Editorial Director (Maternity Cover) - £70k (Hiring Immediately)

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Job Title: Editorial Director (Maternity Cover)
Location: Hybrid
Contract: Fixed Term

Golin is a global public relations agency that helps companies create change that matters. We discover powerful human truths, create with bravery, and collaborate inclusively and obsessively. Our expertise ranges from brand-building and digital content to corporate reputation, disease awareness, and measurement. Golin aligns earned-first, data-driven creative with the customer journey through our collaborative model to deliver maximum impact for clients. Our roster includes many of the largest FMCG, retail, food, healthcare, technology, and consumer service companies worldwide.

We go all in for our people, offering hybrid, flexible working and excellent benefits that foster a culture of happy, high-performing individuals.

We’re proud of our work and our agency values, and even prouder when recognized by our peers. Recently, we’ve won two Cannes Lion Grand Prix awards and PRWeek’s Large Consultancy of the Year. This reflects our team’s excellent work and dedication to innovation and client service.

We’re seeking a strategic Editorial Director (Maternity Cover) to lead content for high-profile Technology, Consumer, and Corporate Affairs clients. If storytelling is your passion, and you excel at crafting content that moves audiences and shifts perceptions across platforms, this is your opportunity.

In this role, you’ll develop insightful, audience-focused narratives that perform seamlessly across earned media, online platforms, and social media. You’ll collaborate closely with client teams to enhance brand reputations and bring campaigns to life with clarity, purpose, and creativity.

• Serve as the trusted editorial lead for diverse client accounts
• Manage content delivery across multiple campaigns, ensuring timelines, budgets, and quality standards are met
• Build strong client relationships, provide strategic counsel, and offer content guidance
• Write and edit compelling long-form and thought leadership content on topical issues
• Create sharp, platform-appropriate social media copy for organic and paid campaigns
• Partner with teams on marketing materials and new business content that tell our story effectively
• Ensure all content is grounded in insight, brand strategy, and audience relevance
• Guide, review, and elevate content across teams as the agency’s senior editorial expert
• Support team members in creating impactful media-facing materials
• Lead content workflows from planning to execution across departments

Strategic Impact

• Collaborate with the Head of Integrated Media to develop winning strategies
• Utilize research, social listening, and audience insights to generate content ideas and storytelling opportunities
• Help brands communicate with purpose, credibility, and resonance across platforms

Platforms

• Understand the evolving role of content across earned, owned, and paid media
• Adapt tone, format, and structure to optimize digital, print, and social media performance
• Apply SEO best practices to increase visibility and discovery

• Proven experience creating content for leading Technology, Corporate, and Consumer brands
• Deep understanding of tailoring messaging across media, digital, and social channels
• Strong client management skills, ideally in PR, creative, or integrated agency settings
• Experience working with global clients and navigating complex content ecosystems
• Excellent project management, communication, and editorial judgment
• A passion for storytelling that balances strategy and creativity

If you're ready to make a difference, shape meaningful narratives, and bring bold ideas to life, we look forward to hearing from you.