Writer/editor

Interested in joining a global, dynamic work environment where the full range of your personal and professional skills will be put to good use? Do you want to help shape and bring the Volvo Group’s communication agenda to life?
The Volvo Group sits at the heart of the climate transition. Alongside our partners, we are driving the shift to a decarbonized transportation system. This is an exciting journey – one which holds great opportunities as well as challenges, where communication and stakeholder engagement play a vital role. We expect you to make a difference.


THIS IS US, YOUR NEW COLLEAGUES
Within Corporate Communication, the Content & Activation team works with planning, producing and managing communication initiatives that are directed towards all Volvo Group’s corporate stakeholders, across a multitude of channels. We deliver on plans but are also ready to capture opportunities that arise at short notice. Our team members have different professional and educational backgrounds but we all share the same passion to create communication that sparks a dialogue and moves the needle. We are now looking to welcome a writer/editor to the team.


ROLE DESCRIPTION
As writer/editor, you will create and publish content for all our channels, including social media, the volvogroup.com website, internal communication channels and more. Examples could include storytelling and proof points related to our transformation as a company, fact-oriented SEO-optimized texts for the web, attention-grabbing tweets, engaging posts on LinkedIn, speeches, scripts for broadcasts, corporate presentations and more besides. In addition to written content, you will also carry out basic photo editing tasks and be responsible for video productions, in collaboration with content agencies and our in-house studio team. Together with your colleagues and in close collaboration with senior business leaders, public affairs experts, investor relations representatives and others, you will deliver relevant and engaging content where our business agenda aligns with our global stakeholders’ interests. The role requires good judgement and integrity, solid communication knowledge and skills — and, last but not least, a digital-savvy profile.
You will report to the Director Strategic Communication.


WHO WE THINK YOU ARE
You have truly excellent storytelling and writing skills, a trained eye for what makes a good image, a strong foundation in communication, and a passion for building engagement in the digital world. You are a team player with a strong personal drive and deliver results while being able to balance stakeholder interests.


Main activities and responsibilities:
Write, edit, produce and publish content in relevant channels. Measure the outcome and take responsibility for adjusting to the results
Take an active part in the planning process for our different channels and take responsibility for structuring your own work to deliver high-quality content while meeting deadlines and budgets.
Contribute with new ideas and new ways to increase relevance for our audiences.
Analyze business insights about stakeholder groups and draw conclusions about what they mean in terms of the content you create.
Collaborate within the team, with other Volvo Group colleagues and with external partners.
Develop, evaluate and continuously improve work processes and collaborations within your areas of responsibility.

Experience and Education
A minimum of five years’ experience of working as a writer/copywriter/editor at a global company or at an agency with global, corporate clients, with English as the main language.
Proven track-record of contributing high-quality content to projects with external and internal stakeholders, preferably in a multi-market/language set up.
Extensive experience from writing for social media and for the web.
Solid track record of delivering for various communication carriers and channels; texts, presentations, images, video etc.
Academic degree in journalism, media/communication or similar.

Key competencies
Excellent writing and storytelling skills.
Complete command of the English language.
Broad understanding of the media and communication landscape, with a special interest in digital channels.
Clear interest in and understanding of business issues, and the ability to translate them into communication.
Ability to understand and balance stakeholder requirements and needs.
Ability to handle change and thrive in an environment where part of the work is planned and structured, while other tasks need to be done on short notice.
Contributing positively as part of a team.

Contact person
Markus Lindberg Hamn, Director Strategic Communication


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