As part of the application, please include a cover letter explaining why would you like to work at Intruder and what makes you the right candidate for this role.
About Intruder:
Intruder is a fast-growing cyber security startup that’s been through prestigious accelerators including CyLon and the GCHQ Cyber Accelerator. Providing an integrated vulnerability scanning platform, Intruder helps companies easily identify, track, and fix cyber security weaknesses, before they get hacked. Intruder has its headquarters in London, UK, and provides cyber security services to over 1,500 customers worldwide. Learn more about Intruder’s platform, services, and the growing team here.
About the role:
As a content writer, you will play an integral part in our business, working alongside our marketing and sales teams.
We are looking for someone who is passionate about producing engaging content and interested in writing about cyber security. With many developments being introduced every year, the importance of cyber awareness is only going to increase with time, and you will play a key role in educating our audience (developers, CTOs, IT managers) about this essential topic.
You will make sure that Intruder is at the top of mind and leading the discussion around continuous cyber security and vulnerability management. You will lead our content creation efforts and create a variety of written pieces to assist the marketing and sales teams with growing the business.
While cyber security is a complex subject, our aim at Intruder is to make it effortless for any organisation to stay protected in the digital space. As such, we are looking for someone who can explain highly technical topics in an easy-to-understand language. You don’t need to be a cyber security pro for this role, but your strong copywriting skills, enthusiasm, and desire to learn about the industry will make you a valuable member of the team. To help you get up to speed on cyber security matters, we have a team of highly technical professionals who will work alongside you.
We’re looking for someone who is a self-starter and can show plenty of initiative while working in a high-paced startup environment. As part of a growing team, you should be happy with contributing whenever required, which may include assisting with other marketing tasks and responsibilities.
Some of the key responsibilities:
- Work with the world-class team of ethical hackers to create engaging and newsworthy content
- Content strategy design, planning, and implementation
- A natural ability to empathise with users and understand their motivations to try and buy a product
- Proactively identify content gaps and perform regular content optimisations
- Work closely with the marketing team to help create customer case studies, blogs, sales decks, and other marketing materials
- Work alongside an SEO agency to write content, which is optimised for search engines
- Help with the creation and improvement of our website copy
- Develop an in-depth understanding of our SaaS service and cyber security industry in general
- Opportunities to work on many related projects such as content syndication, PR, webinars, video production, and more
The ideal candidate will have:
- 3+ years of content marketing, or inbound content writing experience, ideally in SaaS and/or B2B
- Copywriting skills & experience to create landing pages that sell, you know how to position the product right
- Strong understanding of SEO best practices, such as keyword analysis
- Google Analytics and HubSpot experience. Knowledge of how to assess the results of content production efforts
- Strong interest in cyber security & technology
- Excellent written and verbal English communication skills
- A related degree such as English, Journalism, Communications, Marketing, or IT
- Experience in cyber security or IT is a plus
Why join us?
Intruder is a dynamic and well-funded startup operating in a very fast-growing market. You'll join the company at just the right time, we've established a product-market fit and things are now really taking off!
What we’re offering:
- £40,000 - £50,000
- Share options so you can benefit from our success
- 28 days paid holiday plus bank holidays, and an additional 5 unpaid if you wish to take them
- Flexible working - you can work from home, but you should be in a position to work from our Shoreditch office 1-2 times a week
- Regular socials to have some fun (organised by our Chief Fun Officer)