VACANCY: Social Media Marketing Assistant at Produced in Kent

Type: Self-employed, 20hrs a week

Reports to: Marketing Executive

Salary: Hourly rate as agreed

Location: Office (Ashford)/Home-based

Deadline applications: Sunday 17^th September midnight

Purpose of the Job

To form part of a busy and dynamic team and to provide social media admin support to meet the marketing needs of the company.

Main duties and responsibilities:

• Daily management of Produced in Kent FB, TW, IG & LI pages
• Liking members content, sharing tagged content and commenting on relevant content daily.
• Adding content from the website/newsletters regularly to Hootsuite schedule
• Working with Marketing exec to add & schedule ‘Produced in Kent (Pink)’ content as well as various campaign content in brand ID.
• Setting up Produced in Kent TikTok, and generating regular content – working with marketing exec to maintain PinK identity & voice

The role requires 20 hours a week (4hrs a day), with hours worked per day to suit and be flexible around contractor’s own arrangements and with at least 1 day per week worked at the Produced in Kent office. Contractor may be required to provide essential cover in the office.

Qualifications

• At least three years of social media marketing experience
• Experience of working in a small team is an advantage
• Experience using social media scheduling and basic graphic design tools is an advantage

Skills

• Knowledge/experience of all platforms, in particular TikTok, YouTube & LinkedIn – examples of previous channel experience.
• Be comfortable creating videos/stories.
• Good attention to detail
• Basic understanding of SEO/algorithms.
• Excellent time management
• Confidence using new software and tools
• Good creative writing & content skills

Please send in your CV and a cover letter including your hourly rate to: Floortje.hoette@producedinkent.co.uk. If you have any queries about the position, please contact Floortje Hoette by email or on mob. 07734058309.

Who is Produced in Kent?

Produced in Kent, established in 2005, is the County’s representative body of the local independent food and drink sector, working on behalf of 280+ growers, producers, manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers and hospitality businesses – ranging from SMEs to larger companies trading locally, nationally and internationally. The Kent food and drink industry adds an estimated 2.6bln to the local economy.

Our core activities centre around sector advocacy, online (website, electronic newsletters, social media) and offline member promotion and campaigning for local sustainable food and drink, networking facilitation and technical business support provided through our industry and strategic partnerships with corporates, local professional services providers, educational institutions, and community organisations. Produced in Kent’s annual Taste of Kent Awards is the county’s flagship event around local food and drink, celebrating the finest products Kent has to offer as well as the businesses behind them.

We are a membership organisation operating as a limited company by guarantee (not-for-profit model) and derive the larger part of our revenues through membership and industry partner fees and corporate sponsorship, as well as through annual funding from Kent County Council.

Produced in Kent puts sustainability at the core of its activities and member support, championing sustainable food and drink and helping our businesses operate in an environmentally and socially sustainable way. Produced in Kent spearheads several projects (FoodLoop, Kent Gleaning Collective) that help members reduce their food waste/surplus food. Keen to improve the regional food system, Produced in Kent is the initiator behind the newly established Kent Food Partnership1, a cross-sector collaboration between local Government, Public Health, educational institutions, the business community and civil society on making good healthy food accessible to all in the county.