Job Title: Junior Event & Social Media Manager
Location: London, UK
Salary: Competitive
Experience: 1-3 years
Reports to: Managing Director
About the company
Festival of The Dead delivers the biggest Halloween events in the world. We are an international events and live music company that specialises in creating unique and industry leading experiences across Europe and beyond. We have a diverse portfolio of events including international festivals, live tours & conventions, all focused around dark and alternative subculture.
As well as our live events division, Festival of The Dead also has a thriving digital community of fans, artists, influencers and content creators which reaches a global audience of upwards of 50 million people each month.
About the role
The successful candidate will work across the entirety of the business to grow its event and social media presence. The main responsibilities will be working with a team to plan and run live events and festivals across the world, working closely on digital and social media strategy as well as working to drive sales and brand growth. 

Two days are rarely the same, one day you could be researching potential event ideas and locations and the next, meeting with influencers for an upcoming social media campaign.

This position will require occasional weekend work when running events and international travel.
A successful candidate will have...
An understanding of the delivery of a range of events
A strong understanding of social media (Facebook, Insta, TikTok, and Twitter)
A proven ability to juggle multiple projects and priorities
A proven ability to work under pressure and to deadlines
Fast and accurate data entry and research skills
Great people skills
RequiredExperience

1+ year in an events assistant/management role
1+ years sales/marketing experience
Experience working in a fast-paced, rapidly evolving environment
Computer literate and a good knowledge of Excel/Google Sheets

Bonus Experience
Experience in digital advertising
Content creation skills
Interest in gothic/dark culture
Interest in live music and festivals
Writing blogs/articles

A well-established, award winning boutique style PR and marketing agency is looking for an experienced account manager to work on a selection of clients across the built environment sector.

You will be working with your own delivery team of copy writers and designers to produce campaign outputs each month.

You will have the opportunity to further your career in an ambitious, fast-paced environment, where you will be rewarded for your achievements through commission and bonuses.

This role is the ideal opportunity for a proactive, creative and commercially literate candidate who is digitally savvy and wants to be part of a successful agency, who know how to have fun along the way, in a friendly supportive environment.

This role is suited to an experienced account manager looking for their next career challenge.

There is a combination of remote working (from home) with some travelling to visit clients throughout the year and as the agency brings on more key personnel, a requirement to have team building days throughout the month in our new Birmingham office which will be centrally placed for ease of access.

CME is looking for a person who is:

A strategic thinker – you can spot opportunities for clients to improve performance

A confident communicator – you will have the ability to inspire others to excel at what they do

You will be self-driven and able to work both independently and as part of a team

Experienced at working in a fast-paced environment – clients demands are well managed

Able to manage many projects at once and meet required deadlines

Results driven and commercially focused

Trustworthy and a team player

Passionate about marketing & PR

An understanding of social media

Requirements

• Must have account management experience working for a B2B agency
• Marketing qualification
• 3 years + experience in a marketing and PR role
• B2B experience

Qualifications and abilities

• A minimum of 3 years’ experience in a PR and/or marketing agency is essential
• Knowledge of the built environment sector, media and influencers, desired but not essential
• Passionate about developing client accounts and delivering results
• Strong proficiency in media relations work and proven delivery of results
• Awareness of the branding process and how it influences marketing goals
• Digitally savvy with a good understanding of social media channels for business
• Creativity and personality to always bring something different and engaging to clients/the team
• Excellent attention to detail
• Confident presentation skills
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Strong planning and organisational skills
• Proactive and ambitious
• Strong commercial focus
• Ability to multi task, managing multiple projects at once
• Can-do attitude and team player mentality

Responsibilities

• Manage client expectations by consistently delivering work on time and to budget
• Proactively creating ideas to expand client accounts by identifying opportunities and presenting them to the client
• Scheduling activity to service client expectations in the most profitable way
• Media / Influencer relations – Knowing how to build meaningful relationships with media that can generate new and consistent results
• Idea generation – Creativity across campaigns, social, features and copy
• Publicity generation – consistently securing positive items of media coverage on behalf of clients
• Attending client meetings and conducting yourself in a confident and professional manner
• Ability to manage own workload and prioritise, including accountability for deliverables and ensuring deadlines are met
• Maintaining positive relations with clients at all times
• Evaluation and presentation of campaign results internally and to clients
• Research of potential PR angles and campaigns for clients or new business prospects
• Media monitoring - regularly keeping track of the UK media agenda
• Analysing making recommendations to improve client performance.

