UX Copywriter

Job title:

UX Copywriter

Company

Barclays

Job description

Join Marketing at Barclays to create integrated marketing strategies for Barclays. Your efforts will focus on planning, budgeting, and maximising ROI to enhance brand positioning and achieve commercial growth.See your commuteJoin Barclays as a UX Copywriter where you’ll play a key role in designing banking experiences for Barclays customers of the future. Your role will be based within Barclays Insight and Experience Design (BiXD); a bank wide multidisciplinary design team with research, copy, UX/UI skills. You’ll collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to craft seamless journeys for our ambitious 2025 roadmap. Your expertise will also be instrumental in shaping AI-driven initiatives, particularly in enhancing chatbot UX.ÂTo be successful as a UX Copywriter, you will need the following:

• Several years’ experience as an innovative go-to copy expert in a fast-paced business environment; you’ll have worked across multiple projects to produce high quality, consistent content outputs.
• An ability to take on and solve complex problems creatively and communicate solutions clearly.
• A background in providing copywriting and editing expertise for a range of digital projects across different channels, for example: portals, software tools, web, dashboards and mobile.
• An ability to work collaboratively and iteratively within a multidisciplinary design team including UX/UI and research, to produce world class customer journeys.
• Experience of managing a range of senior stakeholders, collating and responding to content feedback and achieving bulletproof copy sign off.

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Previous experience of working within a large matrix organisation with customer service and support models or an Agile methodology.
• Knowledge of the growing impact of AI and how it can be applied appropriately to develop great customer experiences.
• Can confidently promote and demonstrate a customer-centric approach to design solutions.
• Has experience or interest in the practical application of psychology to design outputs.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.The successful candidate can be based in either Northampton or Manchester.Purpose of the roleTo create content that highlights and promotes the bank’s goals and objectives across various platforms and omnichannels to appropriate channels by crafting compelling narratives and designing engaging visual contentAccountabilities

• Collaboration with internal stakeholders to develop content messages, themes and topics which communicate the bank’s objectives.
• Management of the end-to-end content creation process including as needed writing, editing, animation creation, and static asset development which will be used and communicated across platforms.
• Management of content that engages clients and other stakeholders via articles, social media, videos and infographics.
• Monitoring the performance of content across various channels using analytics tools.
• In certain cases, development and maintenance of platforms such as microsites to promote the bank’s business objectives, values, products, services and campaigns for specific audiences.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

• Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
• Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
• Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
• Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively.
• Communicate complex information. ‘Complex’ information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.
• Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.Share jobReasonable AdjustmentBarclays welcomes applications from all candidates and is committed to ensuring reasonable adjustments (accommodations) are put in place to allow for a fair and inclusive recruitment process. For more information and how to request one, please reviewOur purposeWe’re a global, vital and highly respected financial organisation with an inspiring Purpose. Operating in 39 countries and employing around 100,000 people across the world, we help communities, individuals and businesses thrive. And we’ve created financial solutions and technology that the world now takes for granted. A career with us can offer incredible variety, depth and breadth of experience, and the chance to learn from some of the best minds in technology and finance.To find out more about Barclays’ strategy please clickEqual opportunitiesBarclays offers a diverse, inclusive and engaged culture. A place where people can bring their whole selves to work and be respected for who they are, valued for what they do and celebrated for their contribution to our business and our community.We are an equal opportunity employer and opposed to discrimination on any grounds. It is the policy of Barclays to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, colour, creed, religion, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by law.Right to work statementBarclays is required by law to confirm that you have the Legal Right to Work in any role that you apply for. If you currently hold a work visa sponsored by Barclays, or you would require sponsorship from Barclays, you must declare this as part of your application. Sponsored visas are role and entity specific and any changes must be reviewed. It is important that you ensure you are working on the correct visa at all times. Failure to accurately disclose your visa status or Legal Right to Work may result in your application or any employment offer being withdrawn at any time.This is Barclays NorthamptonNorthampton is one of our most important UK centres. We’re home to all card and payment services across the Barclays business; we’re also home to Barclaycard. This is a vast operation, with a huge influence and impact on the financial services industry and on the lives of millions of British people.Focus on wellbeingUnique initiatives to enhance your wellbeing like our colleague allotment, helping to build community through getting closer to nature.Big opportunitiesYou can experience a wealth of diverse and surprising career paths right here in Northampton, across Barclays UK or even globally.The workplace of the futureOur building is environmentally friendly and people-friendly too, with excellent facilities designed to make work a pleasure.Discover NorthamptonNorthampton is the perfect blend of town and country, a growing and thriving centre for business, and a wonderful place to live and work.Your browser does not support the video tag.This is Barclays NorthamptonNorthampton is one of our most important UK centres. We’re home to all card and payment services across the Barclays business; we’re also home to Barclaycard. This is a vast operation, with a huge influence and impact on the financial services industry and on the lives of millions of British people.Focus on wellbeingUnique initiatives to enhance your wellbeing like our colleague allotment, helping to build community through getting closer to nature.Big opportunitiesYou can experience a wealth of diverse and surprising career paths right here in Northampton, across Barclays UK or even globally.The workplace of the futureOur building is environmentally friendly and people-friendly too, with excellent facilities designed to make work a pleasure.Discover NorthamptonNorthampton is the perfect blend of town and country, a growing and thriving centre for business, and a wonderful place to live and work.Your browser does not support the video tag.Be you. Be valued. Belong.We celebrate the unique perspectives and experiences each individual brings, believing our differences make us stronger and drive success. Our colleague networks offer connection, support, and growth, while our “This is Me” series shares the unique stories of our colleagues. Committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, Barclays values you for who you are and ensures you truly belong.You can learn more about our commitment to our colleague on our DE&I page.Application ProcessYour applicationWe’ll ask for information about you, your CV and cover letter. 1Your assessmentCovering your behaviours and ability at work. 2Your interviewExploring your past experiences and skills. 3Next stepWe’ll request additional information so that you can complete our screening process 4Working flexiblyWe’re committed to providing an inclusive culture and environment, that recognises and supports ways to balance your personal needs, alongside the professional needs of our business. Providing the opportunity for all our employees globally to work flexibly empowers each of us to work in a way that suits our lives, as well as enabling us to better service our customers’ and clients’ needs.Our approach to working flexibly is designed to support you to balance your life and to accommodate diverse needs, whilst still allowing us to meet our business needs. If you’d like to request a flexible working arrangement, please discuss this with your hiring manager.Hybrid working: Our approach to hybrid working ensures there’s the right balance of working alongside colleagues at our onsite locations, as required for each role. For business areas that offer a hybrid working experience, this will be in a structured way, where colleagues work at an onsite location on fixed, ‘anchor’, days of the week. Some roles may require full onsite working. Please discuss the working pattern requirements for the role you are applying for with the hiring manager.We continue to embed and review our hybrid working environment and remain in a phase of testing and learning. This means that working arrangements could change, with reasonable notice, to align with the needs of our business.Barclays is built on an international scale.Our geographic reach, our wide variety of functions, businesses, roles and locations reflect the rich diversity of our worldwide customer base. All of which means we offer incredible variety, depth and breadth of experience.
And the chance to learn from a globally diverse mix of colleagues, including some of the very best minds in banking, finance, technology and business. Throughout, we’ll encourage you to embrace mobility, exploring every part of our operations as you build your career.

Expected salary

Location

Greater Manchester – Northampton

Job date

Thu, 17 Oct 2024 00:33:59 GMT

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