Are you a high reaching content professional ready to lead and inspire?
Do you have the vision to drive content strategies, build a team, and create impactful storytelling in a dynamic, fast-paced environment?
Come and join our Marketing team as our Content Manager here at Markel
What part will you play? If you’re looking for a place where you can make a meaningful difference, you’ve found it. The work we do at Markel gives people the confidence to move forward and seize opportunities, and you’ll find your fit amongst our global community of optimists and problem-solvers. We’re always pushing each other to go further because we believe that when we realise our potential, we can help others reach theirs.
Join us and play your part in something special!
The opportunity:
It’s an exciting time to join Markel as our business grows, and we are looking for a versatile Content Manager to join our Marketing team, (3 days in the office / 2 days working from home). The role can be based at either our London, Leeds or Manchester office but will involve occasional travel as required.
The UK Marketing team is a high-performing, creative team dedicated to delivering innovative, tailored insurance solutions for over 1 million UK customers – ranging from tech providers to charities. As part of our ambitious growth strategy, we’re expanding to unlock exciting new opportunities. Now, we need a passionate, strategic Content Manager to help take our brand to the next level.
This role is more than just about content creation—it’s about leadership, vision, and driving real results. You’ll be leading the way, recruiting and managing a Content Marketing Executive as part of your growing team. As Content Manager, you’ll craft and implement strategies, collaborate with brilliant colleagues, and position yourself at the forefront of our people-first brand’s success in a business that values marketing as a core growth driver.
What you’ll be doing:
- Lead content strategy: collaborate with the head of marketing services and marketing managers to develop and deliver content strategies that resonate with our audiences and align with our ambitious goals
- Build & lead your team: recruit, mentor, and manage a content marketing executive, ensuring high-quality work and a creative, motivated team atmosphere
- Create impactful content: produce engaging, customer-focused content including blog posts, web pages, video scripts, speeches, and presentations, for inbound and outbound marketing
- Event support: shape content for corporate events, handling everything from pre-event promotions to post-event follow-ups, to increase audience engagement
- Editorial leadership: own and run the editorial content plan, ensuring multimedia content is strategically reused across our distribution channels
- Collaborate for success: build strong relationships with the wider marketing team, agencies, and copywriters to ensure our key themes and messages are amplified across all platforms
- PR & brand building: work with the pr agency to raise brand visibility and enhance our reputation across distribution channels
- Innovate constantly: stay ahead of emerging content marketing trends, bringing fresh, innovative ideas to keep us competitive
- Measure & report: track performance through monthly reporting and analysis, providing valuable insights to senior leadership
- Ensure compliance: lead content and communication activities in line with regulatory requirements
Our must haves:
- Previous content experience, ideally with a consistent record of delivering successful content strategies
- Leadership skills with the ability to recruit, lead, and inspire a Content Marketing Executive, fostering a high-performing and creative team
- Excellent writing and editing abilities with a talent for sourcing compelling stories and delivering impactful messages
- A natural ability to handle multiple projects in a fast-paced environment while working both independently and as part of a team
- Strong experience handling third-party agencies and partners, combined with excellent verbal communication and presentation skills
- A passion for continuous improvement, with the aim to stay on top of content marketing trends and apply them to our strategy
Who we are:
Markel Corporation (NYSE – MKL) a Fortune 500 company with over 60 offices in 20+ countries, is a holding company for insurance, reinsurance, specialist advisory and investment operations around the world.
We’re all about people | We win together | We strive for better | We enjoy the everyday | We think further
What’s in it for you:
- A great starting salary plus 10% annual bonus & strong benefits package…
- 25 days paid holiday plus Bank Holidays, with the opportunity to buy / sell extra leave
- Fantastic company pension scheme, private medical and dental cover, life assurance, travel insurance cover, income protection, season ticket loan as well as other great benefits on offer
- There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career, and we can provide the support needed to do just that!
Are you ready to play your part?
Choose ‘Apply Now’ to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you.
Markel celebrates the value of a diverse workforce that brings experience and expertise from a wide variety of backgrounds and life circumstances. Whatever your background, if you feel you meet the requirements of this role then we want to hear from you. We are also happy to consider candidates who are looking for flexible working patterns.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided with all reasonable accommodations to be able to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions if successful. Please contact us via email at rec@markel.com or call us at 0161 507 5827 to request any accommodations that may be needed. This includes any alternative formats of any documents or information on how to apply offline.
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