A career in IBM CIC means you’ll have the opportunity to work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio.

Curiosity and a constant quest for knowledge serve as the foundation to success in IBM CIC. In your role, you’ll be encouraged to challenge the norm, investigate ideas outside of your role, and come up with creative solutions which impact a wide network of clients, whom may be at their site or one of our CIC or IBM locations. Our culture of evolution centres on long-term career growth and development opportunities in an environment that embraces your unique skills and experience.

We offer:

A multitude of training opportunities from classroom to e-learning, mentoring and coaching programs as well as the chance to gain industry recognized certifications
Regular and frequent promotion and progression opportunities to ensure you can drive and develop your career with us
Feedback and checkpoints throughout the year
Diversity & Inclusion as an essential and authentic component of our culture through our policies and process as well as our Employee Champion teams and support networks
A culture where your ideas for growth and innovation are always welcome
Internal recognition programs for peer-to-peer appreciation as well as from manager to employees
Tools and policies to support your work-life balance from flexible working approaches, sabbatical programs, paid paternity leave, maternity leave and an innovative maternity returners scheme
More traditional benefits, such as 25 days holiday (in addition to public holidays), online shopping discounts, an Employee Assistance Program, a group personal pension plan of an additional 5% of your base salary paid by us monthly to save for your future.

In this role, you'll work in one of our IBM Consulting Client Innovation Centers (Delivery Centers), where we deliver deep technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients around the world. Our delivery centers offer our clients locally based skills and technical expertise to drive innovation and adoption of new technology.

Your role and responsibilities

About IBM

IBM is a leading provider of global hybrid cloud and AI, and consulting expertise. It helps clients in more than 175 countries capitalize on insights from their data, streamline business processes, reduce costs, and gain the competitive edge in their industries. With its extensive experience in the financial services sector, IBM assists banks, insurance companies, investment firms, and other financial institutions in leveraging cutting-edge technology to enhance operations, improve customer experiences, and ensure regulatory compliance.

Job Description

IBM is seeking a seasoned Content Designer with a robust background in the financial services industry to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will possess exceptional skills in crafting clear, concise, and compelling content that resonates with diverse audiences within the financial sector. This role involves collaboration with cross-functional teams to develop content strategies that align with IBM's marketing objectives and financial services client requirements.

Required education

None

Preferred education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

Develop Content Strategies: Create tailored strategies for IBM's financial services clients, aligning with IBM's brand voice and incorporating SEO.
Create Engaging Content: Produce a variety of content types, simplifying complex financial concepts for diverse audiences.
Translate Content: Collaborate with designers/developers to adapt content into various formats, maintaining industry-specific terminology.
Stay Updated: Monitor financial services trends and regulatory changes, tailoring content accordingly.
Conduct Research & Audits: Understand user needs, preferences, and regulations to guide content creation and improvement.
Manage Content: Oversee updates and revisions across multiple platforms, ensuring consistency and accuracy.
Collaborate: Work with cross-functional teams to meet business objectives and resonate with the target audience.
Lead Projects & Manage Expectations: Guide design projects from conception to completion, communicating progress and risks to stakeholders.
Tools Proficiency: Demonstrate expertise in content design tools (Sketch, Figma, Adobe XD) and content management systems.
Strong Writing & Editing Skills: Exhibit robust writing, editing, and curating abilities.

Preferred technical and professional experience

Content Management Systems (CMS) Proficiency: Demonstrate experience with content management systems such as Drupal or WordPress, ensuring seamless content updates and maintenance.
Front-End Development Knowledge: Possess a basic understanding of HTML and CSS, facilitating better collaboration with developers and ensuring content displays optimally across digital platforms.
Localisation & Internationalisation Familiarity: Understand localisation and internationalisation principles, enabling the creation of content that resonates with global audiences while considering cultural nuances and language differences.
Information Architecture & Content Strategy Background: Bring experience in information architecture or content strategy to organise and structure content effectively, improving user experience and discoverability.
Content Analytics & Usability Testing Experience: Have a background in content analytics and usability testing, leveraging data to optimise content performance and ensuring user-centric design.
Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, English, Journalism, Communications, or related field.
Professional content design or UX writing experience, preferably in financial services.
Robust portfolio showcasing content modeling, structuring, and varied content types, particularly from the financial services domain.
Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
Relevant certifications (CFP, CFA, etc.) and agile development experience are desirable.

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Consulting is IBM’s consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients’ businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.

YOUR LIFE @ IBM

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you’ll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you’ll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

Are you ready to be an IBMer?

ABOUT IBM

IBM’s greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.

Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we’re also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 50 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it’s time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

IBM wants you to bring your whole self to work and for you this might mean the ability to work flexibly. If you are interested in a flexible working pattern, please talk to our recruitment team to find out if this is possible in the current working environment.

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