Social Media Manager

Job Title: Social Media Manager

Salary: £35,200 - £45,700 per annum

Location: Cambridge, UK - Hybrid (minimum 2 days per week in the office)

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time (35 hours per week)

Are you a collaborative and creative Social Media Manager looking to use your skills and experience to make a real impact?

We're searching for an experienced and forward-thinking Social Media Manager, to develop and implement our social media strategy at an exciting time for our brand.

Leading social media for a recognised education brand, you'll have the freedom to test new ideas and shape how we show up across platforms - crafting bold, innovative and impactful content and messaging.

Your social media campaigns will be front and centre as we communicate the value of our brand, products and services for schools, colleges and multi academy trusts in England.

About the role

A key member of the Marketing & Brand team, you'll be responsible for implementing Cambridge OCR's social media strategy, building our online social presence, community engagement and creating innovative content to support our objectives and embed our brand promise: Making assessment straightforward.

Key responsibilities include

• Developing and delivering our social media strategy across key channels.
• Leading content planning, creation and publishing.
• Managing integrated organic and paid social campaigns.
• Building audience engagement and advocacy, through community management and social listening.
• Using data and insights to optimise performance.
• Championing innovation, including the use of AI and emerging technologies.
• Helping position Cambridge OCR as a trusted voice in education.

This position has been classified as a hybrid role, requiring the selected candidate to typically spend 40-60% of their time collaborating and connecting face-to-face at their dedicated location. Aside from our hybrid principles, other flexible working requests will be considered from the first day of employment, including other work arrangements should you require adjustments due to a disability or long-term health condition.

About You

For this role, we're looking for a social media professional with the drive to proactively plan, deliver and optimise strategies that support our brand and marketing goals.

The criteria below are essential to the role and will be assessed at application and interview stage:

• Significant experience in developing and delivering successful organisation-wide social media strategies.
• Strong content creation skills across multiple formats, including video.
• Experience creating and managing paid and organic social campaigns that meet objectives.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• A data-driven approach with strong analytical capability.
• Experience using social media management, reporting and insight platforms.
• Confidence working in a fast-moving environment and spotting opportunities to innovate.
• A passion for creating content that has delivered measurable results.

If you meet the above minimum requirements, we encourage you to apply. Your application will be even stronger if you can also demonstrate the following desirable criteria:

• CIM, CIPR or equivalent marketing qualification.
• Experience of using HubSpot or similar marketing platforms.
• Experience in education or another regulated sector.

For a detailed job description, please refer to the link at the bottom of this page.

We are a Disability Confident (DC) employer that is committed to equality and inclusion ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to all. The DC scheme's Offer of an Interview commitment applies to applicants who opt in, and disclose a disability or a long-term health condition, and best meet the minimum criteria for the role. In instances where interviewing all qualifying candidates is not practicable, we prioritise those who best meet the minimum criteria, as we would for applicants who do not have a disability or long-term health condition.

Cambridge University Press & Assessment is an approved UK employer for the sponsorship of eligible roles and applicants under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please refer to the gov.uk website for guidance to understand your own eligibility based on the role you are applying for.

Rewards and benefits

We will support you to be at your best in work and to live well outside of it. In addition to competitive salaries, we offer a world-class, flexible rewards package, featuring family-friendly and planet-friendly benefits including:

• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Private medical and Permanent Health Insurance
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Group personal pension scheme
• Life assurance up to 4 x annual salary
• Green travel schemes

Ready to pursue your potential?

We aim to support candidates by making our interview process clear and transparent. The closing date for all applications will be 25th October. We will review applications on an ongoing basis, and shortlisted candidates can expect interviews to take place from week commencing 2nd November.

If you are shortlisted and progressed through the stages, you can expect:

• A screening call, to discuss the role, your experience and motivation for applying (w/c 2nd November).
• An in-person interview at our Cambridge office, including a role-related task. Task details will be shared with candidates in advance (w/c 9th November).

If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process due to a disability or a long-term health condition, there will be an opportunity for you to inform us via the online application form. We will do our best to accommodate your needs.

Please note that successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory background checks including DBS due to working in a regulated industry.

We are committed to an equitable recruitment process. As such, applications must be submitted via our official online application procedure. Please refrain from sending your CV directly to our recruiters. If you experience technical difficulties or require additional support with submitting your online application, contact the Recruiter.

Why join us

Joining us is your opportunity to pursue potential. You will belong to a collaborative team that is exploring new and better ways to serve students, teachers and researchers across the globe - for the benefit of individuals, society and the world. Sharing our mission will inspire your own growth, development and progress, in an environment which embraces difference, change and aspiration.

Cambridge University Press & Assessment is committed to being a place where anyone can enjoy a successful career, where it is safe to speak up, and where we learn continuously to improve together. We welcome applications from all candidates, regardless of demographic characteristics (age, disability, educational attainment, ethnicity, gender, marital status, neurodiversity, religion, sex, gender identity and sexual identity), cultural, or social class/background.

We believe better outcomes come through diversity of thought, background and approach. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and communities, actively seeking to employ people from a wide range of different communities.