Editorial Manager

Here at #Red Havas our goal is not to be the best at creating content that works – it is to be the best at content across all the channels at our client’s disposal: media, web, content, events, social. This is an exciting opportunity for a passionate multi-disciplined writer director to work alongside and learn from a collective of content strategists, creative thinkers, account leads, and producers.

As Editorial Manager, you will be tasked with “owning the editorial” within the content department. You will source and manage freelance writers and also develop everything from day‑to‑day social content to long‑form eBooks, blogs and ghost‑written content, in collaboration with the wider social and agency team. You will research and proof‑read and ultimately take responsibility for the quality of editorial from our team. You’ll proof‑read and QA content work, ensuring it’s of the highest possible standard and to a client’s TOV, guidelines and general writing best practice before sharing with the account team to share with the client.

Reporting into our Business Director, this position sees you play an integral part in building, managing and maintaining strong relationships with our direct client contacts as we bring the brands they represent to life in content through, but not exclusively social and digital. You’ll conduct robust, insightful content audits with actionable outcomes and also have an interest and acumen for content planning as you will also support our content strategists and planners to formulate solutions that set our content up for success.

You will have experience in a range of different kinds of writing, across different industries both B2C and (with firm experience in) B2B. In this role you will work as part of a dynamic, forward-thinking team as you navigate in all exciting areas of client writing. Our clients span industries from tech to finance, health, professional services, social platforms, lifestyle and autos – it’s a broad range and you’re the kind of person who enjoys stretching your writing with different styles, tones and formats according to the client need.

While the role is broad, much of the editorial we produce is designed for C‑Suite and senior leaders so you will have experience in writing for this audience, or an understanding of how to adapt style accordingly. You will be a go‑to content writing and research specialist in the agency and stay on top of this exciting, ever‑changing space in which you will learn something new every day, and impact editorial wisdom to others as well.

Your role will also see you lend your expertise, insights and advice to the wider Red Havas network, working with the social team across other markets to ensure quality and consistency as relevant. You will take ownership of RedConnect’s LinkedIn presence and be excited about developing the business’s voice and audience on the platform. You will be well‑versed in best practice social content creation and have the ability to ideate, manage freelance writers and craft your own ideas with minimal direction.

You’ll be the first and last written content touch‑point, ensuring design matches copy and both copy and design then collectively meet the brief. You’ll be the sort of person who takes pride in excellent written work and fostering a culture of excellence within the team. If you have a passion for writing content that people value and delivers value for clients, then we are the agency for you.

The Opportunity: Excel and evolve as part of a progressive and powerful global agency spearheading content and social media best practice globally – surrounded by a network of experts in the Earned, Social and Experience space to support you in your career.

• Manage content for the content and Red Connect team – briefing freelance writers, writing and proofing work
• Act as writer for the content team, responsible for producing written content for agency clients
• Ensure all writing is of the highest standard possible, and is in line with client need, tone, audience
• Work with the content strategy/planning team to develop content ideas and plans that span turning insights (company, competition, culture, consumer) into content engagement plans and concepts that attract and retain audiences and ultimately drive success for our clients
• Work with the design team to ensure synergy between written and creative elements of content
• Join client calls from an editorial perspective to help optimal, effective and efficient relationships with all clients
• Work closely with an account manager and business director to stay on top of client priorities
• Conduct robust research and content audits and deep dive into client needs to develop on‑point editorial
• Work closely with Global Head of Strategy as part of content strategy plans for clients, including conducting research and contributing editorial ideas to content plans
• Work with account manager to establish robust QA process to ensure all work that goes over to our clients is of the highest standard possible.
• Take responsibility for that QA process for your own work and freelance writers’ work
• Join regular WIP meetings relating to status updates on assigned accounts, both internally and externally with client or partner agencies
• Stay abreast of content approval process both internally and with client
• Strong collaboration and constant communication/integration with account teams and external stakeholders
• Liaison with internal teams surrounding delivery on client deadlines and expectations
• Lead content and editorial brainstorms where needed to formulate best ideas for clients – equally understand where working autonomously is needed to develop concepts and deliver back to the team
• Strong upward, downward and sideways communication with seniors, peers and juniors across internal and client teams
• Ability to review insights and optimise content according to data and learnings
• Sharing of relevant information relating to social media + editorial landscape
• Pro‑active approach to professional up‑skilling of yourself through proposed training and development both internally and externally
• Work with the business director and account manager to leverage internal tools to best derive insights (such as SEO, social listening etc.) to help drive best‑in‑class content solutions for clients
• Positive and solutions‑oriented attitude – ability to spot potential issues ahead of time and pro‑actively form appropriate solutions in collaboration with relevant team members

Key Attributes:

• Passionate people‑person
• Positive and solutions‑oriented attitude
• Extreme attention to detail and excellent command of grammar
• Experience writing in US and UK English valuable
• Driven and eager to learn
• Organised and punctual
• Creative thinker
• Strong writer
• Clear and timely communicator

Here at Havas across the group we pride ourselves on being committed to offering equal opportunities to all potential employees and have zero tolerance for discrimination. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applicants irrespective of age, sex, race, ethnicity, disability and other factors that have no bearing on an individual’s ability to perform their job.