Social Media & Content Officer in Coventry

Do you have a passion for telling stories and bringing engaging content to life?We’re looking for a dynamic, confident, and creative Social Media & Content Officer to join our Marketing &Communications team.

This role helps showcase our brand, programme and activity through strategic and multichannel organic campaigns in a way that engages audiences, grows our online communities and supports sales targets. The role is a key part of our Marketing & Communications Department and also directly supports the work of the external Press & PR team.

From helping to identify and build vibrant online communities to delivering bold, multi-channel campaigns, you’ll be driving engagement, showcasing our incredible programme, and helping us reach ambitious goals. If you love crafting compelling stories and creating content that stops the scroll, this is your chance to make a real impact.

Salary & Band: £28k
Department: Communications
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full-time
Location: Coventry
Closing Date: Monday 25 August

What you’ll need bring to the role:

• To be a creative, dynamic and self-motivated team player,
• Have a passion for theatre and the role it can play in its local community,
• To have been directly involved in press relations and/or digital communications in a professional theatre, arts venue or similar organisation, ideally for a minimum of two years,
• Hold an appropriate-level qualification and/or have directly relevant experience in a similar role.

About the role:

• Responsible for managing the organic content on Theatre’s social media channels,
• Coordinate, commission, produce, edit, schedule and manage creative, compelling and accessible content creation, such as short videos, podcasts, images and copy, for use across all social media platforms and the Theatre’s website,
• Confidently direct content participants for filming and vox pops,
• Work with Communications colleagues to ensure all social media activity fits into the brand/tone of voice, in a joinedup approach to campaigns and engagement, evaluating on an ongoing basis to ensure it supports targets,
• Support the creation and management of paid online advertising campaigns,
• Monitor social media channels for time-specific enquiries from audiences, artists and media, responding in a timely fashion that offers excellent customer service,
• Arrange and conduct interviews with performers, creatives, staff and stakeholders,
• Regularly attend Theatre events to capture content and travel to off-site locations to meet and gather content with
  programmed artists and companies, when necessary,
• Liaise with colleagues to Identify internal stories and opportunities for creating rich multimedia content,
• Ensure that multimedia content is accessible – including subtitles and captions/audio description,
• Monitor the social media landscape, identifying new techniques, trends and technologies to extend audience reach,
• Contact visiting companies and artists to collate video and digital content, updating the marketing team on assets received as required,
• Assist in planning the annual calendar of content and work with the wider team to maximise the impact and quality of
  content,
• Contribute to the Theatre’s website – generating content, updating pages and content.
• Supporting the external Press & PR agency, assisting with the arrangement of media interviews and escort artists/journalists to them, as requested,
• Engage with influencers through appropriate and trending methods to promote positive coverage of the Theatre and shows,
• Lead on organising photography for the Theatre, including commissioning photographers.
• Monitor and collate press cuttings relating to the Belgrade Theatre, in association with the theatre’s cuttings agency.

Closing date
25/08/2025
For more information please download the Job Pack from this page.