Social Media Co-ordinator, Children's & Education

Social Media Co-ordinator, Children's & Education

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Package Description
Job Reference: 23386
Band: B
Salary: £25k - £35k depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience.
Contract type: 1 x Fixed Term Contract from ASAP to the 30th September 2025 and 1 x Fixed Term Contract from the 6th May to the 5th March 2026
Location: Office Base is MediaCity, Salford

We’re happy to discuss flexible working. Please indicate your choice under the flexible working question in the application.

• Excellent career progression – the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation.
• Unrivalled training and development opportunities – our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification.
• Benefits - We offer a negotiable salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more.

Job Introduction

We’re looking for a Social Media Coordinator to join our social media team, within the BBC's Children’s and Education department. The ideal candidate will have a wealth of social media knowledge and know how to engage an audience on vertical platforms such as TikTok and Instagram.

This role will be primarily promoting CBeebies brands to a parent/carer audience on social media, using bespoke and commissioned social content to bring our programming and wider campaigns to new, underserved audiences and existing fans.

Main Responsibilities

• Producing innovative, engaging content across our social media channels, ensuring all posts are aligned with our brand tone of voice and values.
• Editing video and image content for social media platforms, including TikTok, Instagram and Facebook.
• Keeping abreast and sharing insight of the latest social media trends, platforms and influencers.
• Collaborating with other teams to produce content and support TV shows and campaigns.

Are you the right candidate?

We’re looking for someone who lives and breathes social media, particularly Instagram and TikTok, keeping abreast of the latest trends, sounds and influencers.

A content creator who can generate stand-out, social-first ideas that make our audience take action and engage.

A self-starter who can come up with unique ideas, shoot content and produce first class assets using Adobe Premiere and Photoshop, along with in-app editing skills.

A team player who has experience working to deadlines and who wants to get stuck in, share knowledge and ideas and take on a wealth of exciting projects and campaigns.

We are looking for individuals with experience working in a wider digital marketing/social media team and who have experience of posting to social media accounts for established brands.

About The BBC

The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC for different reasons and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants.

We don’t focus simply on what we do – we also care how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us.

Diversity matters at the BBC. We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, enabling all of our employees to thrive and achieve their full potential.

We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.

Please note: If you were to be offered this role, the BBC will conduct Employment screening checks which include Reference checks; Eligibility to work checks; and if applicable to the role, Safeguarding and Adverse media/Social media checks. Any offer made is conditional on these checks being satisfactory.

Seniority level

Entry level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Marketing and Sales

Industries

Broadcast Media Production and Distribution