Stories Content Executive
Employer: Macmillan
Location: London/Hybrid (1 day per month in office)
Salary: £38,000 - £42,000
Closing date: 28th April 2026
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Help bring real stories to life — and make a meaningful difference
At Macmillan, stories have the power to change lives. They raise awareness, inspire action, and ensure the voices of people living with cancer are heard, understood, and respected.
We’re looking for a Stories Content Executive to help us find, support, and amplify those voices — ensuring our storytelling is diverse, inclusive, and rooted in real lived experience.
The role
This is a brand-new role with real scope to shape how storytelling works across the organisation.
You’ll take the lead in sourcing and building relationships with people willing to share their lived experiences, ensuring every interaction is handled with care, respect, and integrity. You’ll also play a key role in improving how stories are managed, reused, and shared across Macmillan.
From identifying gaps in representation to establishing best practice in storytelling, your work will directly support our mission to reach more people and build greater public understanding of cancer.
What you’ll be doing
Proactively identify and recruit a diverse range of storytellers
Build and maintain trusted, sensitive relationships with contributors
Use data and insight to spot gaps and improve representation
Support colleagues across the organisation to capture stories responsibly and consistently
Lead on improving systems and processes, including migrating to a new relationship management system
Ensure all storytelling activity aligns with safeguarding, wellbeing, and ethical standards
Identify opportunities to reuse and maximise existing content
Your first few months
Shape and establish this new role from the ground up
Lead the transition to a new content and relationship management system
Build a strong, diverse pipeline of storytellers
Develop a clear plan for engaging and supporting existing contributors
What we’re looking for
Essential:
Experience managing sensitive relationships with empathy and professionalism
Confidence using data and insight to inform decisions
Proven ability to work collaboratively across teams and stakeholders
Nice to have (but not essential):
Experience in content, storytelling, or community engagement
Knowledge of inclusive storytelling or safeguarding practices
Why this role is special
You’ll work directly with people sharing deeply personal experiences
You’ll help shape how Macmillan tells stories at a strategic level
You’ll play a vital role in ensuring underrepresented voices are heard
Your work will contribute to helping people living with cancer feel seen, supported, and understood
Our commitment to inclusion
We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive organisation. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, especially those whose voices are underrepresented.
Recruitment Process
Application deadline: 28th April 2026
First interview dates: 11th-12th May 2026To ensure fairness and consistency to select the best candidate for this role, all our applications are anonymised up until an interview has been confirmed.
We welcome applications from everyone who meet the criteria and strongly encourage individuals to apply who have a disability, impairment or health condition or individuals who identify as Black, Asian or from another minority ethnic background, as these groups are currently under-represented at Macmillan. Our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy here along with our internal employee representation body, ‘Our Voice’ and 8 Employee Network groups help us promote fairness and belonging, becoming an engaged and inclusive organisation for all our people.
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