Other requirements:

• Ambition and drive to want to make a difference to clients and the agency
• Confidence in building relationships with clients and their partners/customers
• Team player
• Flexibility to travel across the UK to attend client meetings
• UK based candidates only

Benefits

Competitive salary

Annual bonus based on hitting targets

Commission on client sales

Pension scheme

23 days holiday plus a day off on your birthday

Career development

Training and career development

• Provides customer support in a timely manner via several means which include email, telephone, webchat, forum and Facebook messages
• Ensures all customer contact is logged in the CRM database
• Communicates customer feedback to management through the correct channels to improve the overall customer experience
• Analyses issues and complaints from customers and provides adequate resolutions
• Tracks proposed resolutions and follows up with customers in a timely fashion
• Immediately escalates issues of serious concern
• Supports new product and software release processes by testing product with the latest hardware and software configurations
• Updates internal databases with information about customers, products and issues
• Develops and maintains vast knowledge of the products and services being offered
• Monitors customer complaints on social media and provides assistance when appropriate
• Informs customers about new features and functionalities
• Assists in training junior Technical Support Specialists
• Maintains a polite, helpful and professional manner at all times
• Understanding new products and services as they are introduced, from a technical perspective
• Follows processes and provides assistance and suggestions for process improvements
• Assists in creating technical and training documentation to improve our product offerings
• Supports the Sales and Marketing teams ensuring technical accuracy in documentation
• Positively promotes the brand and products at all times
• Provides support at trade shows, exhibitions and events
• Works closely with the team, here in the UK and in our offices overseas

• Degree in Electrical Engineering/equivalent
• Proven successful experience in a Technical/Customer Support (phone/email/chat-based) role
• Commercially minded, self-reliant and highly proactive, possessing a work ethic that demonstrates dedication to the company, its mission, personal pride and the team
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Skilled time juggler - you manage your time like a pro and know the value of good process
• Small team player – know we all ‘muck in’ and do what we need to do to make it happen
• Excellent attention to detail and record keeping
• A strong ability to communicate on all levels including the ability to write or orally represent these ideas, concepts and facts
• Knowledge of any continental European languages is desirable but not essential
• Motorsports/electronics background or experience is desirable but not essential
• Knowledge of engine tuning is desirable but not essential
• Experience with ERP/CRM packages is desirable but not essential
• Exposure to and experience with the performance vehicle and motorsport sector is desirable but not essential

• Link is a fun, vibrant and fast-moving place to work, where you are truly encouraged to make things better
• We are a dynamic and diverse team who reflect and empower our values and our "informal but serious" work ethic
• You will have a real chance to make a difference and we will help you do that... everyday
• Free access to on-site gym!

Company description

Boomday is a fitness-related tech start-up that presents an incredibly exciting opportunity to become part of a genuinely unique UK company. We are looking for a candidate who has the appetite and vision to help our company fulfil its potential of becoming a household name, and who is eager to progress quickly within the organisation.

Job description

Product

Boomday is the home of elite health and fitness influencers, celebrities, athletes, and trainers (our ‘Broadcasters’). It’s a place where users can subscribe to view exclusive and authentic content not available on other mass social media platforms. To find out more about what Boomday is all about, visit www.boomday.com or Instagram (@Boomday.official).

Role

We are recruiting an Influencer Account Manager to help identify and contract health and fitness Broadcasters to the Boomday platform.

The Influencer Account Manager role will involve the following duties:

• Identify and contact prospective Boomday Broadcasters and their agents in the UK and other regions
• Take calls with potential Broadcasters and agents to describe the platform features, Broadcaster role, and payment structure
• Using templates, prepare contracts for Broadcaster signature
• Facilitate the smooth onboarding of the Broadcaster onto the Boomday platform

The role is full time and located in our office in Ingram Street, Glasgow city centre.

Skills

• Candidate must have a strong online social presence and must understand the mindset of influencers and how they work.
• Candidate must have a persuasive nature and be winsome in their conversation.
• Candidate must be personable, have excellent written and oral communication skills (including a high standard of grammar), and able to work well as part of a team.
• Candidate must be reliable, able to work to targets, and be able to work independently.
• Candidate must come willing to learn. This is a unique business, and while certain aspects of the business are similar to others, there are many new and innovative elements that will need to be learned
• Proficiency in French or German would be desirable

Experience

• Experience working with influencers, celebrities, or other high-profile individuals and their agents (Desirable)
• Previous sales experience (Essential)
• Have an existing network of influencers and agents (Desirable)
• Experience in the health and fitness sector (Desirable)
• Experience with an online business (Desirable)

How to apply

To apply for this position, please send your CV with a cover letter to admin@boomday.com, and include details of your social handles.

By applying for this position, you agree to Boomday’s job applicant privacy notice, which is available on request.

