Copywriter / Editor

Who are we?

Goodman is the largest industrial property group listed on the Australian Securities Exchange and one of the largest listed specialist fund managers of industrial property and business space globally. In total, we have a team of around 1.000 people in 26 offices worldwide throughout Australia, New Zealand, Asia, Continental Europe, the United Kingdom, North America and Brazil. Our Continental European headquarter is based in Belgium and we are active in 7 European countries.

As a specialist global industrial property group, Goodman owns, develops and manages industrial real estate in strategic locations around the world. We offer high quality and sustainable logistic solution for the biggest actors of ecommerce, logistics, automotive, etc. such as Amazon, Zalando, DB Schenker, and many more…

What does the role involve?

We are currently looking for a copywriter/editor. In this role you will be the gatekeeper of all our internal and external communication, working closely together with all the different stakeholders across Europe. This role is not only about checking and correcting errors, it is also about ensuring that our written communication is impactful and in line with our Goodman style.

Other tasks:

• Edit, proofread, and provide feedback on content to support the development of an editorial piece
• Stay current on business news and trends
• Write clear, attractive copy, with a distinct voice for a variety of media including social, print, video, and online where style and brand guidelines are maintained and tone of voice is respected
• Interpret copywriting briefs to understand project requirements
• Collaborate with designers, PR and other professionals on large- and small-scale marketing projects (e.g. email campaigns and landing pages)
• Use SEO principles to maximize copy’s reach
• Liaise/partner with local communication or translation agencies
• Manage multiple deadlines while working with different stakeholders

Additional strengths:

• Practice audience engagement tactics and follow digital analytics to increase readership of the thought leadership content program.

Who are we looking for?

The candidate of our choice will hold at minimum a Bachelor’s degree in languages (English), journalism or communication with proven experience in content marketing and copywriting (agency or inhouse) and with excellent English writing, editing and proofreading skills.

A genuine interest in our business is necessary to tell our story

How it’s like to work at Goodman?

We are constantly working on enhancing agility and increasing well-being at work. In order to reach those objectives, we work in collaborative teams to fulfil three basic human needs: affiliation, growth and self-direction.

We work in a flat organization, which offers you space to grow, possibility to have responsibilities and take leadership of many things no matter your level of experience and your role. That means we offer you flexibility and freedom in your day to day job within a feedback culture.

So no overriding managerial hierarchy that holds responsibility for the organization. All Goodman employees have autonomy to take initiative and have space to grow as professionals and as persons. We strive for an open feedback culture where we learn from each other and where distributed leadership offers everyone opportunities to take on new challenges more easily.

We create space for your greatness!