Product Content Specialist at Leicester, Leicestershire

Product Content Specialist

Location: Remote (UK)

Contract: 6 months

Pay Rate: £16.11ph

Working Hours: Monday to Friday 9:00am - 5:00pm

Start Date: ASAP

THE ROLE

Gi Group is recruiting for a Product Content Specialist to join a well-established organisation operating in the scientific and laboratory supplies sector, on a 6-month contract. This is a fully remote opportunity for someone with excellent attention to detail, strong written communication skills and experience working with digital content and product information.

As a Product Content Specialist, you will support the launch of new products on European e-commerce websites by ensuring that product descriptions, technical specifications, images and other relevant information are accurate, complete and presented in line with company standards.

Key Responsibilities

Some of your responsibilities as a Product Content Specialist.

• Collect product specifications, technical information and relevant data from external suppliers.
• Review, organise and enhance product descriptions, images and supporting content before publication.
• Create clear, structured and accurate product descriptions using information provided by suppliers and other business partners.
• Enter, update and maintain product information within content management and authoring systems.
• Ensure all published content follows company procedures, formatting requirements, corporate style standards and brand guidelines.
• Review existing product content to identify missing information, inconsistencies and opportunities for improvement.
• Use Microsoft Excel to manage, review and analyse large volumes of product data.
• Work closely with suppliers, business partners, IT teams and other colleagues to resolve content-related queries.
• Monitor project progress and ensure product information is delivered accurately and within agreed deadlines.
• Maintain high standards of spelling, grammar, accuracy and consistency across all product information.

THE CANDIDATE

• 1- 3 years of experience developing, updating or maintaining digital content using content management systems (CMS).
• Strong written English, including excellent spelling, grammar and attention to detail.
• Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel, with the ability to work with large datasets.
• A bachelor's degree in Technical Writing or a scientific field is a plus.
• A working knowledge of scientific terminology and abbreviations.
• Strong organisational and time-management skills, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and competing priorities.
• Good written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to provide clear project updates and communicate deadlines.
• The ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with colleagues and external stakeholders.
• Experience working with technical, scientific or laboratory product information is desirable.
• Previous experience in product data management, e-commerce content, technical writing or digital publishing.

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