What skills and experience we're looking for
* Bury St Edmunds sites - Hybrid opportunity
* 37 hours per week, 52 weeks per year - Permanent
* Salary: £25,185-£25,989 per annum (Dependent on qualifications and experience)
We are seeking a creative and organised Digital Marketing Assistant –Social Media to join Eastern Education Group. This role will lead the day‑to‑day management of social media across our Further Education colleges and Higher Education provision, delivering engaging, on‑brand content across platforms including Instagram, Facebook and TikTok. You will be responsible for planning, creating and scheduling content, producing short‑form video using tools such as CapCut, and maintaining content calendars aligned with recruitment cycles, events and campaigns. You will also monitor engagement and respond appropriately, ensuring any safeguarding or reputational concerns are escalated.
A key part of the role involves working closely with student content ambassadors across Abbeygate Sixth Form College, One Sixth Form College, West Suffolk College and University Studies. You will coordinate and support these ambassadors to co‑create authentic, student‑led content, providing clear briefs, guidance and feedback to ensure quality and consistency. Acting as the main link between students and the central marketing team, you will also support basic training in social media best practice, accessibility and emerging trends. Alongside this, you will track and report on performance, using insights and data to continually refine content and improve engagement and reach.
You will also support paid social activity, particularly across Meta platforms, assisting with campaign setup, audience targeting, creative testing and performance reporting. The role offers the opportunity to contribute to wider content creation and digital campaigns, bringing fresh ideas and innovation to enhance performance. We are looking for someone with a strong understanding of social media, excellent communication skills, and experience creating engaging digital content. You should be proactive, detail‑oriented and confident managing multiple priorities, with a collaborative approach and a passion for connecting with student audiences.
What the school offers its staff
* Membership into Local Government Pension Scheme
* Family friendly policies and flexible working
* Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
* Employee wellbeing initiatives
* Free parking
* Canteen
* Company events
* Access to various memberships and discount schemes
* Learning and development opportunities, including staff development days
* Funded subject course development for your role
* Range of staff communities, including EDI and neurodiverse communities
* Career progression opportunities
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
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