Senior Content Manager / Senior Editorial Lead (12-month FTC)

In the United Kingdom - London

We’re looking for a Senior Content Manager / Senior Editorial Lead to join the Corporate Creative & Content team within Simon-Kucher’s global Marketing Competence Centre. Reporting to the Corporate Creative & Content Director, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and elevating our global content standards on a 12-month fixed-term contract, with potential to extend.

In this role you’ll act as the editor-in-chief for our global marketing content, coaching a team of writers, quality-controlling outputs, strengthening processes, and embedding modern content practices (including AI-enabled workflows) across the team. It’s an ideal role for an experienced editor or senior content leader who has worked in a complex, matrixed or professional services environment and thrives on improving content quality, team capability, and operational excellence.

How you will create impact :

Lead editorial excellence by acting as the senior editor for global and divisional marketing content, ensuring clarity, accuracy, consistency, and strong storytelling across campaigns, reports, digital channels, and leadership material.

• Develop and coach the content team, providing editorial guidance, structured feedback, and training to build capability and confidence across English- and German‑speaking writers.
• Oversee content workflows and quality control, managing resourcing, reviewing key materials, and ensuring timely delivery against priorities.
• Strengthen content governance by refining tone‑of‑voice guidelines, editorial standards, templates, and approval processes across marketing and the business.
• Embed modern content practices, integrating AI‑enabled tools and new production approaches to improve efficiency, consistency, and quality.
• Collaborate closely with creative, digital, and campaign teams to ensure content aligns with brand, messaging frameworks, and campaign objectives.
• Use SEO and performance insights to refine content focus, improve discoverability, and inform continuous improvement.
• Support content creation for flagship projects as needed, applying expert editing and narrative shaping to high‑impact materials.

Your profile :

• Significant experience as a senior editor, editorial lead, or content manager, ideally within professional services, publishing, or a matrixed B2B environment.
• Exceptional editing and writing skills, with strong judgment and the ability to mentor and upskill others.
• Experience leading and developing content teams and building editorial capability.
• Comfortable operating in a partner‑led, stakeholder‑heavy environment, advising confidently on narrative and content decisions.
• Hands‑on experience leveraging existing tools and integrating AI tools and workflows into content creation, editing, and optimization for long‑term efficiency and quality gains.
• Sound understanding of SEO principles, digital content formats, and performance analytics.
• Highly organized, proactive, and able to balance strategic oversight with hands‑on editorial involvement.
• Fluent written and spoken English; written and spoken German preferred.

What we offer :

• Work within a corporate culture defined by our entrepreneurial spirit, openness, and integrity.
• Broaden your perspective with our extensive training curriculum and learning opportunities.
• Push your development with support from our holistic feedback and development processes.
• Hybrid work, mixing your work location between our London office and the option to remote work for an element of your time.
• Enjoy our range of benefits and our focus on your wellbeing.