Barbour Product Search is the UK’s leading online product directory for the construction industry. Brought to you by Barbour ABI, the market-leaders in construction intelligence, the directory gives product manufacturers a proven marketing channel to increase brand awareness, build relationships and maximise business opportunities.
Barbour ABI, a division of Infopro Digital, is the UK’s leading provider of intelligence and lead generation services that help clients to generate new business opportunities from the construction sector. With more than 80 years of experience and 100+ colleagues based at Cheshire Oaks within our research, sales, client management and marketing teams, the quality of our data collection processes and existing knowledge in researching and tracking construction projects is second to none – we publish the UK Government’s National Infrastructure & Construction Pipeline and provide the Office for National Statistics with critical data to produce its Construction New Orders estimates.
Barbour Product Search is looking for a Client Content Officer to join us at our Head Office in Cheshire Oaks. The Client Content Officer is required to create and manage online profiles for Barbour Product Search, build and manage client relationships, write engaging content and work as part of an Editorial Team to further the success of the product.
What will you be doing?
- Creating and publishing copy, images and files online via the Content Management System (CMS) ensuring timely publication, accuracy and optimisation for the web
- Managing accounts and communicate regularly with clients to build and maintain strong relationships
- Using social media and other platforms to promote client content and increase brand awareness
- Creating copy for weekly e-newsletters
- Writing engaging content for the blog and other relevant online platforms
- Answering phone and email queries from clients and support sales team
- Recording activities and communications with clients in the database system
- Producing reports of work in progress
Requirements
- Excellent copywriting skills with awareness of writing for the web
- Good communication skills
- PC literacy
- Good organisational & time management skills – with ability to organise own priorities
- Able to manage pressure and work to deadlines
- Able to work without supervision
- Knowledge of social media
- Excellent attention to detail
- Awareness of digital marketing / communicating to online audiences
- Experience of HTML
- Experience of manipulating digital images/files
- Knowledge of building industry products
- A Level or equivalent qualification in one of the following subjects: English, Journalism, Copywriting or Digital Marketing
Benefits
- 25 days leave rising to 27 after 2 years
- Additional day off for your birthday
- No working on bank holidays and there is a Christmas Shutdown
- Flexibility to work from home one day a week
- Group personal pension plan
- Life assurance
- Employee assistance programme
- Employee retail discount scheme
- Eye-care vouchers
- Discounted gym membership
- Bike to work
- Free parking
- Additional holiday purchase scheme
- Volunteering days
- Ongoing development and support
- Working hours – 8.30am – 5pm, Monday to Friday
- Friendly and relaxed office environment
- Regular business and department social events
If you are excited about working for us and have most of the skills or experience we’re looking for, please go ahead and apply. You could be just what we need! We believe strongly in the value of diversity and creating supportive, inclusive environments where our colleagues can succeed. As such we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.
