Writer, Fixed Term Contract

📍London OR Remote (UK) | 💰Salary dependant on experience  + Benefits |

About us:

We’re here to make money work for everyone and we're doing things differently. For too long, banking has been obtuse, complex and opaque.

We want to change that and build a bank with everyone, for everyone. Our amazing community suggests features, test the app and give us constant feedback so we can build something everyone loves.

We're focused on solving problems, rather than selling financial products. We want to make the world a better place and change people's lives through Monzo.

Your day-to-day

Every word we write matters. From what’s in the app, to job ads (like this one), to error messages, to emails, to internal policies, to… you get the idea.

The Writing Team isn’t responsible for writing every word though – we’re here to level up Monzo’s writing overall. We have a well-established tone of voice , and people here really care about making sure all our writing is consistently good and works hard for customers. It’ll be your job to keep that quality up through the writing you do. But you’ll also be a champion for great writing by proving the difference it makes, and helping other people to improve their own writing skills.

Our never-ending reason to exist is to improve the overall quality of writing at Monzo. That means a culture where care for language is the norm. Everyone, in every role, should understand how important it is to write in a clear, empathetic way, and they should all have the skills to do it. The outcome of that will be world-leading writing for customers. They’ll trust us because our writing is clear, effective and works hard for them.

You’ll work in Personal Banking

The Personal Banking collective look after the core of the Monzo experience. Our Current Account is our biggest, best-loved and longest-living product, and the foundation of everything else we do. So: it’s a big deal. You’ll work closely with cross-functional squads of engineers, designers, marketers, researchers and so on to make it an amazing experience for existing customers, and bring new people on board.

A typical day could see you:

• collaborating with a Product Designer on some in-app screens
• helping a Product Marketer decide the messaging for a new feature
• writing error messages with input from software engineers
• editing legal wording alongside our in-house lawyers

Your home will be in Writing

Alongside the work you do for Personal Banking, you’ll contribute to the Writing discipline. We’re always working on new resources, training and processes to make better writing easier for everyone at Monzo.

Writing is part of the wider Marketing team, but as we hinted above this role isn’t only about marketing. Your remit will be to improve the quality of all the writing that touches your part of the business, inside Monzo and out.

This is for you if:

• you’ve done some ‘content design’, ‘UX writing’, ‘product writing’ or essentially any writing that isn’t just journalism or ads
• you’re allergic to useless jargon and over-complicated language
• you’ve tackled writing in different industries (tech and finance are a big bonus)
• you know how to use data and research to guide your approach
• you like bouncing around between tasks on a daily basis
• you’re comfortable questioning a brief and helping people understand why your approach is the right one.

It’s a bonus if you’ve ever trained or coached other people on how to improve their writing, but not a necessity.

This isn’t for you if:

• it’s your first writing job – sorry, but we need someone to hit the ground running
• you’re only really excited by brand and marketing stuff – you’ll be working on everything here
• you prefer to spend most of your time working solo – writing here is a team effort, and you’ll collaborate with everyone across the company
• you like lots of top-down direction – it’ll largely be up to you to decide which challenges to tackle, and how to tackle them

You’ll get:

• the chance to shape this role around what’s good for you and us
• very flexible working – we care about what you do, not the minutes you work
• a load of benefits, including a personal training budget, health insurance, generous caregiving leave and more you can read about here: https://monzo.com/careers/

Please make sure you give us both a CV and a cover letter. We want to see who you are as a person and a writer, and we’ll take an in depth look at both as part of your application.

This is a 6 month fixed term contract.

The Interview Process:

Our interview process involves three main stages (not including a Recruiter Call):

1. Initial Call with the Hiring Manager (30mins)
2. Take Home Task (to be submitted within 7 days)
3. Recruiter Call (15mins)
4. x2 interviews via Google Meet (each interview will last up to 60 minutes)

Our average process takes around 3-4 weeks but we will always work around your availability.

You will have the chance to speak to our recruitment team at various points during your process but if you do have any specific questions or want to talk through reasonable adjustments ahead of or during application please us at any point on core-hiring@monzo.com

What’s in it for you:

💰 Salary is dependant on experience ➕stock options

📍 This role can be based out of our London office next to Liverpool Street station - in a hybrid way of working between the office and home. Or, we would look at candidates on a fully remote basis.

⏰ We offer flexible working hours and trust you to work enough hours to do your job well, at times that suit you and your team.

📚 Learning budget of £1,000 a year for books, training courses and conferences

➕ And much more, see our full list of benefits here

Equal Opportunity Statement

We are actively creating an equitable environment for every Monzonaut to thrive.

Diversity and inclusion are a priority for us and we are making sure we have lots of support for all of our people to grow at Monzo. At Monzo, embracing diversity in all of its forms and fostering an inclusive environment for all people to do the best work of their lives with us. This is integral to our mission of making money work for everyone. You can read more in our blog ,  2021 Diversity and Inclusion Report and 2022 Gender Pay Gap Report.

We’re an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to age, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, or veteran, neurodiversity or disability status.

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