Social Media Specialist - £37,456 - £42,084 p.a. + on-call allowance + benefits

London, UK (Hybrid)

£37K/yr – £42K/yrMid LevelFull time

Posted 7 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own social content and channel strategy across organic and paid social for a health audience, coordinating influencers and cross‑department stakeholders while using data to test and improve engagement and accessibility.

  • Content ownership: plan, publish, and optimize across multiple social channels with accessibility in mind.
  • Influencer and partner collaboration: identify and mobilize key voices across patient groups, media, and government.
  • Analytics‑driven optimization: test content formats, pacing, and channel mix to improve reach and engagement.

Job Description

Responsibilities: - Plan and create organic and paid-for social media content according to what works for the platform and its audience, with an understanding of accessibility and usability requirements, and embedding social media channels in all media handling for both proactive announcements and reactive media handling. Capable of using communications skills to develop interesting, accessible content and implement this across a range of channels. - Manage the agency’s social media accounts and advise staff and senior leaders of effective organic and targeted paid-for social media approaches, including the executive committee and chief executive. - Identify and work with key influencers on social media and collaborate across patient, public, stakeholders, the wider healthcare system and government to amplify social media messaging. Write, edit and publish content to style for our websites, using a content management system. - Ensure social media content is engaging and fresh, working with the visual and creative content lead to produce or effectively commission products such as video and images for social media e.g. infographics, and supporting the delivery of online events including podcasts, live chats, broadcasts, blogs and Tweets. Use data and analytics to ‘test and learn’, optimising our social medial content for audiences.

Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, an executive agency of the Department of Health and Social Care, exists to enhance and improve the health of millions of people every day through the effective regulation of medicines and medical devices, underpinned by science and research.We deliver this through three distinct yet complementary business centres: the MHRA regulatory centre, the National Institute for Biological Standards and Control (NIBSC) and the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD).With a range of interesting specialist opportunities on offer, with plenty of scope to develop your career within a leading and multifaceted scientific organisation, why not consider a career with us at our offices in central London or Hertfordshire.

London Colney, England, GBR
1.7K employees (134 in marketing)

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