International Social Media Executive

Birmingham, UK (Hybrid)

£28K/yr – £30K/yrMid LevelFull time

Posted 4 weeks ago

Job Summary

Own and drive international social media content for VisitBritain by creating engaging, platform-aware content that resonates with global audiences; identify trending opportunities, optimise performance, and manage end-to-end content creation from filming to publishing, including event coverage when needed.

  • Lead content creation across social channels with a focus on engagement and shareability
  • Use audience insights and performance data to identify opportunities and optimise results

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Main purpose of the role As the International Social Media Executive, you will play a key role in bringing VisitBritain’s brand, campaigns and consumer marketing activity to life across our social media channels. Using your creativity, platform knowledge and understanding of what inspires people to travel, you will create engaging social-first content that encourages international audiences to choose Britain for their next trip. With a passion for social media, content creation and storytelling, you'll be constantly looking for opportunities to tap into emerging trends, cultural moments, new formats and platform features. You'll understand what makes audiences stop scrolling, creating content with compelling hooks that drives engagement, encourages saves for future travel inspiration and inspires people to share content with friends and family. This role requires strong content creation skills, including filming, editing and producing short-form video content. You'll use audience insights, channel expertise and performance data to identify content opportunities, optimise performance and ensure content reflects VisitBritain's brand values across all channels. It's also important that you're well-versed in channel management, including content scheduling, copywriting and community management, helping VisitBritain build meaningful connections with social audiences around the world. As the role may involve content capture at events, attractions and industry activity, occasional travel and some evening or weekend work may be required.

Preferred

  • Experience of working with paid social and influencer marketing is preferred but not essential.
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VisitBritain

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VisitBritain (www.visitbritain.org) is the national tourism agency, a nondepartmental public body, funded by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), responsible for promoting Britain worldwide and developing its visitor economy. Our mission is to grow the value of inbound tourism to Britain, working with a wide range of partners in both the UK and overseas. Through our global reach, we aim to increase visitor spend to all parts of Britain and improve Britain’s ranking in the eyes of international visitors.

Founded in 2003
Birmingham, England, GBR
356 employees (113 in marketing)
73% recommend to a friend
77% CEO approval

Salaries

Posted range

£28K/yr – £30K/yr

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
107 (30% of company)
Median Tenure
2.3 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
196.5M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$235K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
20.3%
Direct
55.8%
Referral
4.6%
Social
19%
Paid
0.2%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~356

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International Social Media Executive

VisitBritain · Birmingham, UK · Hybrid