Responsibilities

• Lead the development of a new content strategy for WWT, designed to elevate WWT’s voice, build brand awareness and deepen engagement with our visitors, supporters and partners.
• Lead a talented and creative team of content creators, you’ll work with colleagues from conservation teams to wetland centre staff and volunteers, to showcase the wonder of wetlands and the impact of WWT’s work across the UK and beyond.
• You’ll have proven experience of developing successful content strategies that deliver high-quality, engaging and audience-focused content.
• Understand how to optimise and enhance dynamic content plans that reach a range of audiences and support ambitious communications and campaign objectives.
• Bring our projects, our science and our work to life, and put wetlands at the heart of the conservation debate.
• You’ll be: A proactive and collaborative leader, comfortable championing a strategic vision for WWT’s content storytelling, putting it at the heart of WWT’s audience engagement.
• A confident team leader, who thrives when providing creative direction and support to content creators, getting stuck into content production when needed.
• Experienced in developing integrated, multi-channel content strategies designed to deliver measurable results against specific engagement objectives.
• Confident developing and implementing content plans that support wider fundraising, marketing and communications objectives.
• Comfortable managing a busy team, balancing competing priorities and translating them into clear and achievable plans.

Requirements

• A proactive and collaborative leader, comfortable championing a strategic vision for WWT’s content storytelling, putting it at the heart of WWT’s audience engagement.
• A confident team leader, who thrives when providing creative direction and support to content creators, getting stuck into content production when needed.
• Experienced in developing integrated, multi-channel content strategies designed to deliver measurable results against specific engagement objectives.
• Confident developing and implementing content plans that support wider fundraising, marketing and communications objectives.
• Comfortable managing a busy team, balancing competing priorities and translating them into clear and achievable plans.
• A strategic thinker, skilled in building effective working relationships across an organisation and confident advising colleagues on content plans that deepen connection and builds brand profile.
• With a strong focus on delivering impactful content, you’ll know how to develop robust content objectives and KPIs, using tools and processes to enhance and optimise content that builds audience engagement and drives action.
• Experienced in working in complex organisations, you’ll have an eye for storytelling opportunities that build a coherent narrative and bring a cause and work of an organisation to life for a wide range of audiences.

Benefits

• 33 days annual leave (which goes up to 38 days after 5 years of service) – this includes bank holidays and you have flexibility to take those days whenever you want
• Free entry to all our wetland centres, including your family
• Free car parking and secure bike storage areas
• Colleague discount on shopping and memberships
• Cycle to work scheme
• Contributory pension scheme
• Life Assurance of three times your salary, for peace of mind for your loved ones
• Independent personal, workplace and financial advice from our Employee Assistance Programme