Digital Marketing Assistant

Barnsley, UK (Hybrid)

£26K/yr – £26K/yrEntry LevelFull time

Posted 2 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own hands‑on digital marketing for a museum portfolio by shaping content for exhibitions and events, updating websites and social channels, and driving ticket bookings and media coverage.

  • Digital Campaign Ownership: plan and execute content-led campaigns across websites, newsletters, and social media to boost visits and engagement.
  • Campaign Production: generate, edit, and post‑produce creative material that shows immediate impact on visitor engagement.
  • Cross‑team Leadership: collaborate with Strategic Communications and Barnsley Museums to turn strategy into measurable digital outcomes.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • As a Digital Marketing Assistant, you’ll help deliver marketing plans, create content for exhibitions, events, our visitor attractions and maintain and update our digital channels including websites, newsletters, and social media.
  • You’ll be creating digital marketing that drives visitor numbers, ticket bookings, and media coverage.
  • You will work with both the Strategic Communications and Marketing team, as well as the Barnsley Museums team, building great working relationships.
  • Working with both teams, you will help produce innovative and creative digital campaigns that will make a difference to how visitors and residents engage with our museums. You’ll have a real hands-on role, working on all aspects of digital marketing from generating content to post-production giving you a real opportunity to make decisions and take ownership of projects.

Requirements

  • creative flair and an innovative approach
  • This post requires a Basic Criminal Record Check
  • prepared to start work with all the necessary legal documents, such as a valid visa, relevant to the type of work you will be undertaking
  • our organisation does not possess a Home Office license and, as a result, is unable to provide sponsorship for anyone seeking a visa as a skilled or temporary migrant worker

Benefits

  • We put people at the heart of everything we do, and that includes our employees. As part of the team, we offer lots of benefits and rewards to support you to thrive and grow, like flexible working, employee discounts, support for your health and wellbeing, and opportunities for training and development to grow your career and develop your skills.
  • We’re an award-winning council and one of the biggest employers in the borough, supporting around 243,000 people.
  • If you join the team you’ll receive great pay alongside an excellent pension scheme. With flexible working we’ll also support your work/life balance, helping you to adjust your hours and take time off when you need it.
  • There’s so much happening in our thriving borough and your talent and skills will help us make Barnsley the place of possibilities.
  • We’ll help you to develop your career and grow your skills with opportunities for training and development.
  • employee rewards and benefits
  • flexible working
  • support for your health and wellbeing
  • and opportunities for training and development to grow your career and develop your skills.
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Barnsley Council

We’re an award-winning council and one of the biggest employers in the borough, supporting around 243,000 people. We deliver a diverse range of public services across Children’s Services, Core Services, Growth and Sustainability, Place Health and Adult Social Care and Public Health and Communities. We work closely with our partners to make a real difference to people’s lives - bringing them together, connecting them to services, and helping them to be the best they can be.We're a high-performing council focused on making Barnsley the place of possiblities, dedicated to continuous improvement and committed to delivering best value in everything we do. Take a look at our latest job opportunities at barnsley.gov.uk/Jobs.For general enquiries go to barnsley.gov.uk.For our social media acceptable use policy, see barnsley.gov.uk/services/media-and-advertising/barnsley-council-social-media-acceptable-use-policy.

Founded in 1974
Barnsley, England, GBR
1.7K employees (53 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
133.3K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
63.4%
Direct
25%
Referral
8.3%
Social
2.3%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~1.7K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
26 (2% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

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