Job Title: Senior Communications & Marketing Executives
Location: Walsall / Hybrid Working
Salary: £27,041 – £31,346 per annum
Job Type: Full-time, Permanent
Closing Date: Sunday 13th March 2022
Tens of millions of pounds have been secured to transform Walsall and we need a Head of Marketing & Brand to showcase our people, our place and our Council.
We have big ambitions to build on our proud industrial heritage and build a borough fit for the future.
We need story tellers who will work closely with the local, regional and national media and create compelling marketing and social media content.
We are looking for creative candidates who are full of ideas and have a passion for communications.
Key Responsibilities:
- Planning and delivering campaigns and communications on behalf of the council and our services
- Creating multimedia content to communicate key messages raising awareness of Walsall and of Walsall Council
- Handling media enquiries effectively in a busy, newsroom-type environment
- Community management of the Council’s social media accounts
- The development and delivery of media and social media campaigns
- Planning and delivering PR and marketing events
About you:
We’re looking for experienced marketing and communications professionals with excellent writing skills. We need candidates with a flair for social media and content creation.
Creative thinking will be at the heart of these roles, originating ideas to tell the Council’s story. You will be creating content for the media, social media, marketing campaigns, for the Council’s website and for staff engagement.
Benefits:
Walsall is a great place to work, with much to offer and extensive regeneration, including a recently rebuilt hospital and college, development of the Walsall Waterfront offering new residential accommodation, hotels and leisure facilities and is seeing ongoing investment in its town centre and retail provision. As an employer we provide an attractive employment package that includes:
- A generous annual leave entitlement offering a minimum 28 days leave per year (for this post) plus 9 concessionary days and in addition to a flexible working scheme that allows up to a further 12 days leave per year
- Access to an award winning pension scheme
- Recent development of the working environment which has created a modern professional space in which to work with improved technology that allows agile working. Note – For this role we foresee the requirement for hybrid working
- Promotion of training and development opportunities to all our employees to help them progress and gain new skills
- A genuine commitment to equality of opportunity for our staff and customers – we aim to employ a representative workforce that reflects the communities we serve
Please click on the APPLY button to complete your application at the Company’s careers page.
This post is covered by the Government’s Code of Practice on the English Language Fluency Duty for public sector workers. The post holder will be required to communicate verbally with customers and provide advice and/or information in accurate spoken English.
Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of Marketing Executive, Marketing Associate, Social Media Executive, Marketing Analyst, Communications Executive, Digital Marketing Executive, Social Media Officer, Marketing Co-ordinator, Internal Communications Officer, Communications Coordinator, SEO, Digital Communications may also be considered for this role.
