Social Media and Content Manager

London, UK (Hybrid)

£38K/yr – £40K/yrMid LevelFull time

Posted 11 days ago

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Job Summary

Own and execute Whizz Kidz content strategy across digital channels, shaping stories of young wheelchair users and leading social media, multimedia production, and mentoring colleagues.

  • Own the social media strategy and day-to-day management across Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and emerging platforms.
  • Develop and oversee the content strategy across all digital channels, aligned with organisational goals.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Produce and edit high-quality multimedia content, including video, photography, graphics, and written stories for social media, website, email and campaigns.
  • Capture and tell authentic stories of young wheelchair users, families, fundraisers, and partners.
  • Ensure content is inclusive, accessible, on-brand, and optimised for each platform.
  • Lead content planning for campaigns, events, and organisational priorities.
  • Develop and oversee the content strategy across all digital channels, aligned with organisational and team goals.
  • Set creative standards, tone of voice, and quality benchmarks for content produced across the organisation.
  • Mentor, guide, and support colleagues involved in content creation, fostering a culture of storytelling excellence.
  • Evaluate content performance and recommend new approaches, trends, and platforms
  • Own the social media strategy and day-to-day management across Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and emerging platforms.
  • Plan and maintain content calendars, ensuring a consistent flow of engaging posts, stories, and reels.

Requirements

  • Exceptional storytelling, copywriting, and editorial skills.
  • Strong multimedia production skills, including video, photography, and graphic content creation.
  • Strategic thinking with the ability to plan, lead, and execute content across multiple channels.
  • Strong organisational and project management skills, capable of balancing creative and operational demands.
  • Understanding of digital communications trends and social media best practices.
  • Ability to mentor, guide, and influence colleagues on content creation and storytelling
  • Significant experience creating and managing digital content for social media and websites.
  • Experience developing and delivering a content strategy with measurable outcomes.
  • Hands-on experience producing multimedia content, including video, photography, and graphics.
  • Experience in leading or mentoring colleagues in content creation is highly desirable.

Preferred

  • Experience in leading or mentoring colleagues in content creation is highly desirable.
  • Experience working in a charity or purpose-driven organisation is beneficial.

Benefits

  • The wellbeing of our colleagues is of paramount importance to our success as an organisation, and we want to ensure that our benefits package provides something of value for everyone, whether it is our generous holiday entitlement, wellbeing days, Healthcare cash plan, long-service awards.
  • Annual leave
  • 25 days of annual leave per annum plus Bank Holiday (pro-rata for part time colleagues).
  • Christmas closure
  • In addition to annual leave, employees get three days of paid Christmas leave.
  • Pension
  • Automatic enrolment for all colleagues with the option to opt out. Contributions of 5% gross salary made by both Whizz Kidz and employees. We will match higher contributions of up to 6% of gross basic salary.
  • Simply health
  • Automatic enrolment in a fully paid for cash plan that assists you with everyday health costs. This scheme is also available to your families for an extra charge.
  • Season ticket loan
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Whizz Kidz

As the UK’s leading charity supporting young wheelchair users up to 25 years old, we provide them with the equipment and skills they need to live life as independently as possible. To enjoy all the opportunities and activities that so many others take for granted ‐ at home, at school, at work and beyond.

Founded in 1990
London, England, GBR
114 employees (7 in marketing)

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Current headcount: ~114

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5 (4% of company)
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