Are you looking for the next step or new challenge, in your marketing career? Have you built fantastic client relationships and engaged with their key audiences? We are a fast paced, B2B manufacturing and technology PR agency, who are looking to recruit a Senior Account Executive. We’re looking for an experienced PR professional with at least two years PR and social media experience, who’ll enjoy working across a portfolio of B2B brands. The successful Senior Account Executive will become an integral part of our agency who are proud to be helping UK and international manufacturing and technology clients with integrated, high quality PR, marketing and communications services.

What you’ll be doing:

Working with an account director, you will be responsible for implementing the strategies and activities as detailed by your account directors, as well as proactively looking for opportunities or devising ideas to contribute to the team. However, you should also be fairly self-sufficient, capable of running smaller accounts virtually on your own, with minimal guidance from directors.

You’ll craft blog and social content and manage community building and management across social media channels, but it’s not all digital. You’ll be drafting press releases and nurturing relationships with clients as well as key media contacts in national trade media.

Driving the media relations programme for all clients, reacting to media enquiries and proactively looking for opportunities, working alongside directors and other team members.

Developing a full understanding of how the media works in the particular areas in which you operate – opportunities available, building relationships with journalists etc.

Running the features programmes for all clients, understanding the business issues or product requirements to sell in features. Identifying opportunities; liaising with account directors or clients on suitable approaches and drafting copy, as well as pitching ideas into the media

Client deliver and strategy identifying feature opportunities, understanding the business issues or product requirements to sell in features.

Taking a brief from a client and writing coherent and factually accurate press releases and copy that requires minimal amends from directors and clients of the highest quality

Reviewing and proofing all written material

Being proactive in all media for clients, constantly looking for opportunities where additional media coverage could be achieved above and beyond the client’s brief.

Confident approach to all journalists with both verbal and non-verbal communications, Business to business, trade and consumer. Sell in ideas and discuss opportunities

Handling client’s social media accounts such as their Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn page, deliver analytics reports on social media, reporting on traffic, engagement and follower figures. Assisting with content creation for social media channels along with the account directors.

Writing monthly activity reports, quarterly/annual client reviews.

Handling and overseeing all administration for accounts including filing, press cuttings etc. to ensure the smooth running of the business

Ensuring press coverage is delivered to clients in a timely fashion

Assisting in the organisation of events as well as sometimes attending events; ranging from workshops, press days, training days, photo & video shoots, webinars etc. on behalf of clients and 4CM.

Creating accurately written communications, both internally and externally to colleagues, clients and journalists

Taking ownership of meeting preparations, ensuring that all agendas, meeting notes, monthly reports etc. are produced, and liaising with manager/director on requirements for meeting, Participating in meetings and presentations to existing clients

Undertaking media and administration desk research for new business pitches and current client programmes as required

Why work for us:

We are a close-knit, friendly team of talented and dynamic individuals who turn awesome ideas into commercial success for our clients. We are one of the most established and fastest growing marketing, PR and digital agencies in the UK. Our clients are B2B, global leaders in science, engineering and technology serving a diverse range of sectors – from automotive and aerospace right through to laboratories and much more. Thanks to this focus, our world is fast paced as we keep up to date with the latest innovations.

We are a fully remote agency, and the team communicates through regular Teams calls for work and when possible, we have a range of social events and company treats. We support flexible working and have a structured career development and training opportunities.  We even finish at 1.30pm on a Friday.

Skills/Experience/Qualifications:

Must have 2 years PR and social media experience – must be able to multitask, prioritise and plan ahead

Agency experience preferred

Strong all-rounder, with proven experience of delivering outstanding PR and social media results for clients

Must be skilled in putting together campaign plans for projects/clients – including research, ideas and budgeting

Proven experience in planning and executing strategic social media campaigns (organic and paid for), including content creation and community management (stand alone and in conjunction with PR and marketing campaigns.)

Ability to build and maintain strong relationships with clients

Evidence of having built effective relationships with journalists with the drive and skills to build your contact list further

Strong knowledge of both traditional and digital media landscapes

Writing skills across a wide range of formats including press releases and social media.

