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Lucy Maxwell

London,United Kingdom

Summary

With 10+ years in content roles, including seven years in content design for outbound communications and marketing teams, I'm accomplished at building digital experiences which put the customer front and centre, while delivering results.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work history

Content design chapter lead

Vodafone UK
London
2023.03 - 2026.03

I oversee an offshore team of seven designers, copywriters and content editors across Vodafone’s CVM / Base Marketing squads – covering mobile, broadband and brand. This includes:

• Providing advice and expertise on customer communications, messaging / positioning and wider campaign strategy.

• Overseeing the quality of my team’s creative delivery.

• Planning capacity and resourcing on work requests from the wider Digital team.

• Managing relationships with stakeholders on multiple projects.

• Leading the content delivery across Mobile Retention and Cross-Sell for major device launches, working with the Marketing, Commercial and Campaign Operations teams.

• Training team members on Contentful and provide upskilling in content design best practice.

Content designer

Vodafone UK
London
2018.10 - 2023.03

Part of the Mobile and Broadband Retention teams in Base Marketing - responsible for creating campaigns aimed at keeping customers with the company and upgrading, as well as optimising the online upgrade journey. This involved:

  • Working in an Agile environment, on a multi-disciplinary team.
  • Designing and creating web content using various CMS.
  • Creating content for outbound communications, including email, MMS/SMS, app push notifications and app tiles.
  • Using analytics (ContentSquare) and customer insights (internal user research reports) to optimise our content.
  • Writing UX copy for online journeys, signposting, FAQs and more.

Content editor (contract)

Royal Borough of Greenwich
London
2018.01 - 2018.10

Editorial work on a website and CMS upgrade / migration project for the Council. This involved:

  • Editing and designing content in the Jadu Continuum CMS.
  • Making the site more accessible and mobile-friendly, and improving the user journey.
  • Working with stakeholders on content improvements.

Front page editor

Yahoo UK
London
2009.01 - 2017.01

Promoted and curated content on the Yahoo UK homepage, visited by 3 million people daily. This included:

  • Crafted eye-catching headlines and summaries for {50} online articles
  • Writing news and sport articles
  • Training new people
  • Liaising with global teams to co-ordinate coverage

Web editor / Press officer

German Embassy London
London
2006.01 - 2008.01

Part of the Press Section at the Embassy in London. My responsibilities included:

  • Creating and maintaining content on the German Embassy website.
  • Writing, translating and editing documents.
  • Carrying out a major content migration onto a new in-house CMS.

Education

BA Hons - German

Staffordshire University

A Levels - German, Theatre, Film Studies

Brooklands College

Skills

    Training CMS Content creation Content editing Figma UX copy Communication skills

Certification

  • Certified Scrum Product Owner (Scrum Alliance)
  • Foundation in Content Design (Content Design London)
  • Mental Health First Aid in the Workplace (Lincoln College)

Languages

English
Native
German
Fluent
French
Beginner

STRENGTHS

  • Content optimisation and delivery
  • Customer communications
  • Skilled in multiple content management systems
  • Team leadership
  • Successfully leading a team of 7 offshore content creators
  • Cross-functional collaboration

VOLUNTEERING

Age UK Telephone befriender

LGBT+ Friends Network

Committee member for the volunteer-run LGBT+ staff network at Vodafone (2019-2023)

Timeline

Content design chapter lead

Vodafone UK
2023.03 - 2026.03

Content designer

Vodafone UK
2018.10 - 2023.03

Content editor (contract)

Royal Borough of Greenwich
2018.01 - 2018.10

Front page editor

Yahoo UK
2009.01 - 2017.01

Web editor / Press officer

German Embassy London
2006.01 - 2008.01

A Levels - German, Theatre, Film Studies

Brooklands College

BA Hons - German

Staffordshire University
Lucy Maxwell