Social Media Content Creator in Leicester

About Us

Oadby Plastics is a leading plastics manufacturer with over 50 years of experience, built on a strong commitment to both our people and sustainability. We pride ourselves on being a business that genuinely values and invests in its employees, offering a positive and supportive working environment where everyone feels empowered to do their best work. Our Leicester Head Office reflects the core values that define Oadby Plastics: Attitude, Behaviour, and Culture. These values shape how we work together and how we support our customers every day. Guided by our vision of Customer Service Excellence, we provide a modern, well-equipped environment where professionalism and collaboration thrive. At Oadby Plastics, we believe our people are at the heart of our success. We're proud to offer a workplace where individuals are supported, developed, and encouraged to grow as part of a stable, forward-thinking business.

What you will be doing

You’ll be part of our Marketing team, helping to build a strong and consistent presence across our social channels. This is a hands-on role where you’ll plan, create, edit and publish content that supports our wider digital activity. You’ll work closely with colleagues across the business to capture meaningful content and bring our brand to life in an engaging and authentic way. In everything you do, you’ll help uphold the company’s mission, vision, and values, supporting the bigger picture of our business.

Your day-to-day responsibilities include:

• Plan, schedule and repurpose content across LinkedIn, Meta and YouTube.
• Work with internal teams to capture new content and align all social activity with wider business goals.
• Use our scheduling and reporting tools to maintain a structured posting process.
• Capture and edit video and stills using in-house equipment (DSLRs, gimbals etc.).
• Produce natural, engaging short-form content for our customer audience.
• Work with Marketing, IT and Sales to ensure content supports wider campaigns.
• Deliver monthly performance reports across social channels and review data to understand what’s working and adjust future plans.

What are we looking for

We’re looking for someone who is creative, organised and confident producing content from start to finish. You’ll be proactive, adaptable and skilled at managing your own workload while working collaboratively with others. To be successful in this role, you’ll need the following:

• Hands-on experience creating, editing and publishing social content for LinkedIn and Meta.
• Confidence in filming and editing content independently using in-house equipment.
• Comfortable using Adobe Creative Cloud, Canva or equivalent.
• Able to collaborate across multiple internal teams.
• Understands how social content can be repurposed across digital channels.
• Campaign creation to align with brand objectives.

Benefits

• Salary up to £30,000 depending on experience
• Bonus scheme
• Hours: 8.30am - 5.00pm
• Pension
• Annual leave - 30 days holiday (including bank holidays) rising with length of service
• Life assurance
• Free car parking
• Enhanced Maternity & Paternity
• Long service awards
• Free eye tests
• Employee referral scheme
• Training and development opportunities
• Wellbeing benefits: Employee Assisted Programme, 24-hour GP access, Charity events/fundraisers

We are committed to applying our Equal Opportunities Policy at all stages of the recruitment and selection process and encourage applicants from different diverse groups in the community to apply. We can make reasonable adjustments at any stage if required. Please submit your CV without delay to avoid disappointment; we may close vacancies if we receive a sufficient number of completed applications. For any candidates being recommended by our current employees, you must apply directly through our website and stipulate the referring employee.