Reference: 73353
Date Added: 6 November 2019
Closing Date: 18 December 2019
Job Title: Digital Campaign Manager
Working For: The Taxpayers Alliance
Location: London
Salary: Negotiable, depending on experience
Length of Contract:
Job Details
The TaxPayers' Alliance, Britain's independent grassroots campaign for lower taxes and less government waste, is seeking to recruit a Digital Campaign Manager. The role will involve managing our online presence, including preparing content for, and overseeing, our popular social media channels, and managing our website.
Key Duties
- Running the TPA social media accounts (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube etc.), to ensure that our online presence is continually and consistently updated with new and exciting content
- Producing high quality videos and graphics to communicate our message online
- Editing video, written content and images for publication
- Increasing social media following and reach for the main TPA accounts
- Maintaining the website content, including blogs and bespoke campaign pages
- Regularly updating and editing the website, including during busy periods involving rapid media responses, to ensure the content is up-to-date
- Handling issues with the server-side aspects of the website, procuring external assistance as required
- Participating in grassroots activities and events, including travelling across the UK, where required
The successful candidate should have the following qualities and abilities:
Essential
- An understanding of, a sympathy for, and a desire to promote the TPA's aims and values
- A demonstrable passion for campaigning
- A proactive approach to generating social media content
- Proven experience with video production and graphic design
- The ability and commitment to work to often challenging deadlines
Highly desirable
- Willingness to participate in media activities, including broadcast opportunities
- Previous experience of managing an organisational social media presence
- Previous experience of working, even in a volunteer capacity, for a campaign
- Proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud, particularly Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, Photoshop and InDesign
- Proven experience and competence in the HTML and CSS programming languages, particularly while handling the front-end side of website management
- Proficiency with G-Suite and Google docs/sheets
- Previous experience using the NationBuilder platform
Closing Date: 18 December 2019
Interview/Start Dates
Interviews will take place in early January, although we may interview sooner for the right candidate(s). The intended start date is as soon as is practicable.
Application Details
Alongside a covering letter and CV, candidates will be required to submit:
- a recent example of video work
- an infographic depicting a statistic or fact from recent TaxPayers’ Alliance research
Please email your CV, covering letter, video and infographic to Sara Rainwater at info@taxpayersalliance.com
We may not be able to reply to all applicants, and we may make a decision before the closing date.
Website: http://www.taxpayersalliance.com/