Investment Communications Manager

Aegon UK; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services company in Scotland seeks an Investment Communications Manager to enhance workplace investing and responsible investing communication strategies. This role involves transforming complex investment concepts into clear, engaging content and managing communication timelines effectively. Candidates should have strong copywriting skills, experience in technical writing, awareness of pension schemes, and excellent relationship management skills. The position offers competitive pay and benefits including a robust pension scheme, a discretionary bonus, and extensive leave options.

Benefits

Enhanced pension scheme

Discretionary bonus

36 days leave per year

Private medical cover

Life assurance

Critical illness cover

Qualifications

• Experience creating high quality copywriting across all media.
• Previous experience in technical copywriting.
• Knowledge of workplace pension schemes.

Responsibilities

• Translate complex investment concepts into clear communications.
• Plan, schedule, and deliver communication activities.
• Produce and manage annual investment reports.

Skills

High quality copywriting skills

Technical copywriting experience

Knowledge of workplace pension schemes

Strong relationship management

Attention to detail

Ability to simplify complex information

Experience delivering large scale communication projects

Awareness of investment markets

Job description

Investment Communications Manager

12 Months Fixed Term Contract

Location: Edinburgh (We believe in the power of in‑person collaboration, and our hybrid model requires colleagues to be in the office a minimum of 40% of their time)

Salary: A competitive salary from £42,480 - £63,720 depending on the experience you can bring

Closing date: Sunday 8th February 2026

People are living longer and we're excited by the opportunities this brings to help people live their best lives. We're here for everyone who wants to make the most of their time on the planet and leave it a little better than they found it - however grand or humble their ambitions.

We help people live their best lives. We help them with the big stuff, for the moments that matter: Pensions, Savings, Investments. At Aegon, we strive in creating a diverse organisation that plays a meaningful role in driving greater equity, inclusion and belonging.

We're looking for an Investment Communications Manager to play a key role in developing and delivering high quality communications across our workplace investing and responsible investing propositions.

Working closely with the Head of Fund Communications, you'll help create content and reporting that supports fund changes, propositional developments, key projects, and broader fund related activity.

Key Responsibilities

• Translate complex investment concepts into clear, engaging and audience appropriate communications that support understanding and buy in across all stakeholder groups
• Plan, schedule and deliver communication activity to agreed timelines, ensuring strong organisation and attention to detail
• Produce, manage, and deliver annual investment reports, ensuring clear writing, strong organisation, stakeholder management and consistent on time delivery.
• Maintain, update and enhance the existing investment communication estate, ensuring all materials remain accurate, compliant and well managed within content systems
• Develop new, high-quality investment collateral to replace outdated materials, ensuring content remains current, relevant and impactful
• Support the wider investment services team by contributing to a consistent, high-quality suite of investment communications across various channels

We're looking for these skills

• Experience creating high quality copywriting skills across all media
• Previous experience in technical copywriting
• Knowledge of workplace pension schemes, including both trust based and contract-based arrangements
• Strong relationship management and partnering skills
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy, with the ability to meet strict deadlines and take accountability for your workload
• The ability to simplify complex information and communicate effectively with multiple internal and external audiences
• Previous experience delivering large scale communication projects
• Awareness of investment markets, funds and fund managers is advantageous

What's in it for you?

• We're serious about your future and our enhanced pension scheme is now in place. We ask you to contribute 3% of your salary to your pension and we'll put in 9%. If you decide to contribute more, we'll match it up to a combined total of 20% of your salary (that's 7% from you and 13% from us).
• A discretionary bonus, depending on personal and company performance
• 36 days leave per year (including bank holidays, pro‑rated for part‑time)

We also offer private medical cover, life assurance, critical illness cover, enhanced parental leave and a variety of lifestyle benefits to help our employees live their best lives, including retail discount vouchers, cycle2work scheme, subsidised restaurant and online GP appointments. To find out more about what to expect at Aegon, visit our careers site.

If you're ready to use your communication expertise to shape clear, impactful investment content, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today and help us deliver messaging that makes a real difference.

The legal bits

We'll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK. If we offer you a job and you accept, there are some checks we need to complete before you can start with us. This will include a credit and criminal record check, as well as providing satisfactory references.