Digital Content Executive

Coventry, UK (Hybrid)

£29K/yr – £32K/yrMid LevelFull time

Posted 2 months ago

Job Summary

Own and drive content across AHDB, shaping user-centred digital content, SEO optimisation, CMS publishing, and cross‑team engagement to raise quality and reach.

  • Lead the creation, optimisation and governance of content with a focus on audience needs and SEO.
  • Support content authors and stakeholders to deliver on-brand, high-quality content and measure engagement.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Create digital content that is optimised for search, encourages engagement and improves the user experience
  • Update corporate websites using a CMS
  • Help create user-centred web sections and pages
  • Support teams across the organisation to ensure all content is delivered to a high standard, is on-brand and meets audience needs
  • Work with teams across AHDB to continuously improve reach and engagement of their content
  • Be an ambassador for the Content & Creative team and work to raise the quality of content across the organisation
  • Offer advice and support to content authors and subject matter experts
  • Optimise content for search based on SEO research provided by commissioned agencies
  • Support the Content & Creative team in formulating engagement strategies and measuring content performance

Requirements

  • Experience in copyediting and copywriting
  • Experience of using a house style and tone of voice
  • A working knowledge of how audiences consume various forms of content
  • Experience in creating and optimising content to drive organic search traffic, and using a CMS
  • Proven ability to deliver audience-centric content
  • Experience in working with analytic tools to inform decision making
  • Excellent organisational skills and a strong attention to detail, with good interpersonal and communication skills
  • Strong project management skills
  • Experience using Adobe PDFs and Microsoft packages

Preferred

  • Familiarity with WCAG and/or accessibility testing tools (any level) would be preferred but not essential

Benefits

  • The benefits
  • We believe in rewarding our people for their hard work, so we have a great mix of benefits and opportunities to give you the recognition you deserve:
  • 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

Salaries

Posted range

£29K/yr – £32K/yr

Taken straight from the job posting.

Content Marketing median pay in the United Kingdom

£38K/yr

Most pay falls between £32K and £48K. Based on 185 salaries.

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Digital Content Executive

Agriculture & Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) · Coventry, UK · Hybrid