Content Writer

Content Writer: Full time job opportunity

We are looking for an experienced copywriter to join our team and produce high quality articles for SAM Conveyancing. You will work with our Digital Marketing Team, writing on specialist property subjects to provide valuable content to our readers, applying SEO to help web users to easily find the pages they are looking for.

Salary: £28,000
Company pension scheme

Post-probation

• Birthday perks: additional day of fully paid leave for your birthday (or nearest working day).
• 2 'duvet days': up to two additional fully paid days for unexpected leave ie illness, mental health, last minute plans etc.
• Eye test and up to £100 toward new glasses for work.
• Discretionary annual bonus.
• Never work weekends or Bank Holidays.
• Full office shutdown between Christmas and New Year’s Day.
• Employee and Friends and Family discount.
• Casual dress.

Full or Part Time

Full time

Hours

40 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 5.30pm, with one hour for lunch

Holiday

28 days a year (includes the 8 bank/national holidays)

Responsibilities

• Write specialist, engaging articles to inform our readers on conveyancing, surveys, mortgages, legal services, property ownership, deeds & the property market.
• Optimise content for search engines, providing and structuring valuable information which can be easily found and understood by our readers.
• Use basic HTML to publish content through our bespoke CRM.
• Promote our businesses, products and services.
• Ensure we are communicating the right tone of voice & messaging to attract prospective clients and retain our existing ones.

Day-to-Day Duties

• Writing articles to brief from the Digital Marketing Team, on schedule with our content calendar.
• Optimise and update old content according to our optimisation plan.
• Keyword research.
• Support the Digital Marketing Team with copy for email and social media campaigns, as well as adapting article content for scripts for short video and audio content.
• Co-ordinate with our sales team to obtain insight into existing trends and messaging.
• Support Podcast/Video production (Script writing, A/V)

Education and Experience

• A degree (or equivalent) in marketing, journalism, creative writing, communications or English.
• 3-5 years’ experience working in content.
• 1+ years' experience within the conveyancing or residential property sector preferred.

Skills

• Copywriting: exceptional attention to detail and the finest grammatical points to deliver faultless copy.
• Communication: excellent internal and external written and spoken English communication skills.
• Brand guardian: match and maintain messaging and tone of voice across platforms.
• Collaborator: ability to work seamlessly with our wider teams to create the best possible content across all channels.
• Multi-tasking: ability to prioritise and deliver content within the required deadlines.
• Natural curiosity: ability to research and effectively enquire internally, to elevate copy and provide unique value and insight.
• Innovation: Ability to think creatively and innovatively to improve the way we deliver information.

Think you've got what it takes? We know that anyone who joins SAM will grow into being an even more skilled employee so do you think you have what it takes to join us? If so prove it by applying for the job now.