Commercial Content Editor

London, UK (Hybrid)

£40K/yr – £45K/yrMid LevelFull time

Posted 6 hrs ago

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Job Summary

Own end-to-end development of B2B commercial content programs from concept to delivery, partnering with sales and editorial teams to craft high-impact campaigns, secure talent, and measure performance across multi-format assets.

  • Lead content concepting and pitches aligned to client objectives
  • Manage freelancers, speakers and contributors to deliver on budget and quality
  • Collaborate with editorial and commercial teams to evaluate impact and inform future work

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Create, commission and edit high-quality commercial content across a range of formats, including articles, thought leadership features, video scripts, podcasts and digital event agendas ensuring all output meets client objectives and Haymarket's editorial standards.
  • Partner with the internal commercial teams to brainstorm innovative content concepts, transforming ideas and proposals into compelling, high-conversion pitches to win client campaigns.
  • Build strong relationships with clients, acting as a trusted editorial partner to understand their objectives and deliver engaging content that balances commercial objectives with audience needs.
  • Research industry trends, audience behaviour and market developments to inform content strategies and ensure campaigns remain relevant, insightful and effective.
  • Source, commission and manage freelance writers, designers, producers and other creative suppliers, ensuring projects are delivered to agreed quality standards, timescales and budgets.
  • Identify and secure suitable speakers, contributors and industry experts to support commercial content, webinars, events and thought leadership programmes.
  • Work collaboratively with project managers, sales, marketing and editorial teams to ensure the effective planning, delivery and evaluation of marcomms campaigns.
  • Work collaboratively across the Sales, Marketing and Editorial teams to ensure seamless campaign delivery and monitor campaign performance. Leveraging audience insight and client feedback to identify opportunities for future content development.

Requirements

  • Knowledge of B2B media, publishing, content marketing or commercial content environments.
  • Strong understanding of marketing communications (marcomms).
  • Understanding of integrated marketing communications, content strategy and client relationship management.
  • Knowledge of digital publishing, SEO, AI discoverability and content performance across multiple channels.
  • Understanding of audience insight, campaign performance metrics and content management systems (CMS).
  • Awareness of multimedia content formats, including digital, video, audio and live events.
  • Excellent writing, editing and storytelling skills, with the ability to adapt content for different audiences, channels and formats.
  • Strong communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to work effectively with clients and internal stakeholders.
  • Confident collaborating and negotiating with senior B2B clients and cross-functional internal teams.
  • Ability to translate commercial objectives into engaging, audience-focused content and creative campaign ideas.

Preferred

  • Customer-focused and committed to delivering an excellent client experience.
  • Collaborative and builds positive relationships with colleagues, clients and external partners.
  • Curious and committed to continuous learning, keeping up to date with industry trends, emerging technologies and content innovation.
  • Accountable, organised and takes ownership of delivering high-quality work.
  • Adaptable and comfortable working across a variety of clients, sectors and content formats.
  • Creative and commercially aware, with a passion for developing engaging content that delivers value for clients and audiences.
  • Professional, proactive and acts with integrity.

Benefits

  • Our benefits include: Our Company benefits: - 25 days holiday per year excluding bank holidays (increasing 1 day per year of service up to 30 days) - Work from anywhere in the world for up to 3 weeks of the year with our ‘Work from Anywhere’ days - Flexible working hours (core hours from 10-3) allowing you the flexibility to adapt your work schedule to your personal commitments - Generous contributory pension scheme - Health Cash Plans: With our health cash plans, you can access a range of healthcare benefits, including coverage for medical expenses, dental care, optical services, and more
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Haymarket Media Group

Haymarket Media Group is the privately-owned media, data and information company, shaping a better future with remarkable content for specialist audiences across the world. We have 1,300 employees across our offices in the UK, US, Canada, Hong Kong, Singapore, India, Germany and the Netherlands.Our portfolio consists of more than 80 market-leading brands including Campaign, PrintWeek India, ENDS Report, What Car?, MyCME and Asian Investor. Through live, digital, print, education, data, tech services, video and audio, Haymarket’s brands inspire, inform and empower clients and communities internationally.

Founded in 1957
Twickenham, England, GBR
1.2K employees (518 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
47K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
32%
Direct
48.3%
Referral
12.8%
Social
5.3%
Paid
1.3%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~1.2K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
444 (36% of company)
Median Career Experience
22 years
Median Tenure
10.9 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
7