interactive investor, Tone of Voice Editor

REPORTS TO: Head of Personal Finance

DIVISION: Commercial

WHO WE ARE:

Founded in 1995, interactive investor is an award-winning, high-growth fintech company

We provide retail investors with quality financial information, together with the tools and trading environment to make confident and informed investment decisions.

We are proudly asset class agnostic, and our pricing structure means that we have no bias towards any products on offer.

As well as being an online investment platform and digital publisher, we are the parent company of two high quality, highly respected financial magazines - Moneywise and Money Observer.

In the last two years interactive investor has moved to become the second largest online investment platform, with assets under administration of £21bn and more than 300,000 customers.

In December 2017 we completed the acquisition of the European business of TD Direct Investing, with the backing of private investment firm JC Flowers, delivering a safely controlled, scale platform integration.

Today the business is head quartered in Manchester’s financial hub with offices in London and Leeds. With approximately $15 billion of capital invested, we have continued ambitions for growth in 2019.

WHAT WE STAND FOR:

It’s simple… we want financial independence for our customers, for interactive investor to go from strength to strength and be a workplace where we can all thrive. Our customer-driven approach and bold values sit at the heart of this.

We are honest, straight talking and transparent with our customers and our colleagues. We are decisive and take ownership of what we say and deliver. We are ambitious and passionate and encouraged to fight for what we believe is right for our customers, our teams, ourselves and interactive investor.

Are you up for the challenge?

Join the fight!

PURPOSE OF ROLE:

We are recruiting for a Tone of Voice Editor to join the content team, based in London. This is a significant role across the interactive investor website and customer communications.

With an audience of 300,000+ customers and an even larger online presence through our high-quality investment content, we want to communicate investment topics in a fresh and straightforward way.

You’ll be a talented editor who is passionate about tone of voice and the use of engaging, jargon-free English in relation to investment communications and writing.

This role will suit someone with a passion for words and a love of investing. You’ll be a highly skilled sub-editor, with a keen eye for plain, jargon-free writing and top-notch grammar. Ideally, you’ll also be a multi-media specialist, skilled in video and audio, social media and blogging.

KEY RESPONSIBLITIES:

• To be the gatekeeper of interactive investor’s content tone and driving force for the editorial voice of the company. To ensure all content aligns with the company’s brand values and has consistency in terms of quality and tone of voice.
• Ensure consistent on-brand tone of voice throughout all communications, including content, news hub, social media, press and PR, marketing pages and customer communications.
• Work with commercial partners to develop high-quality sponsored content that reflects the right tone of voice for interactive investor’s customers.
• Work with marketing, communications and PR teams to oversee tone of voice in their communications and to create an overall positive user experience.
• Maintain the content calendar across the editorial teams.
• Maintain house style guide for all writers and journalists in collaboration with other editors.
• Oversee a tone of voice training programme for marketing and editorial, including delivering training.
• Write presentations and speeches for the CEO and senior staff members.

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• 5 years’ experience in a digital and multi-media newsroom, publisher or content provider.
• Ability to work efficiently and accurately: proof read, fact check, and edit your own copy as well as that of external contributors.
• Enjoy working in a fast-paced commercially-focused environment.
• Previous experience using CMS.
• Excellent written English.
• Awareness of online metrics and analytics.
• video and podcast editing skills would be an advantage.

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES:

STRAIGHT TALKING | MOVING WITH SPEED | OWNING THE OUTCOME

• Clear communicator
• Strong team player
• Demonstrated passion and drive for delivering the best outcome
• Moving with speed – delivering faster and better
• Decisive and take ownership of outcomes
• Not afraid to challenge and be open to challenges

Send an up-to-date CV with a cover letter attached to it, by completing the application form below.