Responsibilities

• Use excellent editing and copywriting skills, considering accessibility for users, to create digital content that is optimised for search, encourages engagement and improves the user experience
• Update corporate websites using a CMS
• Support identification and remediation of website accessibility issues across AHDB websites, working from audit findings, user feedback and internal checks
• Log, track and manage accessibility issues through to closure, maintaining clear documentation and evidence
• Retest fixes and confirm issues are resolved; escalate where issues persist or require technical changes
• Work with colleagues to prioritise fixes and meet agreed timelines
• Offer advice and support to content authors and subject matter experts
• Optimise content for search based on SEO research provided by commissioned agencies
• Create and commission authoring guidance for our intranet, ensuring that all aspects of accessibility are covered
• Represent the digital content offering in creative workshops for content authors, ensuring that accessibility is included
• Support the Senior Digital Content and Publications Manager in formulating engagement strategies and measuring content performance, ensuring accessibility

Requirements

• Significant experience in copyediting and copywriting for digital channels, along with a working knowledge of how modern audiences consume digital content
• Experience in creating and optimising content to drive organic search traffic
• Experience in using a CMS
• Proven ability to take a creative brief and deliver great, audience-centric digital content
• A good understanding of effective ways to create a broad range of digital content types
• Experience in working with analytic tools to inform creative executions
• Excellent organisational skills and a strong attention to detail, with good interpersonal and communications skills
• Familiarity with WCAG and/or accessibility testing tools (any level)
• Understanding of HTML basics and common accessibility issues (helpful but not required)

Benefits

• 35 hours per week, Monday-Friday, to include hybrid working
• 33 days of annual leave plus one privilege day (inclusive of bank holidays)
• Life assurance cover (4x salary)
• A market-leading defined contribution pension scheme with Legal & General
• Enhanced pay of 20 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave, subject to length of service
• A paid day each year to volunteer and make a difference in your community
• Comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme
• Excellent training and development opportunities and an agreed development plan
• Recognition awards throughout the year
• Reward Gateway membership - this gives you a huge number of online discounts and savings