We’re currently recruiting for a Retirement and Annuity Communications specialist to help set the communications strategy for our wading finacial services cleint in retirement and annuities propositions. This will involve articulating often technical subject matter into clear, concise sales and educational material. This will be achieved by writing copy for both internal and external (customers and advisers) audiences, and channelling materials and copy from external and internal proposition leads and other sources. An ability to write in different tones of voice i.e. for advisors and consumers, is essential.

Key competencies

  • Lead and deliver the written material required for two key product lunches which are at the heart of the Standard Life Pensions and Long-Term Savings business strategy.
  • Develop and maintain rolling plans for product communications activity across all business channels.
  • Make sure appropriate product communication messages, both written and verbal, are implemented and delivered to internal and external customers in accordance with brief, and to time, cost and quality standards.
  • Make sure that technical information is articulated clearly and appropriately for different audiences.
  • Make sure all content around our annuities and retirement solutions is accurate and aligned with both customer expectations and business strategy.
  • Make sure corporate guidelines, processes and business objectives are adhered to.
  • Champion visibility of our retirement and annuity solutions communications projects, and support them as the content expert to ensure timely delivery.
  • Lead internal strategic projects, as well as supporting projects across the business
  • Recruit and manage additional communications resources as necessary.
  • Provide appropriate communications inputs to the formal marketing process in the form of copy, copy editing, messaging, consultancy, and sign offs.
  • Maintaining good knowledge of the pensions industry more widely and especially for the decumulation phase so annuities and drawdown.
  • Maintaining excellent relationships with internal and external stakeholders to ensure delivery to agreed specifications within deadlines.
  • Delivering to tight deadlines when there are a range of concurrent projects.
  • Managing prioritisation of own workload.
  • Making sure that all published communications are compliant.
  • May have some people management responsibility at some point.

    • What We’re Looking For

    Essential

  • Deep knowledge of retirement and pensions solutions including but not limited to annuities products
  • Excellent writing skills and experience of a communications role within the live and pensions or savings industry

    • Desirable

  • Education – Undergraduate Degree (or equivalent) desirable but not essential if has correct experience

    • We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnerships, pregnancy or maternity or age