Senior Communications & Marketing Officer

Bristol, UK (Unknown)

Salary Not AvailableSenior LevelPermanent

Posted 7 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own local storytelling and cross-channel communications for a National Trust area, shaping messages and events to connect visitors with nature, beauty, and history.

  • Cross-channel messaging: Collaborate with senior teammates to define themes and share them across channels for multiple sites.
  • Story activation: Generate fresh ideas to bring place stories to life and promote distinctive events and themes.
  • Operational rhythm: Maintain pace across diverse sites and contribute to duty management scheduling.

Job Description

Responsibilities
  • You’ll work alongside other senior colleagues to develop messages and themes, and share them through various communications channels.
  • You'll be looking for fresh creative ideas for how to bring to life the stories of National Trust places in your area, and how to talk to visitors about the work we do to protect nature, beauty and history here.
  • This is a varied and dynamic role, so you'll be working at pace and with many diverse people and sites.
  • No two days will be the same.
  • You’ll be promoting events and the distinctive themes of some very different places, as well as joining our duty management rota.
Requirements
  • organised and able to prioritise your workload and meet tight deadlines
  • skilled at both written and spoken communications
  • a team player, who can also work on your own initiative
  • good at absorbing information quickly, and generating written content and imagery
  • able to create captivating year-round marketing plans
  • a skilled proof-reader
  • Eligibility to Work in the UK
  • Permanent f/t (37.5 hrs pw)
Benefits
  • Substantial pension scheme of up to 10% basic salary
  • Free entry to National Trust places for you, a guest and your children (under 18)
  • Rental deposit loan scheme
  • Season ticket loan
  • EV car lease scheme (for roles that meet the salary criteria)
  • Perks at work discounts such as gym memberships, shopping discount codes, cinema discounts
  • Holiday allowance up to 32 days relating to length of service, plus holiday purchase scheme, subject to meeting minimum criteria.
  • Flexible working whenever possible
  • Employee assistance programme
  • Free parking at most Trust places
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National Trust

We all have a place we love. A place that inspires us. A place with its own unique and particular atmosphere. We were created to help people make the most of these very special places - and the good things that come from them.We're independent of Government and receive no direct grant or subsidy for our core work. Instead, our future depends on the active support and generosity of 5.8 million members, 20 million visitors, 60,000 volunteers and over 11000 people who work with us (as well as thousands who help us seasonally), as well as benefactors, tenants and other partners.Today, we're Europe's largest conservation organisation, with huge - and incredibly varied - responsibilities. We protect and welcome everyone to explore and enjoy some 709 miles of coastline, 250,000 hectares of land of outstanding natural beauty, 104 nature reserves, 6 World Heritage Sites. We also look after spectacular houses and gardens and one of the world’s largest and most significant holdings of fine art and heritage objects.We want every one of our visitors to enjoy these amazing places and have an experience they'll never forget. We want them to try something they've never tried before, to gain a unique glimpse into the past and, ultimately, to love these special places as much as we do. To find out more about how to become a part of this have a look at www.nationaltrustjobs.org.uk

Swindon, England, GBR
9.2K employees (650 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
114.6K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
66.7%
Direct
28.3%
Referral
3.9%
Social
0.6%
Paid
0.4%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~9.2K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
397 (4% of company)
Median Career Experience
14.5 years
Median Tenure
8 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
3