Reference: 99179
Date Added: 5 May 2026
Closing Date: 4 June 2026
Job Title: Head of Digital Communications
Working For: Big Brother Watch
Location: London
Salary: £50,000-60,000 pa depending on experience
Length of Contract: Permanent
Job Details
Post summary
This is an exciting senior position for an exceptional digital communications manager who wants to work for a high-impact campaigning NGO. In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to lead and grow the digital channels of one of the UK’s leading rights NGOs.
In this role, you’ll work closely with the Director and Head of Advocacy to build campaigns that respond to pressing threats to our freedoms. You’ll devise strategies to run successful digital campaigns including mass mobilisation; you’ll curate the supporter journey for our network of 100,000 email subscribers; you’ll manage and produce highly engaging content including long and short form videos and graphics for our social media channels; and you’ll lead our digital fundraising.
About you
The right candidate will have strong experience in a similar role and a proven track record in social media management, content/video production and digital fundraising.
You’ll have experience working across a range of digital channels, including social media and video, website CMS, and email marketing platforms such as MailChimp. We are looking for someone who will diligently uphold our brand identity and voice; who is self-motivated, resourceful, and a proactive team player. You will be flexible, able to work under pressure and thrive managing a busy and sometimes competing workload.
This is a broad role and you may not have experience in every area listed, but if you are a creative, digital-first communicator who is eager to grow and make an impact contact us.
Big Brother Watch
Big Brother Watch is a UK civil liberties campaign group fighting for a free future. We’re determined to reclaim our privacy and defend freedoms at this time of enormous technological change. And we fight to win.
We’re a fiercely independent, diverse, non-partisan and non-profit group of campaigners and researchers who work to roll back the surveillance state and protect rights in parliament, the media or the courts if we have to. We publish unique investigations and pursue powerful public campaigns to pursue real change. We work relentlessly to inform and empower the public to collectively reclaim privacy, defend our civil liberties and protect freedoms for the future.
For person specification / job description, please see the Job Information Pack.
Closing Date: 4 June 2026
Interview/Start Dates
Application deadline: 0900
Start date: ASAP
Application Details
To apply
First, please read the Job Information Pack: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Head-of-Digital-Communications-Job-Information-Pack-May-2026.pdf
Please send:
• Your CV
• A covering letter telling us why you’re a great match for the role (1 page maximum)
• Relevant example/s of your website, graphic, video, or other digital campaigns work
to recruitment@bigbrotherwatch.org.uk
Please note: applications without any one of the three requested submissions above will not be considered.
Website: https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk