Are you an ambitious, outgoing, enthusiastic person looking for a new and exciting job?

Staffroom Education are an Education-based Recruitment Agency located in Cardiff Bay. As part of our growth plans for 2024, we are delighted to be recruiting a Graduate Marketing & Communications Officer to join our dynamic and lively team on a full-time basis.

We pride ourselves on a culture of teamwork, so are looking for someone with great people skills and a very strong work ethic.

The successful post-holder will be responsible for:

1. Digital Content:

• Project managing the provision of existing and new content for publishing through the company's digital communication channels.

• Collating new content for the website in collaboration with both staff and stakeholders

• Drafting news updates for publishing.

• Providing editorial oversight for all content, including editing content supplied by stakeholders to ensure that it is interesting and appealing for its end use.

• Creating and managing an on-going content publishing schedule and updating content as required (including text, video, audio and/or images).

• Syndicating and sharing content for placement in stakeholder communication channels as required, including stakeholder liaison.

• Assisting with the compilation of campaign e-newsletters/emails and curating suitable content from various channels for distribution.

• Assisting in the development of guidelines about the provision of content for the web - language, tone of voice, images etc.

2. Social Media:

• Supporting the management of, and publishing content on the company's social media presence - that currently includes Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Youtube and LinkedIn but might be expanded further over the coming months.

• Monitoring and moderating online comments and discussion in accordance with policy, escalating concerns as necessary.

3. Evaluation:

• Tracking, measuring, and reporting on the effectiveness of the company's digital presence.

• Producing regular update reports on results.

The ideal candidate will demonstrate the following:

• Excellent written and oral communication skills, with demonstrated experience in writing for the web and managing social media (with sensitivity and an understanding of different audiences and subject matter).

• Strong editorial skills, with experience of editing content for digital publication and distribution.

• Experience of using content management systems (Wordpress or similar).

• Experience of digital communications campaigns.

• A confident telephone manner.

• A positive attitude and sense of humour.

• Self-motivation.

• The ability to work independently as well as part of a team.

• Baking skills are a bonus - we love office snacks!

Desired experience:

• Degree qualification (preferably in Media, Communications or Journalism).

• Adobe design software - Photoshop or InDesign.

• Photo/video editing.

• Basic HTML skills.

• Interest in/experience of the recruitment/education sector.

Some of the many benefits of being part of the Staffroom team include:

• A fun, dynamic working environment.

• Support and training from our dedicated team of consultants.

• A competitive salary, private healthcare, and holiday package.

• Reduced working hours during the school holidays.

• Team days out.

• The opportunity to develop your skills and progress your career.

• Office dogs!

If you are interested and would like to know more, please send your CV to info@staffroomeducation.co.uk

Salary is £20k-£22k depending on experience.