Job description
About the role:

We’re building a creatively-led internal team to help the Newcastle Building Society in its exciting next phase of growth. The copywriter role is key to the success of this team as we tell the story of the purpose-led, member-owned Society.

We believe that everyone deserves a home and to have the opportunity to save and plan for their future. At Newcastle Building Society, that is what we do. We are committed to the people and places in our region and we’re proud to help our communities achieve a better financial future. We have an exciting and very rare opportunity for you to be a vital part of that too.

Working with designers and the wider marketing team, you’ll create high quality work across all mediums for campaigns and customer communications. Your work will carry a positive message for the region, promoting our commitment to high streets and communities, and showcasing our latest and greatest products.

A vital part of the role is to own, implement and champion the brand’s tone of voice. We’re looking for someone who will embrace the challenge of developing and revolutionising the way we communicate. You’ll need an eye for detail and the skills to make sure everything we say is consistent.

The work will be varied and you’ll often have to manage several projects at once. In any week you can find yourself working on a launch positioning for a new branch, helping improve an online journey or working on the next product launch.

Responsibilities:
• Own the tone of voice and champion great communication across the organisation.
• Help create marketing communications, customer communications and website content to support brand and commercial objectives.
• Provide specialist copy and written communication advice and support to the Marketing department, the wider business, and other key stakeholders.
• Produce compelling creative copy and concepts for all our marketing communications – B2C and B2B, across all necessary channels.

About You:

We are looking for candidates who bring creative flair, a passion for design, and demonstrable understanding of brand identity. You will be an excellent communicator, able to take a brief and get to the heart of the problem you are trying to solve for your stakeholders, using your expertise and experience to provide recommendations for solutions that meet the clients’ needs.

You will have excellent time management skills and will manage client/stakeholder expectations with clear communications of timescales and advising the impact of any changes to brief on costs and timescales.

You will have experience with art direction for photography and filmography to ensure asset creation is fit for purpose and in agreed brand styles.

You will be:
• Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite, In-design, Photoshop, Illustrator & Pre-Press preparation
• Interested in design trends
• Skilled in customer centred design principles
• Knowledgeable in print and production techniques

About Us:

Newcastle Building Society is the North East’s largest Building Society whose purpose “Connecting our communities with a better financial future” inspires and directs our activities.

The Brand team plays a key part in helping to connect with customers in a meaningful way by creating communications and activities that promote our brand, our purpose and relevant products to existing customers and new prospects. The team is responsible for marketing management, digital services, brand and creative services and data & insight.

This is a unique opportunity to take your career to the next level – right here in the heart of the beautiful North East. As part of Newcastle Building Society you will be working in an exciting, friendly and fast-paced workplace (with flexible home working too), with great opportunities for self-development and career progression where you can realise your potential and do your best work.

What do you get in return? As well as receiving a competitive annual salary based on above-market pay scales, our reward package includes:
• A 35-hour weekly contract
• 25 days holiday each year plus bank holidays (increasing with length of service)
• Bonus Scheme (paid annually) -On target 5%, up to 10% depending on performance
• Colleague mortgage scheme and access to our financial advisors
• Pension scheme – up to 9% employers’ contribution
• Life assurance (4x salary) and income protection
• Access to a range of wellbeing benefits, including medicash scheme
• Electric car salary sacrifice scheme
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Above statutory family leave entitlement - 3 months full pay, 3 months half pay regardless of gender or route to parenthood
• An extra day’s holiday for your birthday
• The option to buy and sell holidays
• Two paid volunteering days each year
• A broad range of learning and development opportunities
• Access to a range of high street and online discounts
• Free onsite gym at Cobalt and access to a range of discounted/subsidised gym memberships nationwide
• A wide range of recognition initiatives to recognise and reward great performance

Recognising there’s no one-size-fits-all approach to recruitment, we’re committed to ensuring every candidate has the opportunity to showcase their full potential throughout the recruitment process. We strive to make our processes as accessible as possible, if there are any ways in which we can provide support or make adjustments, we would love to discuss this with you, you can contact your Recruiter for this vacancy at [email protected]