Sports Content Writer

Due to growth, we are currently looking for a Sports Content Writer to join our award-winning Team, based in Bedford. This is a hybrid position (3 days in the office, 2 days working from home)
Receptional have been named:

• Employer of the Year for Luton & Bedfordshire at the SME Business Awards 2022.


• SBC Marketing & Services Provider of the Year 2022


• Best Agency Culture (Silver Award) 2022 at the UK Agency Awards


• The Financial Services Forum's Agency of the Year Award 2023, As a Sports Content Writer, you will work as part of the Content Team, collaborating to create different forms of content for various platforms on behalf of our clients. You will be required to write for a variety of clients across different industries, with a focus on sports. You will participate in ideation sessions, carrying out research to obtain a good understanding of the niche and target audience, ensuring that the content you produce is on time and of high quality, written in the required tone of voice as per the client's brief. You will have an understanding of SEO and be able to conduct keyword research to inform your content. As part of the role, you will proofread and sub-edit other colleagues' work and attend any client calls or meetings as required., Writing high-quality, relevant, and timely content to a good standard ensuring it adheres to the style guide and is written in the appropriate TOV


• Positively participate in ideation sessions for the writing of content, pitches, and proposals.


• Produce internal resources and marketing material for the content team and the wider business based on research or training


• Write or repurpose content for international markets


• Attend client calls/meetings as required


• Proof and sub-edit colleague's content to a good standard


• Carry out effective research, gaining a good understanding of niche and target audiences to aid with content creation


• Contribute to client content calendars


• Be proactive with personal development. Attending training courses to aid development. Constantly be looking to expand subject knowledge., Every half-decent agency has a beer fridge and free fruit. It's all a bit samey, a bit bleugh. We take a different approach, with benefits based around our five core values. But there is, of course, free beer and fruit, if you want it.

Transparent

• We have open, honest conversations and strive to communicate clearly and constructively.


• Company-wide meetings every Monday


• Whole-team business reviews every quarter


• Twice yearly appraisals


• Transparent pay scale and skills matrix


• Bonuses split equally among the team


Forward-thinking

• We invest in innovation, thought leadership and wellbeing, to improve our people and work.


• Free fresh fruit and healthy snacks


• Mental health training and first aiders


• Annual health check and flu jab


• Fantastic pension plans


• Enhanced pay for parental/adoption leave


Dynamic

• We're flexible in our work and value creative thinking.


• 3 days in the office, 2 days at home


• Modern, spacious office with table tennis


• Cycle-to-work scheme


• Your own high-spec PC


• Monthly rewards for top performers


Collaborative

• We're an integrated team. We see strength in diversity and value collective expertise.


• A focus group to make everyone's voice heard


• Quarterly days out - from canoeing to falconry


• Team fundraising for our charity of the year


• Celebrations for Pride, Black History Month and more
  
  Proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Outlook)


• A passion for writing with the ability to create different forms of content


• Previous experience of creative or copywriting


• Ability to evidence writing to a high-quality standard


• A positive attitude with good verbal and written communication skills


• Ability to work either independently or as part of a team as required


• Organised with good time management skill and the ability to meet deadlines


Non-Essential Skills:

• Degree in Journalism or similar is preferred but not essential


• Understanding of SEO and keyword research


• Ability to write in different languages
  
  Are you looking for a role where your colleagues are bright and engaged, the work is rewarding, and there's plenty of opportunity for progression? At Receptional, we love working with challenger brands that are changing the world. It means we're growing fast and looking for enthusiastic people to grow with us.

Receptional is a multi-award-winning team of creative and digital marketers that have been working with some of the World's best-known and challenger brands for over 20 years. We offer a variety of services to our clients ranging from one-off projects to multi-channel campaigns.
A major part of our success is the people that work for us. We hire diverse people with potential and enable them to flourish with training and progression with both team and individual training budgets to support your growth. This is a company where you can build a career, we are long-term focused and reward great performance with clearly defined career progression paths.
We place culture at the center of our business with an array of annual initiatives ranging from charity to social events. Work/life balance is of utmost importance to us. We believe in providing a supportive and collaborative environment to enable you to reach your full potential., Founded in 1999, shortly after Google, Receptional is an award-winning agency that's remained at the forefront of digital marketing for over 20 years.
A team of 50+ creative and technical marketers, we're a dynamic, forward-thinking bunch that believes in being transparent, collaborative and curious.
We promise to deliver Smarter Digital Thinking for our clients, through our proprietary tools, customer insights and talented team. Together, these enable us to deliver industry-leading results at speed.
Our purpose is to create Better People, Better Lives. It means we:

• Hire people with potential and enable them to flourish;


• Contribute research and insights that drive industry change; and


• Get involved in Bedfordshire life, supporting local causes such as the King's Arms Project and Woodgreen Pets Charity.