Senior In-App Content Editor - Maternity Cover (9-month Fixed Term Contract)

About Paired

Our romantic relationship with our partner is one of the most important parts of our lives, but building and maintaining a happy relationship over time can be challenging. We want to make the journey easier. 

We believe in the daily practice of love, and through our award-winning mobile app launched in October 2020, we've been helping couples connect in a fun, effective, and affordable way. Recognized as one of Google's Best Apps of 2020 and Apple App of the Day in January 2023 and 2024, we proudly serve over 250,000 users daily, establishing ourselves as the #1 player in the relationship management category.

About the role

We’re looking for a Senior Content Editor to join our Content team on a 9-month fixed-term contract, starting in October 2024 and running until August 2025, to cover a maternity leave. This role can be based anywhere in the UK.

In this role, you will create engaging and research-backed relationship content for the Paired app that brings couples closer together. You’ll be working closely with our in-house editorial team, freelance content writers, product managers, and creative marketing team to build content our couples love, trust and rely on.

This role reports to our Interim Content Lead and sits within the wider Product department.

What Your Role Encompasses

• Be a lead editor across a range of in-app content types. Design and run efficient processes of high-quality editorial, manage strategy and communicate it proactively
• Be a custodian of our style guide and tonal values. Constantly think of ways to improve our content quality, manage these improvements in practice and provide feedback
• Be a content strategist. Manage a robust editorial calendar based on knowledge of sex and relationship challenges and stressors, user insights, data, analytics and trends. Prioritise content based on user needs, proven performance and guiding content principles
• Be an innovator. Lead ideation sessions, create new content features and products to help drive forward content and company mission
• Be a risk taker. Place bets, learn and make improvements for the greater good of the user
• Be a user advocate. Have deep empathy for customers and their needs from our content and product

Requirements

• Experience creating in-app content for a digital health, wellness, wellbeing or lifestyle app 
• 5+ years professional working experience in an editorial role
• Fluency in English (impeccable grammar and spelling)
• Experience in user research, conducting surveys, compiling user feedback and using analytics to make editorial decisions
• Strong content analytics skills (setting and analysing OKRs and KPIs)
• Adaptability and a proactive approach to receiving and sharing feedback on editorial content
• Strong project management skills, able to manage end-to-end processes and keep tabs on multiple projects at once
• Strong collaboration skills and ability to work with a range of stakeholders
• A valid UK passport or working permit (no sponsorship requirements)

Benefits

• Monthly salary between £5,000-5,400 
• Fully remote work setup within the UK
• 3x company offsites every year (e.g. in Malaga, Florence, Lisbon...)
• Subsidised co-working space
• 25 days annual leave (+public holidays)
• Yearly learning budget of £1,000
• Comprehensive health insurance
• Opportunity to help millions of people with their relationship

Hiring process

1. Application review
2. Initial Call with Martin (our recruiter)
3. Initial Call with Jenny (our Head of Content)
4. Task Assignment - Complete a task at home to assess your writing skills
5. Team Interviews - The final step involves interviews with different team members you would be working with on a day-to-day basis

Diversity & Inclusion at Paired

• Our core value is championing relationships. Our app was built to serve all couples regardless of culture, gender, sexual orientation, and ethnicity
• We strive to create an inclusive environment where unique perspectives are encouraged, as we firmly believe that diversity enhances our company, culture and product
• We regularly review our hiring processes, materials and pipeline to ensure they are accessible and free of bias, offering equal opportunity to underrepresented groups. We are also always learning. We maintain open minds and welcome feedback on how we can improve, no matter where it comes from