Editorial Content Lead

Spirax-Sarco Engineering; Charlton Kings; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading multi-national engineering firm in Cheltenham is looking for an Editorial Content Lead. This role involves crafting audience-focused content across various platforms, ensuring alignment with strategic messaging, and collaborating with creative teams. Candidates should demonstrate strong copywriting and storytelling skills, with a proven track record in content development. The company offers a competitive salary, extensive benefits including 27 days holiday, and a commitment to inclusivity.

Benefits

27 days holiday plus Wellbeing day

Private Medical Insurance

Bonus scheme

Share scheme

Enhanced pension plan

Life assurance

On-site gym

Free on-site parking

Salary sacrifice schemes for Technology and Electric Vehicles

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a copywriter or content strategist.
• Ability to write for multiple platforms, including web and social media.
• Strong understanding of brand tone and storytelling.

Responsibilities

• Research, write, and edit content across multiple platforms.
• Collaborate with teams to plan and execute content strategies.
• Edit and refine content to maintain brand voice.

Skills

Copywriting

Content strategy

Editing and proofreading

Storytelling

Collaboration

Job description

Editorial Content Lead

Location: Cheltenham, UK

Benefits: 27 days holiday plus Wellbeing day, Private Medical Insurance, Bonus scheme, Share scheme, Enhanced pension plan, Life assurance, On‑site gym, Free on‑site parking, Salary sacrifice schemes for Technology and Electric Vehicles.

Role Overview

We’re looking for an experienced, multi‑channel copywriter and editorial content developer to craft compelling, audience‑focused content that brings our strategic narrative to life across all internal and external platforms.

This role will be part of the Content Team within the Group Communications function and will work alongside design and content development roles. Your creativity and collaboration skills will be key to producing cohesive, engaging and visually aligned communications and content that engages, inspires and informs a broad range of stakeholder audiences from colleagues to shareholders.

As an experienced writer, you’ll bring your creative flair and ability to quickly connect to audience needs, to ensure that every piece of Spirax Group content, from articles and posts to videos and scripts, reflects the Group’s brand voice, positioning and strategic themes.

Objectives and Responsibilities

• Research, write, develop and edit content across multiple platforms, including for the company intranet, website and social media as well as company updates, thought leadership and editorial projects
• Scripts and narrative frameworks for corporate and commercial video projects, working closely with the videographer and designer to ensure consistency in tone, story and brand
• Collaborate with the channels team to plan and align content with the distribution strategies to ensure a smooth handover and enable maximum reach and engagement
• Translate strategic messaging into clear, compelling stories tailored to internal and external audiences
• Edit, proofread and refine content to maintain brand voice and quality across all platforms
• Support campaign development, content planning and messaging frameworks for integrated communications

To be successful in this role you will

• Demonstrate Company Core Values at all times
• Proven experience as a copywriter, content strategist or editorial content developer in a corporate or agency environment
• Demonstrable ability to write across platforms and formats, including web, social and internal communications
• Conceptual storytelling skills including the ability to recognise and maintain cohesive messaging while adapting for style, audience and platform
• Excellent writing, editing and proofing skills with attention to detail and ability to demonstrate consistency
• Strong understanding of brand tone of voice, storytelling and narrative development
• Skilled in collaborating within creative teams, including designers, videographers and channel/distribution specialists
• Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines in a fast‑paced environment
• Good networker, able to build strong relationships and unlock insights
• Ability to remain calm under pressure
• Acts with integrity at all times, seeks and acts on feedback

Company Profile

Spirax Group is a FTSE100 and FTSE4Good multi‑national industrial engineering Group with expertise in the control and management of steam, electric thermal solutions, peristaltic pumping and associated fluid technologies.

Our Purpose is to create sustainable value for all our stakeholders as we engineer a more efficient, safer and sustainable world. Our technologies play an essential role in critical industrial processes and industrial equipment across industries as diverse as Food & Beverage, Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology, Power Generation, Semiconductors and Healthcare. With customers in 165 countries, we provide the solutions that sit behind the production of many items used in daily life, from baked beans to mobile phones!

Our Purpose, supported by our inclusive culture and Values, unites us, guides our decisions and inspires us everywhere that we operate. We support our colleagues to make their difference for each other as well as customers, communities, suppliers, our planet and shareholders by creating a truly equitable working environment where everyone feels included.

Benefits

You will receive a competitive salary (and a discretionary bonus), flexible working and excellent benefits including 27 days holiday allowance (before bank holidays), 3 days’ paid volunteering leave, comprehensive private healthcare, enhanced pension plan, life assurance, optional participation in a Share Ownership Plan, free onsite parking, flexible benefits, and access to a personal discounts’ portal. We also offer a range of additional support and benefits through our Everyone is Included Group Inclusion Plan, detailed below.

Everyone is Included at Spirax Group

We are passionate about creating inclusive and equitable working cultures where everyone can be themselves and achieve their full potential. For us, that means supportive teams and strong relationships where everyone’s contribution is valued - across social and cultural backgrounds, ethnicities, ages, genders, gender identities, abilities, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, and everything else that makes us human and unique.

We want everyone to be able to make their difference here, so we will always consider requests for flexible working.

We know that everyone needs some extra help from time to time too, so we have introduced a range of additional benefits through our Group Inclusion Commitments. These include gender‑neutral parental leave, 15 days of extra paid caregiver leave, paid time off and support for anyone experiencing pregnancy loss or domestic abuse, menopause‑friendly workplace principles and more. Learn more at www.spiraxgroup.com/en/life-at-spirax/our-inclusive-group/our-inclusion-commitments.

We are also a Disability Confident Committed Employer. If you would like to apply using this scheme, please select this option in our application form or notify our recruitment partners.