The desire and ambition to learn and improve your PR and Marketing knowledge

The interpersonal skills to develop strong working relationships and work collaboratively – a team player with a positive attitude

Highly proficient in Microsoft office

What’s on offer

Competitive salary £20,000 to £25,000 dependent on experience

Pension scheme

1.30pm Finish on Fridays

Full training programme and continued training courses

28 days holiday including bank holidays

Christmas shut down

Childcare vouchers

• Build an influencer and partnership strategy for KLEKT, identifying the top influencers / partners relevant to our brand in which to build long term, mutually beneficial relationships
• Search new and upcoming influencers / partners across multiple verticals
• Be the point of contact for key influencers and partners, working with them to produce impactful, creatively outstanding content that increases brand awareness, social engagement and website traffic
• Ensure we’re thinking globally with a diverse and inclusive approach
• Be responsible for negotiating terms and timelines, ensuring that both parties deliver on mutually agreed terms
• Work with the Social Media Manager to produce relevant content where required across Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and TikTok.
• Sit alongside the Social Media Manager to ensure best in class content is shared across our primary social channels; Instagram, Facebook, Twitter & TikTok.
• Be proactive and collaborative as a key member within the marketing team, supporting others to meet shared and individual goals

'Help us to help others'

The Salvation Army Trading Company Ltd (SATCoL) is the trading arm of The Salvation Army in the UK and Republic of Ireland. We were established in 1991 to help fund The Salvation Army’s vital work with vulnerable people in the UK, and today we raise money and encourage reuse and recycling through a network of over 200 charity shops, 2 Superstores, 3 Donation Centres and a clothing collection division, all of which is constantly growing and developing.

With the support of the British public, we have been able to donate millions of pounds to The Salvation Army – over £35 million has been donated in the last five years alone, helping to fund the extensive and very important work that The Salvation Army carries out– including homelessness and addiction services, care for older people, help at emergency incidents, support for adult victims of human trafficking in England and Wales and a Family Tracing Service.

If you want to be a part of our success and to play a part in helping others whilst volunteering for a fantastic company, then we have a role that suits you.

The Volunteer roles:

Book Specialist

Do you enjoy music, film and games? Have you heard of The Sims, The Flintstones or the Rolling Stones? Do you know what these are? If you do, we need your help. We are looking for knowledgeable people to support our team and help sort, price, research and display our donations of games, DVDs and music.

Sort Room Assistant

Are you an organised person who likes things to be neat and tidy? Would you enjoy shifting through our donations to uncover hidden gems and sorting into different categories? Whether you’re a lover of vintage clothing, stunning jewellery or enjoy reading and gaming, this is the role for you.

Sales Assistant

Are you an enthusiastic outgoing individual? Do you like chatting to people? If this is you, we have a fantastic opportunity for you to join our team. Our Volunteer Sales Assistants are welcoming and helpful with a can-do attitude, making customers feel welcome and supported to find the things they’re looking for, as well as assisting them to purchase their items at the cash desk. They also keep the sales floor looking inspiring and support donors with their donations.

Social Media Specialist

Are you interested in social media? Do you use outlets such as twitter, Facebook, Snapchat etc ?

If so, we would love your support and expertise to change the world with us by reinventing charity for our generation and come join our team of passionate world changing visionaries! You could be creating a shop profile and pages on linked in , YouTube , Facebook, twitter, etc. – writing and posting blogs, tweets, updates and much, much more.

Fundraiser/Recruiter

Are you looking to get involved in your local community? Or are you interested in supporting your local shop at a garden fete or Recruitment event? Have you thought about volunteering just as a one off? Then this could be the role for you. We are looking for volunteers to call on just as and when we may need some extra support at a fundraising event or recruitment drive.

Accessories Specialist

Do you love your accessories? Are you always looking for that perfect piece of jewellery or the matching bag and shoes or changing the look of an outfit by adding a scarf? Would you enjoy creating exciting eye-catching displays in shop windows? If so, we would love your expertise and support in our shops to select price and display our lovely selection of accessories.

Bric a Brac Specialist

Are you interested in unusual items and antiques? Do you enjoy creating eye catching displays? If this sounds interesting to you pop along and support our team and help us to select, price and create displays of our wonderful and unusual donated items.

Stock Generator

Are you a confident chatty person that likes getting out and about in your local community? Do you have a friendly telephone manner and enjoy building relations?

Would you like to raise awareness of our local shop stock requirements with local businesses and organisations; contacting them for surplus stock, building a data base of donors , arranging collections and sending out thank you cards. If so, we would love your help.

So, whether your looking to make new friends a couple of hours a week or improve your CV, we can provide all the support you need. We offer flexible hours to fit in with your life style as well as reimbursement for travel and staff discount. If you are looking to improve your CV, we can offer volunteers the choice to do a free short course or a selection of NVQ qualifications.

How we can help our volunteers:

• Give skills, training and experience of working within a retail environment that could assist with future job searches
• The opportunity of developing new skills and the chance to utilise existing skills
• The ability to be part of a shop team and to make new friends
• The chance to gain a recognised NVQ qualification (dependent on criteria)
• Build confidence
• Support from our divisional Salvation Army colleagues in times of need, if required

This role is an unpaid role but reasonable travel expenses will be paid in line with the volunteer expense policy, along with 25% discount on all purchases.

