Job Title: Digital Editorial Assistant
Industry: Broadcast Media
Salary: £13 per hour
Contract Type: Temporary
Start Date: ASAP
We are looking for an enthusiastic Digital Editorial Assistant to work on a crucial event in the calendar of broadcast and media professionals worldwide, providing an invaluable annual meeting-point for the industry.
The successful candidate will be responsible for the uploading of all editorial and some commercial content to the website and will gain wide-ranging exposure to a news and features environment within the media, technology and broadcasting industry.
Tasks
- Coordinate content, receiving articles from contributors and ensuring spreadsheets and records are maintained
- Upload all editorial and some commercial content, ensuring content is well presented
- Add 'furniture' to all digital content, e.g. links, video, charts, box-outs, surveys, tweets
- Use image libraries to source images
- Create and share engaging content via social media, focusing mainly on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook
- Upload video content to hosting platforms including Brightcove as required
- Build weekly editorial newsletter
- Support the delivery of programme of webinars
- Gather content statistics for daily, weekly and monthly reports
- Support the editorial team with administrative duties
Skills/Competencies
- Experience of content management systems, ideally Abacus Webvision
- Ability to learn new systems and technological concepts quickly
- Experienced user of social media platforms for sharing of content
- High degree of accuracy and attention to detail
- Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise and multitask
- Proficient use of Windows Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint
- Some knowledge or experience of the content and technology sector
Person specification
- Digitally savvy
- Digital Platform management experience across CMS and Analytics
- Knowledge of SEO tools and techniques
- Goal orientated and driven to succeed
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Hardworking, enthusiastic and self-motivated
- Enjoy working collaboratively as part of a successful team
- Interest in broadcast, media, content and technology
Handle actively welcomes applicants from under-represented backgrounds
PLEASE NOTE: Due to the high volume of applications we receive we are unable to respond to everyone. If you have not heard from us within 5 working days of sending your CV then you have not been shortlisted for the position you have applied for.
