Marketing Content & Communications Executive, UK

Are you ready to take the next step in your career and be part of something truly impactful?
Markel is looking for a vibrant and driven Content Executive to join our dynamic UK team. This is your chance to shape and spearhead innovative content strategies that will help propel our company's growth and success to unparalleled heights
What part will you play? If you’re looking for a place where you can make a meaningful difference, you’ve found it. The work we do at Markel gives people the confidence to move forward and seize opportunities, and you’ll find your fit amongst our global community of optimists and problem-solvers. We’re always pushing each other to go further because we believe that when we realise our potential, we can help others reach theirs.
Join us and play your part in something special!

The opportunity:

It’s an exciting time to join Markel as our business grows, and we are looking for a versatile Marketing Content & Communications Executive to join our Marketing team, (3 days in the office / 2 days working from home). The role can be based at either our Manchester or London office but will involve occasional travel as required (expensed).

The UK Marketing team is a high-performing, creative team dedicated to delivering innovative, tailoured insurance solutions for over 1 million UK customers – ranging from tech providers to charities. As part of our ambitious growth strategy, we’re expanding to unlock exciting new opportunities. We are looking to hire a passionate Content Executive to work alongside our Content Manager and take our content strategy to the next level.

Apply now and take the next step in your career with Markel

What you’ll be doing:

• Develop content and PR strategy - join forces with the Head of Content and Head of Marketing Services to craft and implement an innovative content and PR strategy that drives NMUK’s business goals to new heights

• Create customer-centric content - channel your creativity to produce first-class, customer-centric content. This includes the creation of sales collateral, thought-leadership posts, engaging presentations, compelling web copy, innovative video scripts, and powerful content for both internal and external marketing campaigns

• Digital / social media - create and write inspiring, engaging, powerful, timely and topical content to support our digital strategy

• Support corporate events - be at the heart of the action by working with the wider Marketing team to deliver comprehensive content for corporate events, including exciting pre-event promotion, impactful onsite content, and memorable post-event activation

• Implement editorial content plan - play a pivotal role in delivering the editorial content plan, ensuring our content shines across all distribution channels

• Identify key themes and messages - forge strong relationships with the marketing team, agencies, and copywriters to uncover key themes and messages that resonate deeply with our target audiences and embody our core values

• Manage PR agency relationship - partner with the Head of Marketing Services and Head of Content to manage a thriving relationship with our PR agency, elevating our brand visibility and reputation across distribution channels

• Stay updated with trends - stay ahead of the curve by keeping up with the latest technologies and trends in content marketing to maintain our competitive edge

• Contribute to reporting processes - contribute enthusiastically to monthly monitoring, analysis, and reporting processes, providing timely updates and insights to senior leadership

• Ensure GDPR compliance - ensure our content and communication activities are GDPR compliant, upholding our commitment to ethical standards

Our must haves:

• Experience in a communications role, with a proven track record of driving impactful communication strategies

• Outstanding written communications skills, including excellent writing, editing, and proof reading skills and the ability to source news stories (internally/externally)

• An awareness and understanding of the firm’s objectives to inform the comms strategy

• Ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment, managing multiple projects simultaneously while working independently and collaboratively within cross-functional team

• Excellent verbal communication skills; able to present clarity and passion when communicating with partners

• Experience of working with third party agencies and suppliers

• Marketing qualification (Desirable)

Who we are:

Markel Corporation (NYSE – MKL) a Fortune 500 company with over 60 offices in 20+ countries, is a holding company for insurance, reinsurance, specialist advisory and investment operations around the world.

We’re all about people | We win together | We strive for better | We enjoy the everyday | We think further

What’s in it for you:

• A great starting salary plus annual bonus & strong benefits package…

• 25 days paid holiday plus Bank Holidays, with the opportunity to buy / sell extra leave

• Fantastic company pension scheme, private medical and dental cover, life assurance, travel insurance cover, income protection, season ticket loan as well as other great benefits on offer

• There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career, and we can provide the support needed to do just that!

Are you ready to play your part?

Choose ‘Apply Now’ to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you.

Markel celebrates the value of a diverse workforce that brings experience and expertise from a wide variety of backgrounds and life circumstances. Whatever your background, if you feel you meet the requirements of this role then we want to hear from you. We are also happy to consider candidates who are looking for flexible working patterns.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided with all reasonable accommodations to be able to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions if successful. Please contact us via email at [email protected] or call us at 0161 507 5827 to request any accommodations that may be needed. This includes any alternative formats of any documents or information on how to apply offline.

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