The time commitment for this role is flexible and will be agreed in advance with the charity Shop Manager, but if you have any available hours to spare then please apply now as we would love to talk to you

'Help us to help others'

Salvation Army Trading Company Ltd (SATCoL) is the trading arm of The Salvation Army in the UK and Republic of Ireland. We were established in 1991 to help fund The Salvation Army’s vital work with vulnerable people in the UK, and today we raise money and encourage reuse and recycling through a network of over 230 charity shops, 2 Superstores, 8Donation Centres and a rapidly expanding clothing collection division, all of which is constantly growing and developing.

With the support of the British public, we have been able to donate millions of pounds to The Salvation Army – over £43 million has been donated in the last five years alone, helping to fund the extensive and very important work that The Salvation Army carries out– including homelessness and addiction services, care for older people, help at emergency incidents, support for adult victims of human trafficking in England and Wales and a Family Tracing Service.

If you want to be a part of our success and to play a part in helping others whilst volunteering for a fantastic company, then we have a role that suits you.

The Volunteer roles:

Book Specialist

Do you enjoy music, film and games? Have you heard of The Sims, The Flintstones or the Rolling Stones? Do you know what these are? If you do, we need your help. We are looking for knowledgeable people to support our team and help sort, price, research and display our donations of games, DVDs and music.

Sort Room Assistant

Are you an organised person who likes things to be neat and tidy? Would you enjoy shifting through our donations to uncover hidden gems and sorting into different categories? Whether you’re a lover of vintage clothing, stunning jewellery or enjoy reading and gaming, this is the role for you.

Sales Assistant

Are you an enthusiastic outgoing individual? Do you like chatting to people? If this is you, we have a fantastic opportunity for you to join our team. Our Volunteer Sales Assistants are welcoming and helpful with a can-do attitude, making customers feel welcome and supported to find the things they’re looking for, as well as assisting them to purchase their items at the cash desk. They also keep the sales floor looking inspiring and support donors with their donations.

Social Media Specialist

Are you interested in social media? Do you use outlets such as twitter, Facebook, Snapchat etc ?

If so, we would love your support and expertise to change the world with us by reinventing charity for our generation and come join our team of passionate world changing visionaries! You could be creating a shop profile and pages on linked in , YouTube , Facebook, twitter, etc. – writing and posting blogs, tweets, updates and much, much more.

Fundraiser/Recruiter

Are you looking to get involved in your local community? Or are you interested in supporting your local shop at a garden fete or Recruitment event? Have you thought about volunteering just as a one off? Then this could be the role for you. We are looking for volunteers to call on just as and when we may need some extra support at a fundraising event or recruitment drive.

Accessories Specialist

Do you love your accessories? Are you always looking for that perfect piece of jewellery or the matching bag and shoes or changing the look of an outfit by adding a scarf? Would you enjoy creating exciting eye-catching displays in shop windows? If so, we would love your expertise and support in our shops to select price and display our lovely selection of accessories.

Bric a Brac Specialist

Are you interested in unusual items and antiques? Do you enjoy creating eye catching displays? If this sounds interesting to you pop along and support our team and help us to select, price and create displays of our wonderful and unusual donated items.

Stock Generator

Are you a confident chatty person that likes getting out and about in your local community? Do you have a friendly telephone manner and enjoy building relations?

Would you like to raise awareness of our local shop stock requirements with local businesses and organisations; contacting them for surplus stock, building a data base of donors , arranging collections and sending out thank you cards. If so, we would love your help.

So, whether your looking to make new friends a couple of hours a week or improve your CV, we can provide all the support you need. We offer flexible hours to fit in with your life style as well as reimbursement for travel and staff discount. If you are looking to improve your CV, we can offer volunteers the choice to do a free short course or a selection of NVQ qualifications.

How we can help our volunteers:

• Give skills, training and experience of working within a retail environment that could assist with future job searches
• The opportunity of developing new skills and the chance to utilise existing skills
• The ability to be part of a shop team and to make new friends
• The chance to gain a recognised NVQ qualification (dependent on criteria)
• Build confidence
• Support from our divisional Salvation Army colleagues in times of need, if required

This role is an unpaid role but reasonable travel expenses will be paid in line with the volunteer expense policy, along with 25% discount on all purchases and a fantastic employee benefits platform.

The time commitment for this role is flexible and will be agreed in advance with the charity Shop Manager, but if you have any available hours to spare then please apply now as we would love to talk to you.