At a Glance
- Tasks: Manage content updates for hotel pages and create engaging copy.
- Company: Join a dynamic team at Mr & Mrs Smith, a leader in travel.
- Benefits: Gain valuable experience in a creative environment with flexible working.
- Other info: Opportunity to collaborate with various teams and grow your career.
- Why this job: Perfect for those who love writing and want to make an impact in travel.
- Qualifications: Strong organisational skills and a passion for writing are essential.
The predicted salary is between 25000 - 32000 £ per year.
The Editorial Executive manages a pipeline of content updates for Mr & Mrs Smith’s hotel pages, room descriptions and policies. There are opportunities to write mini destination guides, social-media captions and short pieces of creative copy, as workflow and experience allows. This junior role requires a high level of organisation, initiative and flexible thinking.
Responsibilities
- Manage and prioritise a queue of content updates requested by Smith hotels or internal stakeholders.
- Deliver content updates using our CMS and Salesforce, reflecting Smith’s editorial house style and tone of voice.
- Work collaboratively with the Senior Content Writer & Editor and Content Production Executive to keep the content update queue in order.
- Collaborate with Hotels Support team, Images Team or directly with hotels to action and communicate status of queue requests.
- Assist the UX team with copy updates and priorities.
- Create and organise destination pages.
- Work with the Social Team on copy requests across all social platforms.
- Support with ad hoc copy requests, which may include writing collection descriptions or short pieces of creative copy.
- Participate in Editorial, Creative, Social and wider team meetings as required.
Requirements
- Excellent organisational and prioritisation skills.
- Natural self-starter with good initiative.
- Confident in new technologies and digital systems.
- Experience in Salesforce, Asana, Slack and Looker not essential but beneficial.
- Good writing skills and strong grasp of English language/vocabulary and grammar.
- Ability to work efficiently under pressure.
- Team player with the agility to support colleagues in a timely and flexible manner.
- Strong communicator, able to keep colleagues up to date, relay issues or delegate tasks as required.
- Some understanding of travel industry and confident grasp of geography.
- Awareness of SEO, GEO and UX writing and processes.
- Ability to travel into London for occasional working days.
Editorial Executive employer: Mr & Mrs Smith
Mr & Mrs Smith is an exceptional employer that fosters a vibrant and collaborative work culture, perfect for those looking to grow in the editorial field. With opportunities to engage in creative writing and content management, employees benefit from a supportive environment that encourages initiative and flexibility. Located in London, the company offers unique advantages such as access to a dynamic travel industry network and the chance to contribute to exciting projects that shape the future of hospitality.
