Digital Marketing Assistant (fixed term)

Role and responsibilities

• Collaborating with the Marketing team to produce high-quality, engaging and on-brand video content for the [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] social channels
• Filming performances, artist and audience interviews for social media
• Providing support in keeping digital and social media plans up to date
• Using social media management tools to optimise posting and engagement
• Collaborating with other team members to draft copy and ensure our content is on brand and reflects our tone of voice
• Supporting with setting up and operating video and sound equipment for recordings and livestreams
• Supporting website content migration and optimisation (including metadata and accessibility)
• Ensuring content on the new website is accurate and up to date
• Monitoring and responding to social media and inbox enquiries
• Escalating queries appropriately to relevant team members

Person specification

Essential

• Experience in creating exciting and high-quality content for social channels that drives engagement.
• Ability to creatively and effectively capitalise on social media trends
• Experience managing social media channels, including Instagram and TikTok.
• Exceptional organisational skills and an ability to handle and prioritise multiple projects at any one time, taking initiative where appropriate.
• Ability to work in a busy and fast-paced environment.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Experience of using Capcut, Canva or other similar creative tools.

Desirable

• Experience using a content management system to upload / edit web content.
• Understanding of the need for compliance with brand guidelines, tone of voice and impartiality principles.

Rate of pay and hours of work

The rate of pay for this post is £13.45 per hour. Normal working hours 35 hours a week, worked from 10:00 to 18:00, Monday to Friday with a one-hour unpaid lunch break. In the run up to and during the festival you may be required to work additional days and hours. We are a flexible working employer and therefore are happy to discuss flexible working at any stage of the application process. We are unable to offer remote working for this position. We can offer varied start and finish times and core hours with flexibility around them.

Additional information

We use positive action under section 159 of the Equality Act in relation to disability or race. This means that if we have two candidates of equal merit in our process, we will seek to take forward the D/deaf, disabled, Black, Asian or ethnically diverse candidate in order to diversify our staff team. The [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] are active members of the Festivals Edinburgh Sustainability Working group and include climate action as one of the headline targets in the Fringe development goals. As part of the commitments of this work, all [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] staff members are expected to assist with the [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]'s environmental goals and consider these in all elements of your work. We are also committed to maintaining the open-access policy of the [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from all sectors of the community. We are also proud to be a Disability Confident Employer and aim to successfully employ and retain disabled people and those with health conditions. We expect employees to support these commitments and to assist in their realisation.

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