Social Media & Content Manager

City of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK (On-site)

£34K/yr – £40K/yrMid LevelContract

Posted 10 hrs ago

Job Summary

Own and lead the Festival's social media presence and storytelling, directing a freelance content team and coordinating with the Communications and Digital group to maintain a consistent brand voice while converting engagement into tickets, donations, and memberships.

  • Drive social channel growth and audience engagement
  • Lead content creators during peak periods
  • Align cross-channel brand messaging

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • You\'ll lead the Festival\'s presence across all of our social media channels, building brand awareness and moving audiences down the funnel towards deeper engagement.
  • You\'ll tell the stories behind our programme, our community engagement, and our access initiatives.
  • You\'ll also lead a small team of freelance content creators, scaling up in the lead-up to and during the Festival, and work closely with the Website & Email Manager, Head of Communications and Digital, and the wider Communications and Digital team to keep our brand voice consistent everywhere our audiences find us.
  • Grow the Festival\'s presence and engagement across all major social media channels.
  • Deliver compelling storytelling that reflects the Festival\'s mission, vision and year-round activity.
  • Convert audience engagement into ticket sales, donations and memberships.
  • Ensure consistent brand messaging across all content and social platforms.

Benefits

  • Benefits: EIF-Employee-Benefits.pdf
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Edinburgh International Festival

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Every August Edinburgh International Festival transforms one of the world's most beautiful cities, presenting three exhilarating weeks of the finest creators and performers from the worlds of the arts bringing the best classical music, theatre, opera, dance and visual art from around the globe.The Edinburgh International Festival is a curated festival - all artists and companies appear in the Festival at the invitation of the Festival Director.You can find out more out the Festival on our website:www.eif.co.uk

Founded in 1947
Edinburgh, Scotland, GBR
159 employees (48 in marketing)
1% recommend to a friend

Salaries

Posted range

£34K/yr – £40K/yr

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
32 (20% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
3

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
128K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$3.5K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
47.3%
Direct
29.3%
Referral
13.9%
Social
3.3%
Paid
0.7%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~159

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Social Media & Content Manager

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