Communications Officer

London, UK (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableIntern/New GradFull time

Posted 2 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own social media and content execution for a poetry charity, shaping cross-channel campaigns from archives to live events and reporting impact.

Content Engine: Create posts from the poetry archive, publish across platforms, and ensure branded assets are consistent.
Social Performance & Engagement: Monitor feeds and gather engagement data to inform reporting.
Campaign & Collaboration: Deliver campaigns for events, books, prizes, and fundraising, while aligning with the Head of Programmes on messaging and strategy.

Job Description

Responsibilities

Deliver campaigns to support events, books, prizes, and fundraising initiatives
Create and publish posts on all our social media accounts
Monitor the PTC’s social media platforms
Draw on PTC books and the poetry archive to create regular poetry posts
Create social media reels and stories from photos & recordings of the PTC’s ongoing activities
Use PTC brand assets consistently throughout all of the above
Gathering and compiling engagement data from the PTC’s social media accounts

Requirements

Proven experience with social media
Attention to detail and accuracy
Excellent written communication skills
Familiar with the Google Workspace range of tools, including Drive, Sheets, and Docs
Ability to work independently and flexibly as part of a small team.
Enthusiasm for poetry, translation, and multilingual creativity

Preferred

Familiarity with the UK’s poetry or translation scene
Experience with Canva Design Suite
Experience with simple video editing tools
Experience with online marketing
Knowledge of Google Analytics

Poetry Translation Centre

The Poetry Translation Centre gives the best contemporary poems from Africa, Asia and Latin America a new life in the English language, working with diaspora communities for whom poetry is of great importance.

Founded in 2004

London, England, GBR

12 employees (4 in marketing)

www.poetrytranslation.org