Marlborough Group is a successful investment business that manages over £10 billion for over 200,000 clients and employs some of the UK’s most respected fund managers. The Group has its headquarters in Bolton and offices in London, Lichfield, Peterborough, Bristol and Dublin. The Group employ more than 235 people across its business lines being:

• Marlborough Limited – The Group’s investment management business
• Investment Fund Services Limited – The groups Authorised Corporate Director (ACD) Authorised Fund Manager business
• IFSL Administration – The Group’s platform business

Marlborough Group’s success has been built on a reputation for excellence in active fund management, with the Group leading the way in industry expertise, service quality, product understanding and added value for our investors.

As we continue with our ambitious growth plans, we are looking for talented people who share our values and will grow and develop as financial services professionals. That means putting our investors at the forefront of everything we do and constantly striving for excellence in the service we deliver. In addition to receiving a comprehensive benefits package, successful candidates will join a team who are committed to collaborative working in an environment where personal and professional development are genuinely valued.

Position

We’re looking for a talented writer with a strong interest in UK and overseas stock markets. You’ll build relationships with our award-winning fund managers and turn their insights into clear and informative content for financial professionals and retail investors. You don’t need to be an expert in financial markets. If you can demonstrate strong writing skills and a willingness to understand the investment world then we’ll give you all the training and support you need to succeed.

Role Purpose

• Promote Marlborough and our range of products and services by writing accurate and engaging copy across our multi-channel proposition
• Support Senior Manager Group by providing compelling internal communications to the wider Marlborough audience
• Have a strong sense of storytelling that can influence decisions to create success for the brand and our business partners
• Work collaboratively and effectively with our key stakeholders at all levels across the Group
• Ability to create compelling communications in a fast-paced environment while ensuring content meets the evolving requirements of our audiences and compliance regulations

Key Responsibilities

• Write topical and persuasive content that ties back to our value proposition to drive awareness, engagement and lead generations across our diverse product range
• Interview and liaise with subject matter experts across key areas including research, product, compliance, commercial and marketing
• Be an expert on our product offering, understanding implications for commentary based on asset class, sector and region
• Support the Marketing and Content Team by sharing oversight of trending content formats, topics and companies
• Proof read commentary written by investment management professionals
• Repurpose existing copy for different audiences and applications
• With training, understand compliance requirement for various regions and audience and help ensure all requirements are met
• Responsibility for ensuring that you have a strong understanding of funds in focus, market activity, campaign activity and client needs in order to develop content pipelines that meet commercial objectives
• Ensure consistency across content in terms of tone, voice and visual representation, in line with our brand and style guidelines
• Keep abreast of competitor activity and content strategies
• Take ownership of workstreams and tasks and manage them through to completion in a fast-paced corporate environment

Essential Skills:

• Excellent written skills
• Innovative and creative thinking and ability to execute content for multi-channel campaigns
• Attention to detail and accuracy
• Experience managing data
• PC literacy and internet skills
• Excellent numeric skills
• Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft software
• Ability to problem solve and deal with complex queries
• Ability to prioritise
• Professional manner and attitude

Beneficial Skills:

• Knowledge of collective investment schemes and/or investment management

Essential Qualifications:

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent level qualification

Beneficial Qualifications:

• Completion or working towards the IOC (Investment Operations Certificate) qualification
• Marketing qualifications from the CIM or similar

Essential Experience:

• Experience of producing regular, timely and high-quality communications, either from a previous role or demonstrable through educational background

Beneficial Experience

• Experience working as an investment writer in the asset management industry
• Experience of working in a sales or marketing environment

Personal Qualities:

• Positive and collaborative attitude
• Ability to learn new systems
• Ability to take on responsibility for tasks and projects
• Ability to function as part of a team
• Ability to be flexible and learn quickly
• Ability to work under pressure to close deadlines
• Confident manner both written and verbally

Benefits:

• Competitive salary with annual salary reviews
• 25 days annual leave plus statutory bank holidays with the option to buy (or sell) up to 5 more
• 9% non-contributory pension
• Annual discretionary bonus scheme
• Private Healthcare Scheme
• Death in Service at 5 x annual salary
• 35 hour working week
• Training for IOC and other relevant qualifications
• Exam completion bonus £500 (IOC)
• Study leave
• Cycle 2 work scheme
• Eye test reimbursement
• Your birthday off
• Christmas party and paid for social events during the year
• 13 weeks fully paid maternity leave 2 weeks fully paid paternity leave
• Perkbox membership - access to more than a hundred rewards, ranging from free food in major UK restaurants, to movie tickets, to phone insurance and more.