Job Title: Digital Consultant

Contract Type: 12 month Fixed Term Contract

Location: Edinburgh, Alderley Edge, or London    

Working style: Hybrid 50% home/office based

Closing date: 18th April 2024

Would you like to be part of a company who is driven by our purpose to protect the standard of living of this and future generations?

Being customer owned means that we always work in their best interest and when the business does well, they get a share of our profits.  We want to deepen relationships with our customers and the skills of talented marketing, communications and digital specialists are an essential part of achieving that.  We are building cutting edge capabilities using data and technology and investing in our colleagues to deliver great outcomes for our customers.

At Royal London we believe your difference is our strength and our organisation benefits from the different perspectives that diversity brings. Studies have shown that people from under-represented groups are less likely to apply unless they meet every requirement.

About the role

As a Digital Consultant you will have the opportunity to work with a wide range of stakeholders on varied and exciting initiatives. You’ll have the chance to get involved in multiple campaigns, experiments, optimisation, and helping to enhance our processes.

This is a delivery focused role, and the Digital Estate team is currently compromised of 3 Senior Digital Consultants, 2 Digital Consultants, and 2 Digital Assistants.

If you would like to join the UK’s largest mutual life, pensions, and investment company, who were recently voted ‘Company of the Year’ by financial advisers then this could be the opportunity for you.

About the role

• Configuring and publishing content within a CMS, keeping the sites updated and consistent with our UX toolkit.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including designers, product owners and developers to deliver innovative digital solutions, ensuring alignment with business objectives and technical requirements.
• Support the requirements of marketing colleagues and build strong relationships with stakeholders.
• Analyse data and share insights to help inform our strategy and roadmap.
• Undertake key quality assurance activities to ensure our websites deliver high-quality user experiences and content in line with our standards and guidelines.

About you

• Strong experience with content management systems, in particularly in Optimizely / EPiServer and Umbraco.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to effectively engage with diverse stakeholders and project teams.
• Willing to learn, grow and develop.
• A meticulous eye for detail and excellent self-organisation.
• Drive to work in a fast paced and agile working environment, with a focus on optimising workflow and achieving goals.
• Manage commitments transparently in as efficient and effective a way as possible and actively seek opportunities to improve ways of working.
• Good working knowledge of web analytics, SEO, keyword research, on-page optimisation and link building best practices.

We’re looking for people who don’t settle for ‘good enough’ and push things forward. If you’ve just found yourself thinking, ‘I’d love to do this’, we want to hear from you. Let’s change it up.

About Royal London

We’re the UK’s largest mutual life, pensions and investment company, offering protection, long-term savings and asset management products and services.   

Our People Promise to our colleagues is that we will all work somewhere inclusive, responsible, enjoyable and fulfilling. This is underpinned by our Spirit of Royal London values; Empowered, Trustworthy, Collaborate, Achieve. 

We've always been proud to reward employees by offering great workplace benefits such as 28 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays, an up to 14% employer matching pension scheme and private medical insurance. You can see all our benefits here - Our Benefits  

Inclusion, diversity and belonging 

We’re an Inclusive employer. We celebrate and value different backgrounds and cultures across Royal London. Our diverse people and perspectives give us a range of skills which are recognised and respected – whatever their background.