Content Manager

London, UK (Hybrid)

£36K/yr – £40K/yrMid LevelPermanent

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own the end-to-end consumer email and content marketing engine, translating email performance data into actionable tests, plus oversee blog content, product storytelling, and on-site category and SEO support.

  • Drive email marketing by planning, writing, and designing campaigns and translating results into weekly optimizations.
  • Own content strategy and blog publishing, coordinating guest posts and refreshing high-performing posts to boost traffic and SEO.
  • Oversee product descriptions, category pages, and on-site copy to support conversions across consumer and trade channels.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Overall responsibility for all consumer marketing emails including planning, writing, and building/designing
  • Provide weekly reports, using this data to improve email performance
  • Implement and monitor regular A/B testing for optimal email performance
  • Review and maintain transactional emails (e.g. welcome journey, abandoned basket) and newsletter sign-up journey
  • Plan blog topics to promote relevant campaigns and occasions, as well as supporting long-term brand building and SEO
  • Write and publish blog posts, both long and short form. This may include briefing and/or sourcing relevant imagery if needed
  • Work with guest bloggers for content that cannot be created in-house (e.g. for food, craft or interiors content)
  • Regularly review and update older, high-performing blog posts to keep them prominent and driving traffic
  • Write impactful and inspiring product descriptions for all new products on the consumer website
  • Oversee categorisation, including monitoring category page performance and curating category pages

Requirements

  • Excellent English copywriting skills - you must be a confident and articulate writer, with a good understanding of how to write copy that converts across a range of platforms
  • A keen eye for visuals - you can make scroll-stopping emails
  • Strong knowledge of SEO and how to apply best practices
  • Confident with analysing data, and how to use results to optimise content performance
  • Strong experience with email marketing platforms, such as Mailchimp
  • Comfortable using GA4 to analyse data from email campaigns and website performance

Preferred

  • Experience with Shopify
  • Experience using Canva
  • Experience working in ecommerce or retail
  • Knowledge of optimising for AEO, and using AI tools to support and improve current marketing activity

Benefits

  • £36-£40k, dependent on experience
  • Permanent, full-time role
  • Flexible, hybrid working, with two days a week in our Acton-based office. Free on-site parking is available
  • Annual bonus, based on performance
  • Big staff discount - never get stuck for a gift again!
  • Generous pension contribution
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Rex London

Since 1981, we have delighted in designing, creating and searching for the perfect items to bring joy to your store. Whether you’re looking for traditional toys or nostalgic novelties, home decor or garden gifts, Rex London Trade is the perfect wholesale supplier for you.Trade customers, please visit www.rexlondontrade.com

Founded in 1981
London, England, GBR
13 employees (7 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
10.2K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
30.5%
Direct
56.5%
Referral
7.7%
Social
3.6%
Paid
1.4%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~13

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
4 (31% of company)