UpSlide is the number one productivity solution provider for financial services. Our software dramatically improves the functionality of PowerPoint, Word, Excel, and Power BI and enables users at firms like Citi, KPMG, and BNP Paribas to focus on high-value tasks rather than formatting or copy-pasting.
We’re scaling up with 160+ employees across our offices in New York, London, Paris (HQ), Singapore, and Berlin.
Our values
Our values guide our approach to work and are at the heart of our recruitment process. To join our team, we look for individuals who value:
- Excellence: We think that every detail counts, and we place great importance on the quality of our deliverables.
- Trust: We are passionate, committed, and free to act with autonomy.
- Happiness at work: We enjoy looking on the bright side and we share our enthusiasm with our colleagues and clients.
The team
Join our Global Marketing team as a Junior Content Specialist, collaborating with experts in content, design, demand generation, and product. You’ll be working closely alongside Tariq our Content Manager, Becky, our SEO Manager, and reporting to Chloe, our Content Director.
Our team is based in both London and Paris, but that doesn’t get in the way of our collaboration and culture! We have weekly virtual Global Marketing meetings, plus we host in-person marketing workshops each year, either in Paris or London.
We’re a hard-working, supportive team looking for someone to bolster our content offering.
Team goals
Our main objective as a marketing team is to cement UpSlide as the must-have solution for financial and professional services. We achieve this by running demand creation and capture initiatives to ultimately help UpSlide grow our client base.
Your responsibilities
- Building engaging content for our social media and employee advocacy channels (LinkedIn and Twitter)
- Briefing the Design team on the creation of graphic elements, or creating simple graphics autonomously
- Delivering long-form blogs, including working with subject matter experts to leverage their knowledge in the planning stage
- Support the content team in aligning all content initiatives with UpSlide’s brand goals, ensuring every piece enhances our story and connects meaningfully with our audience
- Contributing to key product launches
- Coordinating your projects to ensure deadlines are met
- Adding and updating content on our website via a CMS (e.g. Wordpress, Elementor)
- Building premium PowerPoint materials for our client-facing teams
Here are the tools we use daily
- Oktopost (for social media management)
- Ahrefs (for SEO performance and research)
- Canva (for design)
- WordPress (for website management)
- GA4 (for reporting)
Your goals
After six months of settling into the role and team, you’ll be an expert on UpSlide, understanding our clients and product, and can convey this across different assets and channels.
After nine months, you’ll be a key contributor to our main channel strategies - building impactful social media campaigns and SEO blogs that resonate with our audience.
Once you hit the year mark, you will have gained hands-on experience in a wide variety of content projects, from webinars to paid ad campaigns. We’ll continue nurturing your professional growth with our transparent career paths and yearly L&D budgets.
Job requirements
You are a great fit if you have
- Native-level proficiency in English
- Exceptional writing and editing skills, with experience writing for different mediums (e.g. blogs, eBooks, emails, web pages, social media etc.)
- A strong belief in high standards and impeccable attention to detail
- Excellent organizational and time management skills – you always meet deadlines
- The ability to quickly learn and conduct effective research
- A passion for great content – in fact, you have a killer instinct for it!
We’d love it if
- You have experience working in finance or tech, or a strong interest in these sectors
- You are comfortable with content management systems (e.g WordPress), email marketing platforms (e.g. ActiveCampaign), and social media platforms and tools (e.g. LinkedIn, Oktopost), with a willingness to learn and adapt to new tech
- You have SEO knowledge, including keyword and competitor research techniques
- You have experience creating high-quality content daily for a B2B company
- You are proficient in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
- You enjoy collaborating with multiple stakeholders within a project (e.g. designers, product teams)
If you don’t tick all the boxes but you think you’d be a great fit, please apply and tell us why.
Recruitment process
- Interview with Andrea, Talent Acquisition Specialist [30' call]
- Interview with Tariq, Content Manager [45’ video call]
- A case study review with Chloe, Content Director, and Giorgia, Head of Growth, followed by an office tour [1.5h in-person]
- Final interview with a C-level executive [30’ video call]
We'll conduct a reference check to learn how to help you thrive!
On average our process lasts 3 weeks.
What we offer
Make a real difference and be at the very centre of a self-funded and growing SaaS company (doubling every two years for the past 10 years)!
- International environment: Start-up with five offices (Paris, London, Berlin, New York, Singapore) and users in more than 60 countries
- Hybrid work: 2-3 days/week hybrid work policy
- Work-from-home budget: €500 WFH equipment budget
- Training & professional development: Collaboration with our sister company, IPH, who provides UpSliders with training on key soft skills and management
- Wellness package: £45 per month for physical and mental wellness activities
- Flexi-work: Flexible working hours
- Parental leave: Paid parental leave for the birthing/non-birthing parent and help for parents of children under seven
- Beautiful office: An inspiring eighth-floor corner office near Liverpool Street with beautiful common areas and meeting rooms, a balcony with a view, bike storage and showers, tea/coffee, etc.
- Holidays: 25 days plus public holidays & a half-day of additional holiday per year of full service (up to 5 additional days)
- Company events: Office socials and international company events (e.g. annual company seminar, team seminar, and sustainability actions taken throughout the year)
- Compensation: Competitive package (£33k-£35k annual base and 10% on-target bonus)
- Pension: Pension contributions (with matched contributions up to 5% after one year)
- Health insurance: Opportunity to opt into a health insurance plan (Vitality)
More about UpSlide
- On top of exciting business challenges in a fast-growing market, you will find a friendly, caring, and challenging culture
- You will be met with opportunities to acquire new skills, learn from others in a multicultural environment, and grow as a person
- UpSlide employees have committed to making a positive impact on the world. We obtained B Corp certification in 2022 with strong commitments toward our employees, community, clients, suppliers, and the environment. UpSlide is now 30% owned by employees
More info here: upslide.net/en/from-a-to-b-corp-our-mission-for-positive-impact/ - UpSlide was ranked #1 best place to work in 2019 and #1 best place to work in 2020 in the category “best company for remote work”
More info here: upslide.net/en/happiness-at-work-recipe/
As a B Corp-certified company, we have strong commitments toward our employees, community, clients, suppliers, and the environment. We strive to create an environment where everyone feels welcome. This commitment to diversity and inclusion is applied in our recruitment process and your employee experience once you’ve joined UpSlide.