wide range of well-being initiatives to encourage positive mental health both in and out of the workplace and to make sure you’re fully supported.This includes our Flexible by Choice programme which gives our colleagues more choice over a hybrid way of working subject to role, team and client requirements.

We have been ranked in the Best Workplaces for Wellbeing for Large Organisations for 2024!

Our responsible business programmes are fundamental to who we are and our purpose. We’re committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace where our colleagues can flourish, and we have established a number of inclusion network groups across our business to support this aim.

Our commitment to Social Responsibility, community investment activity and tackling climate change is a fundamental part of who we are. It’s made up of four strands: Our People, Our Community, Our Environment and Our Pro Bono.

Additional Information

As part of the Irwin Mitchell Group’s on-boarding process all successful applicants are required to complete the group’s employment screening process. This process helps to ensure that all new employees meet our standards in relation to honesty and integrity therefore protecting the interests of the Group, colleagues, clients, partners and other stakeholders.

We carry out pre employment screening to establish your eligibility to work in the UK, criminal record and financial checks with our trusted 3rd parties.

The employment screening process will fully comply with Data Protection and other applicable laws.

Irwin Mitchell LLP is an equal opportunity employer.

We're proud of our values, and we're looking for people who share them

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