Content Specialist

MDPI; Manchester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading scholarly publishing firm in Manchester is seeking a Content Specialist to develop and implement content strategies across various platforms. Responsibilities include creating engaging blog posts, participating in major campaigns, and ensuring effective communication with stakeholders. The ideal candidate has a degree and experience in content development, with strong knowledge of SEO and social media. Join a dynamic team that values creativity and flexibility in a friendly office environment.

Benefits

Flexible Working Times

Special Days Off

Friendly working environment

Access to Perkbox

Health Cash Plan

Cyclescheme

Techscheme

Qualifications

• 1+ years of experience developing or creating content in a business environment.
• Excellent written and spoken English skills.
• Good knowledge of content communication best practices.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement content strategies for key stakeholders.
• Create multi-channel content to support campaigns.
• Participate in team meetings related to SEO and content performance.

Skills

Blog writing

SEO practices

Social media knowledge

Content strategy development

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor or Master’s degree

Tools

WordPress

Substack

Medium

Job description

Role Overview

The Content Specialist will work within our global corporate communications team and is responsible for developing and implementing a range of content strategies to communicate with key stakeholders. Demonstrable experience of delivering first class corporate communications for websites, blogs, social media and video is preferable.

Key Responsibilities

• Participate in the development and implementation of always on campaigns
• Participate in the development and implementation of major campaigns
• Propose multi-channel (blog and social media) and multi-format (long form, text, video, podcast) content ideas to support campaign objectives
• Conduct the necessary research to create multi-channel / multi-format content ideas that support MDPIs brand
• Responsible for ensuring the publishing / sharing / promotion of their content
• Contribute to the creation of at least four blog posts per month
• Participate in relevant team meetings on key topics related to workload such as SEO, Content, Campaigns, Performance Metrics
• Review articles from other contributors, as part of the peer-review system
• Other comms / content work as required

Skills and Qualifications

• Bachelor or Master’s degree in any subject.
• 1+ years of experience of developing, coordinating or creating content in a business setting
• Good knowledge of blog writing platforms such as WordPress, Substack, Medium etc.
• Good knowledge of content and communication best practices
• Good knowledge of SEO best practices
• Some knowledge of key social media platforms Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube for business (previous experience of creating content beneficial).
• Some knowledge of promotion and marketing strategies
• Excellent English language skills (written and spoken), other language skills are beneficial.
• Good organizational, analytical and prioritization abilities.
• Interest in science, science communications and / or the scholarly publishing industry.

Benefits!

• Flexible Working Times

  You are able to start work anytime between 7-9am, and finish between 3pm-6pm.

• Special Days Off

  Getting married or moving house? No need to use up your holidays, MDPI offer paid time off for such occasions.

• Our Culture

  A friendly working environment with monthly lunch parties, office snacks and seasonal events.

• Perkbox

  You will have access to our benefit platform called "Perkbox." This will provide you with a range of discounts and benefits across various retailers, including savings on food, drinks, tech, travel, and more.

• Health Cash Plan

  After passing probation, employees are enrolled into our private health membership with Bupa. You can claim money back on dental, doctors, and prescriptions amongst many other health services

• Modern City Centre Office

  Located next to Piccadilly Gardens, our office is a 10 minute walk from both Manchester Piccadilly and Manchester Oxford Road train stations. There are also tram stops outside of the building.

• Cyclescheme

  Save between 25-39% on a bike and accessories.

• Techscheme

  Save up to 10% on tax when purchasing tech equipment from places such as Ikea and Currys

About MDPI

A pioneer in scholarly open access publishing, MDPI has supported academic communities since 1996 . Our mission is to foster open scientific exchange in all forms, across all disciplines. We operate more than 400 diverse, peer-reviewed , open access journals supported by over 66,000 academic editors . We serve scholars from around the world to ensure the latest research is openly and broadly available.

MDPI is headquartered in Switzerland with additional offices in Europe, Asia and North America. We are committed to ensuring that high quality research is made available as quickly as possible. We also support sustainability projects, with sustainability as a key theme in many journals and through the MDPI Sustainability Foundation.

Initiatives

At MDPI, we develop and maintain various platforms in order to better serve the scientific community. Please find here-below a list of our main platforms :