Junior Content Writer

**About Electrum**

Electrum is a leading enterprise payments technology company. We partner with some of South Africa’s biggest household names, enabling them to offer their customers access to payments and digital goods and services. We love that the projects we work on touch the lives of millions of South Africans every day, making a real difference.

We hire the best of the best and we offer great opportunities for both personal growth and career progression.

**The opportunity**

The South African payments landscape is undergoing significant transformation; new regulation is fueling the emergence of modern payment rails and methods that are influencing the way that banks, retailers and financial service organisations serve their customers.

As such, Electrum is looking for a talented, research-orientated writer who is excited to explore the world of payments technology and enterprise SaaS. Someone passionate about understanding and translating our software’s technical functionality into thought-provoking, business-focused content. We are known for being thought leaders in the South African payments industry and openly discussing market challenges and advancements.

We’re looking for someone excited about working in payments at a time when unprecedented change is happening in the industry and helping to drive results with the content you create. If this sounds like you, please apply

**Requirements**:
**Your responsibilities include**:

- Writing market-facing collateral for our payments solutions from social posts to blogs and long-form thought leadership content, and everything in between, such as newsletters, thought-leadership papers, infographics, videos, case studies, web pages, etc..
- Leveraging your strong critical thinking and interpretation skills to collate your research results and in-person interviews into market-ready content.
- Following Electrum’s writing and other brand guidelines ensure tone of voice and brand standards are met.
- The ability to self-edit and self check your work
- Optimising past and current writing by learning from analytics and content performance.
- Monitoring the latest B2B technology writing trends and best practices.
- Conducting market research and monitoring industry trends and behaviours
- Collaborating with agencies, if relevant.
- A Bachelor's degree with honours, preferably in sciences, technology, law or business
- A minimum of 18 months experience spanning any and all industries in which you conducted writing assignments. Preference will be given to technical and B2B experience within the software industry
- Experience with Google Suite and Google Analytics
- Some exposure to marketing tools i.e., Hubspot, Mailchimp, URL shorteners, etc.
- Proven experience in turning technical concepts into easily understood value-based content for business personas
- Strong attention to detail and problem-solving skills
- Are a highly motivated, independent self-starter
- An enjoyment of telling stories through a variety of media
- Great communication skills

Our customers include some of South Africa’s largest retailers and banks so strong evidence of your technical aptitude and business-to-business experience will elevate your chances.

**Benefits**

A good work-life balance is very important at Electrum. To help you manage your own time and energy, Electrum offers benefits such as:

- Onsite gym and shower facilities
- Daily cooked lunches and a stocked kitchen for the mid-day nibbles
- Team socialising, hikes, getaways, and dinners

We have created a safe, transparent environment where we know mistakes happen, and that’s okay. We even have a 3 step approach to dealing with them:

- Tell everyone about it
- Fix the mistake
- Tell everyone about it

You are responsible for your actions - both the successes and the failures.