Who are we?
We’re a specialist employee benefits provider, striving to create healthy, happy workplaces. As part of the international Unum Group, we’re on a collective mission to help the working world thrive.
The roleWhat will you be doing?
As our Web Optimisation Specialist, you'll take ownership of the day-to-day performance, optimisation and continuous improvement of unum.co.uk. Sitting within the Marketing team, you'll play a key role in ensuring our website delivers an excellent user experience, supports business objectives and remains accurate, accessible and effective. This is a hands-on role where you'll work across website management, SEO, user experience and conversion optimisation, making practical improvements that drive measurable results.You'll:
○ Maintain and update website content, ensuring accuracy, consistency and alignment with brand and marketing objectives.
○ Support the ongoing evolution of unum.co.uk, helping shape and implement improvements to site structure, navigation and user journeys.
○ Partner with our digital agency and internal stakeholders to deliver website enhancements that improve customer experience and business performance.
○ Monitor website performance, analyse user behaviour and identify opportunities to improve engagement, conversion and usability.
○ Implement SEO best practices and technical recommendations to help improve search visibility and organic performance.
○ Deliver Conversion Rate Optimisation (CRO) initiatives, including page improvements, content updates, testing activity and journey enhancements.
○ Support backlog management and sprint planning, helping prioritise website developments in line with marketing objectives.
○ Ensure website content and functionality meet WCAG AA accessibility standards and digital best practice requirements.
○ Act as a key contact for website updates, troubleshooting issues and ensuring a consistently high-quality user experience.
○ Stay up to date with digital marketing, website optimisation and user experience trends, bringing forward ideas for continuous improvement.
What will you bring?
We're looking for someone who combines strong technical capability with a passion for creating better digital experiences. You'll enjoy working with detail, solving problems and making practical website improvements that deliver measurable impact.
You'll ideally have:
○ Experience managing and updating website content within a content management system.
○ A strong understanding of website optimisation principles, including SEO, CRO and user experience best practice.
○ Experience implementing SEO recommendations and supporting improvements to website performance.
○ Strong attention to detail, with the ability to maintain high standards of accuracy across web content and digital journeys.
○ Confidence analysing website data and performance metrics to identify opportunities for improvement.
○ Experience working with digital agencies or multiple stakeholders to deliver website enhancements and projects.
○ Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver against deadlines.
○ An understanding of website accessibility standards and a commitment to creating inclusive digital experiences.
○ Experience of headless CMS platforms, such as Kontent.ai, would be advantageous.
○ A proactive mindset with the confidence to identify opportunities, recommend improvements and take ownership of delivery.
○ Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to build strong working relationships across teams.
○ A genuine interest in digital marketing, website performance and continuous improvement.
LocationHybrid working. 3 days in office, 2 days from home. From office locations in Dorking, London or Basingstoke.
Benefits○ Generous bonus scheme
○ Healthcare Cash Plan (Level 1 funded)
○ Defined Contribution pension scheme
○ Life assurance, Private Medical Insurance and Income Protection
○ Access to remote GP services, nutrition coaching, personal training, unlimited mental health support and medical second opinions
○ 27 days holiday, with the option to buy and sell up to 5 additional days (plus Bank Holidays)
○ Salary sacrifice electric vehicle scheme with on-site charging facilities
○ Free shuttle bus from Dorking train station
○ Access to learning, development and career progression opportunities across Unum UK
Why join us?
At Unum, we’ve created a workplace where people feel supported to progress and grow, and can see their ambitions coming to life.
As a part of our commitment to creating an inclusive workplace, we actively encourage applications from those with disabilities and those with long-term health conditions.
If you meet the essential criteria for the role and choose to opt in to the scheme during your application, you will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Scheme.
If you need assistance and/or reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to [email protected].
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer.
Company:
Unum UKSkills Required
- Experience managing and updating website content within a content management system
- Strong understanding of website optimization principles, including SEO, CRO, and user experience best practices
- Experience implementing SEO recommendations and supporting website performance improvements
- Strong attention to detail and ability to maintain accuracy across web content and digital journeys
- Confidence analyzing website data and performance metrics
- Experience working with digital agencies or multiple stakeholders to deliver website enhancements and projects
- Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines
- Understanding of website accessibility standards and commitment to inclusive digital experiences
- Experience with headless CMS platforms such as Kontent.ai
- Proactive ownership of identifying opportunities, recommending improvements, and delivering changes
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
- Genuine interest in digital marketing, website performance, and continuous improvement
Unum Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Unum and has not been reviewed or approved by Unum.
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Healthcare Strength — Benefits are described as starting day one and include medical coverage along with employer-provided life, short-term disability, and long-term disability. On-site amenities like a gym and café are also part of the health-and-extras package in some locations.
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Retirement Support — The retirement offering is positioned as a standout through a high employer 401(k) contribution. This retirement support is repeatedly framed as a key draw within the total rewards package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off is characterized as generous, with additional personal days and company closure days also described. The time-off program is presented as broader than many peers on paper.
Unum Insights
What We Do
Unum is a company of people serving people. A Fortune 500 company, we help millions of people gain affordable access to disability, life, accident, critical illness, dental and vision benefits through the workplace — benefits that help them protect their families, their finances and their futures. Our products and services meet the needs of a diverse workforce that includes four generations, growing ethnic diversity and changing family dynamics. A strong commitment to social responsibility is one of Unum's core values. In fact, we place particular emphasis on contributing to positive change in the communities in which we live and work. Helping our communities become better is a natural extension of the commitment we make each and every day to our customers — to help employers manage their businesses and employees protect their families and livelihoods. We look forward to sharing industry news, community involvement, recognition and other info we hope you find interesting and informative. We encourage your comments and feedback so we can be a valuable resource for you and get to know you a little better.
