Senior Social Media & Marketing Executive

Senior Social Media & Marketing Executive

We’re an award-winning distance learning business that provides accessible education to people all over the world but predominantly in the UK. With over 130,000 learners worldwide, we offer a variety of courses and qualifications designed to help individuals gain new skills, advance their careers, and achieve certifications in various fields.

We\’re looking for a creative and enthusiastic Senior Social Media and Marketing Executive to join an established marketing team.

Reporting to the Head of Marketing and working alongside a team of passionate and supportive marketers, the Senior Social Media and Marketing Executive will be responsible for developing and managing social content that aligns with our brand values, as well as supporting the Head of Marketing on other areas of marketing such as PR.

Location: Solihull – B37 (Hybrid – 3 days office based)

What you’ll get:

1. 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
2. Working for an established family run business of 18 years
3. Training and development opportunities
4. Opportunity to progress and grow with the business
5. Collaborative and inclusive work environment

Responsibilities:

1. Maintaining and growing the social media channels for Open Study College including content creation, day to day posts, community management and performance reporting.
2. Be the champion of our social channels within our teams and spot opportunities for content that ‘challenges the norm’, including engaging with other teams across the business.
3. Responsibility for finding and managing relevant influencer and content creator partnerships.
4. Live and breathe our brand values – bringing them to life through the channels you own.
5. Identify opportunities for case studies and ‘student success stories’ which will then be promoted on our website and also on our social media channels.
6. Collaborate with Digital Marketing Manager on aligning paid and organic social strategies.
7. Support the Head of Marketing on PR activity.
8. Be a proactive member of the marketing team offering insight and ideas for the benefit of overall brand reputation, revenue, processes and efficiencies.

What we will need from you:

1. 2-3 years’ experience in a similar B2C role.
2. Extensive use of social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, YouTube, Pinterest and Twitter.
3. Experience of creating posts via Canva or similar and have a creative eye for design/brand.
4. Comfortable creating both static and video content and at times being the spokesperson (being in front of).
5. High level of IT Literacy including proficiency of packages such as Google Analytics, Social Media scheduling tools (e.g. Falcon, Hootsuite, Zoho etc.).
6. Experience using HubSpot CRM is a plus, but not necessary.
7. Strong organisational skills.
8. Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
9. Excellent attention to detail.
10. Self-starter with a proactive approach – social media is fast moving, and we need you to be on the pulse and reacting to news and trends, real time.
11. Work to deadlines.
12. Confidence to work alone and with other teams across the business.
13. Flexible – this role requires occasional out of hours working.
14. Experience in an e-commerce environment an advantage.

The finer details:

1. 37-hour contract, Monday to Friday.
2. Hybrid – 3 days office based.
3. Due to the nature of this role there will be a requirement for occasional monitoring of social media out of hours.

Your CV will be carefully reviewed taking into consideration our expectations and criteria to meet the needs of the role, team, and the business.

If you do not hear from us, unfortunately you have not been successful on this occasion.

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Marketing and Sales

Industries

E-Learning Providers

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