Assistant Editor

4 weeks ago


Swindon, United Kingdom National Trust Full time

Summary **Internal Applications Only, Please **

As our Assistant Editor - Web you'll be accountable for planning, optimising and managing content on our national websites and other national digital platforms as required. You’ll respond to marketing briefs, advise stakeholders and provide innovative solutionsto digital content challenges from editing and publishing pages to evaluating and making recommendations for future.

The role offered on a 14-month secondment basis.

What it's like to work here You’ll join the Web and Magazine team, which is part of the Marketing team, within the Communications and Marketing directorate. As a key part of our small, friendly team, you’ll work extensively with colleagues both centrally, particularly with the Contentteam, and across the whole of the National Trust.

Your contractual location will be our head office in Swindon, however there will be an opportunity to explore and agree hybrid working arrangements which strike the right balance for you and the Trust. The role will involve travel to our head office to meetwith stakeholders and to carry out work. Current expectation is to attend head office 3 - 5 days per month.

What you'll be doing You’ll plan, brief in, optimise, quality review and manage usable and accessible digital content and journeys that engage audiences and encourage repeat web visits, ensuring high standards, consistency, accuracy and up-to-date brand and tone of voice. You’llwork cross-channel to ensure our campaigns are the best they can be. Collaborating and making recommendations to build compelling content journeys that help our supporters find what they need, and our internal colleagues to meet strategic and channel KPIs,interpreting analytics afterwards.

You’ll help build landing pages and ensure the new web strategy, with its audience-first approach, is championed and upheld.

Who we're looking for You can view the full role profile for this role in the document attached. You don't need to have all of the knowledge, skills and experience listed in the role profile; this is just to provide a full picture of what is possible in this role.

We’d love to hear from you if you have:

- Demonstrable knowledge of what makes a good website, including editorial style and publishing processes, with the ability to follow and uphold website best practice
- Experience using web CMS and knowledgeable about user journeys and SEO
- Able to work closely with colleagues and independently, as well as engaging confidently with stakeholders at all levels across the Trust
- Training and coaching skills
- Excellent organisational and planning skills and be able to evaluate web content
- A solutions focus - you’ll seek out solutions in the best interests of our team and the organisation as a whole
The package The National Trust has the motto ‘For everyone, for ever’ at its heart. We’re working hard to create an inclusive culture, where everyone feels they belong. It’s important that our people reflect and represent the diversity of the communities and audienceswe serve. We welcome and value difference, so when we say we’re for everyone, we want everyone to be welcome in our teams too.
- Flexible working whenever possible
- Free parking at most locations
- Free entry to our properties for you, a guest and your children (under 18)
- Substantial pension scheme of up to 10% basic salary

Click here to find out more about the benefits we offer to support you.


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