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Website editor, BeatThatQuote.com - England

This job is located in London, England (map)

About the company

BeatThatQuote.com is a price comparison web site that helps people find the best deals on a range of products and services that includes mortgages, credit cards, loans, home and car insurance, annuities, investments, utilities and shopping.

BeatThatQuote’s content powers the finance and comparison channels of some the UK’s leading websites, including: MSN, Yahoo, The MailOnline, The Independent, Argos, ITV, Caio, Metro and over 500 other sites.

BeatThatQuote.com is an independent company owned by the people who work there. In April 2008 it was voted number one in the ‘Start-Ups Top 100’ new companies. In 2006 it won the Growing Business Awards ‘Young Company of the Year’ award as well as being the NatWest Startups ‘Business of the Year’ and ‘Online Business of the Year’ winner. BeatThatQuote.com also reached the national finals in the Orange National Business Awards, and the HSBC Start-Up Stars Awards.

Independent net ratings agency Nielsen Online announced in February 2008, that BeatThatQuote.com was the UK’s fastest growing web site in 2007, beating Facebook into second place. In January 2008 Comscore noted BeatThatQuote.com as one of the UK’s top 100 most visited web sites.

About the position

BeatThatQuote.com (TM) is looking to recruit an experienced and commercially aware site editor for its two primary properties: BeatThatQuote.com (the consumer facing website) and FinanceLeadsOnline.com (the financial intermediary facing website)

The role will report to the Company’s marketing manager and will include:

  1. Defining the Company’s overall consumer and intermediary editorial proposition.

  2. Overseeing the production of the websites’ editorial content including copywriting.

  3. Overseeing the production of and contributing to the Company’s email newsletters which are broadcast to over 5 million recipients.

  4. Overseeing the production of and writing content for the Company’s syndication partners, including: The Daily Mail, The Independent, MSN and Yahoo.

About the candidate

Only the very best candidates need apply for this position. The successful candidate should have the following attributes:

  • Several years experience writing about personal finance subjects

  • Experience of both online and offline media

  • Experience in managing both in-house and freelance journalists

  • An understanding of the commercial requirements of a company such as BeatThatQuote.com

Benefits

Basic Salary: £35-40k depending on experience

In addition to the basic salary the package will include:

  • End of year discretionary "success bonus" based on company profits

  • Share options

  • Private Medical Insurance

  • Health Club Membership

To apply:
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Closed on: Friday 12 March | Views: 1,322 so far
Posted by a user at mediauk.com on Monday 15 February 2010
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