Content Team Lead

An ideal position for a calm, organised and commercially aware individual who thrives at the centre of a fast-moving agency environment, with experience leading content delivery and developing people.

As  Content Team Lead , you will be responsible for the overall direction, delivery and performance of the Content Team within the Organic department, ensuring work is delivered to a high standard across an exciting array of clients.

You will have a strong and clear understanding of content, SEO and how high-quality content contributes to organic performance. You will be comfortable combining hands-on content expertise with people management, resourcing, workflow management and client communication.

You will be responsible for:

- Line managing the content team

- Supporting the team’s development

- Maintaining delivery standards

- Managing content pipelines

- Improving workflows and documentation

- Ensuring the team operates efficiently, sustainably and profitably

- Supporting strong client relationships and content strategy across accounts

- Delivering a content service to clients

Experience & skills required

- Minimum 4 years of experience working in a content role, ideally within a digital marketing agency

- Demonstrable experience managing, mentoring or developing content writers, executives or specialists

- Experience creating, managing and overseeing content plans and schedules across multiple clients

- Experience producing and reviewing a range of content formats, including:

Landing pages

- Blogs

- Ecommerce copy

- Social copy

- Long-form guides

- Campaign content

- Confident line-managing team members, including:

Performance

- Development

- Progression planning

- Structured feedback

- Able to manage delivery issues, resourcing challenges and shifting priorities in a clear and constructive way

- Comfortable working closely with SEO, Digital PR, Social, Paid and Creative teams to ensure joined-up content output

- Very comfortable managing day-to-day client relationships through meetings, calls and presentations

- Able to use trend, consumer, keyword and performance data to shape content recommendations

- Experience leading content-specific onboarding, including tone of voice, messaging and scope alignment

- Knowledge or experience of working with CMS systems

- An understanding of site analytics and research tools, such as Google Analytics, Google Search Console, SEMrush and similar

- Excellent attention to detail and the ability to multi-task effectively in a deadline-driven environment

- Strong organisational and presentation skills

- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills

- The ability to give and receive feedback in a constructive, kind manner

- A keen and interested disposition and attitude

Strong understanding of

- Search-optimised content
How content supports organic visibility, audience intent, on-page SEO and wider search performance.

- Content strategy
How to turn client objectives, performance data, audience research and keyword insight into clear content direction.

- Content quality
How to maintain standards across tone of voice, brand messaging, clarity, editorial quality and commercial purpose.

- Team delivery
How resourcing, capacity, workflows and profitability affect the success of content work.

- AI and content workflows
Where AI can support smarter working without compromising quality, originality or brand standards.

Benefits & Culture

- 28 days paid annual leave, plus bank holidays

- Hybrid working model

- Central Brighton location

- Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and sick pay

- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) supporting health and wellbeing

- Scottish Widows pension

- Personal Development Plan with biannual reviews and objective setting

- Annual pay review

- Office Closed between Christmas and New Year

- Eye test voucher

- Regular employee training sessions and team-building activities

- Referral Bonus for introducing new employees

- Regular company socials

- Christmas and Summer company parties

- Amazon voucher on your birthday

- Local artisan tea & coffee, weekly fruit delivery, cakes and treats

- Spacious modern offices with break-out areas to relax

- Organic promotions (we promote from within)