Copy & Editorial Manager

We need a Copy & Editorial Manager for our award-winning Performance team in Manchester.

You’ll have 3+ years’ experience and a solid portfolio of content and copywriting under your belt, spanning multiple brand voices and digital platforms.

What we’re looking for

Reporting into the Head of SEO, you’ll be responsible for writing, editing, and managing content in our Performance department.

We’re looking for someone who can craft everything from long-form editorial to landing pages and video scripts. You’ll have experience producing SEO-led content across varied tones of voice and editing first drafts to a high standard.

You’ll also take ownership of the content process. This will involve continuously identifying ways to streamline workflows, improve efficiency, and manage our network of freelancers, ensuring every piece of content meets the brief and brand voice.

On top of this, you’ll have a strong understanding of SEO and a working knowledge of AI tools. Plus, you’ll contribute to digital PR ideation sessions and support the wider agency with a range of content deliverables.

What you’ll do

• Write high-quality content that delivers strong SEO performance
• Manage editorial workflows, deadlines, and briefing processes
• Identify opportunities to improve and streamline content production
• Use AI tools to enhance content and team efficiency
• Manage freelancers and ensure their work aligns with content briefs and client brand voice
• Dissect internal and external briefs to deliver work that exceeds client expectations
• Collaborate with SEO and PR teams to shape content direction
• Contribute to digital PR ideation sessions
• Maintain high editorial standards through quality control, editing, and proofreading
• Support the creation and delivery of content plans
• Work across multiple clients and projects simultaneously
• Manage changing priorities and tight deadlines

We’d love you to have:

• At least three years’ writing experience, either in-house or at an agency
• A bachelor’s degree in Creative Writing, Journalism, English, or a related subject
• A fantastic grasp of the English language and a gift for spotting grammatical errors from a distance
• A good knowledge of performance content and SEO
• A varied portfolio of work spanning different formats and industries
• The ability to turn your hand to varied tones of voice
• Experience producing editorial calendars and planning content
• Enthusiasm and the ability to take constructive feedback
• Creativity and a willingness to bring ideas to the table
• The ability to work well under pressure
• Experience of working independently

In return, you’ll get:

Your rewards

Alongside a competitive salary, you will receive:

• 24 days holiday plus 3 days over Christmas.
• An additional day of holiday for each year of service, up to a total of 5 extra days.
• 5-day life balance day each month to do whatever you want (excludes December).
• Early finish on a Friday.
• The option to buy an extra week’s holiday per year.
• Private health insurance which covers pre-existing conditions, cancer care and gives cashback for routine optical and dental treatments.
• Life assurance.
• Pension scheme.
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay.
• A £1,000 payment for referring a new hire.

And we offer

• Hybrid working and flexibility.
• Access to a personal trainer/nutritionist.
• Free fruit and breakfast.
• Mental health support and access to professional therapists through ‘Spill’.
• Peer feedback and performance reviews tailored personal development plans and objectives.
• Access to industry-accredited professional qualifications through our IPA membership.
• Employee voice, we consult our people on matters affecting them and encourage participation in agency surveys, our suggestions box and employee awards.
• A social buddy upon joining who helps you settle into the agency.
• Monthly agency socials and events put on by our culture committee.
• Lunch & Learn events to gain more understanding of different facets of agency life.
• All supported by a culture driven by great work, team collaboration, passion, honesty, and mutual respect for everyone.

Our commitment to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

We had always thought our business was open and inclusive. Afterall, one of our values is “Everyone matters.” We hammer home the behaviour of treating everyone with respect, seeing things from the other person’s perspective, understanding that everyone has different values, responsibilities, concerns and families.

But when you delve a little deeper into Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, this value is a great place to start but it involves so much more.

Here at Trunk, we naturally welcome difference. It’s what gives us strength as a business, the wide breadth of experience, capabilities, and perspectives. And any creative business knows that the best ideas don’t come from just one place. Diversity is important, but we feel what makes the real difference is inclusivity, or the act of helping people feel valued and enabled regardless of their differences.

We have really then only just begun our diversity and inclusivity journey. We started by ensuring everyone has mandatory training to help people understand what it means to be inclusive. We’ve set up a panel of people within the business to champion difference, and we have ambassadors who are gaining their IPA D, E & I certifications. We continue to learn and evolve, and realise that this is not a quick win, or a ‘one and done.’

We are adapting our practices, offering home working, flexibility around start times, offer monthly life-balance days, access to mental health professionals, and assessing our working spaces to accommodate brilliant neurodivergent minds. And will continue to evolve to enable the differences around us.

To apply for this role, please send us your CV and portfolio to careers@trunk.agency