Product Content Assistant

NEXT Retail Ltd.; Highgate; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK fashion retailer is looking for a Product Content Assistant to handle product data and content for online publication. The role involves managing SEO enhancements and working closely with various teams to improve product copy and imagery. Ideal candidates should have experience with content optimisation and be capable of training an offshore team. The company offers various perks including discounts, a bonus scheme, and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

25% off most products

Company performance based bonus

Sharesave scheme

On-site Nursery

10% off partner brands

Early VIP access to sales

Staff shop discounts

On-site dining options

Access to a digital GP

Free on-site parking

Financial wellbeing support

Apprenticeship opportunities

Discount collection service

Support networks

Discounted gym memberships

Qualifications

• Experience with product data and content processing.
• Strong understanding of SEO and content optimisation.
• Ability to train and manage a team effectively.

Responsibilities

• Process product data for online publication.
• Manage SEO enhancements and product updates.
• Delegate tasks and drive process improvements.

Skills

SEO best practices

Content optimisation

Team management

AI and automation

Job description

The Product Content Assistant will be responsible for the hands‑on processing of product data and content for online publication alongside actioning commercial optimisation opportunities. These optimisation opportunities will be focused on SEO enhancements, actioning of updates from commercial testing to enhance on‑site product copy and imagery updates, working with reporting to devise the workload based on commercial ordering.

About you:

Offshore Team Management

Trains and briefs the offshore team, delegates tasks, ensures clear priorities, and drives process improvements.

Product Onboarding Processes

Products within the onboarding lifecycle, ensuring timely and accurate entry of descriptions, images, and attribution in alignment with stock availability.

Content Optimisation

Owns product titles, descriptions, SEO banner copy, attribution, and imagery, implementing SEO best practices and supporting A/B tests.

AI & Automation

Adopts and identifies ways to use AI and automation in daily workload, offshore team workload and uses AI to implement opportunities for efficiencies. Liaises between departments, collaborates with Trade, PC Transformation Lead, POs, Studio, and Product Teams, and escalates complex issues to the Product Content Lead.

At NEXT, not only are we one of the UK's largest fashion retailers, but we're also one of the largest listed companies, full‑stop. Selling our products and thousands of world‑famous brands, both in‑store and online UK and Internationally. What's more, we're growing. Fast. And it's the kind of growth and investment that is exciting for everyone in our business. You know Next, but did you know we're a FTSE‑100 retail company employing over 35,000 people across the UK and Ireland. We're the UK's 2nd largest fashion retailer and for Kidswear we're the market leader. At the last count we have over 500 stores, plus the Next Online and it's now possible to buy on‑line from over 70 countries around the world! So we've gone global!

• 25% off most NEXT, MADE, Lipsy, Gap and Victoria's Secret products (when purchased through NEXT)
• Company performance based bonus
• Sharesave scheme
• On-site Nursery available;OFSTED outstanding in all areas
• 10% off most partner brands & up to 15% off Branded Beauty
• Early VIP access to sale stock
• Access to fantastic discounts at our Staff Shops
• Restaurants with great food at amazing prices
• Access a digital GP and other free health and wellbeing services
• Free on‑site parking
• Financial Wellbeing - Save, track and enhance your financial wellbeing
• Apprenticeship - Grow and develop on the job whilst gaining a qualification
• Direct to Work - Discount online and instore, collect your items the next day for free from your place of work or local store
• Support Networks - Access to Network Groups to empower and celebrate each other
• Wellhub - Discounted flexible monthly gym memberships, with apps, PT sessions and more