Digital Communications Executive

As the world’s leading chemistry community, advancing excellence in the chemical sciences and the UK’s professional body for chemical scientists with over 54,000 members worldwide, the Royal Society of Chemistry is a £50m-turnover not-for-profit organisation with over 500 staff operating around the world, and an award-winning global knowledge business. For 175 years we have promoted, supported, and celebrated chemistry. We work to shape the future of the chemical sciences – for the benefit of science and humanity.

We have an exceptional diversity of audiences — from schoolchildren to scientists to politicians and the public — and our work includes activities focused on our role as a professional body, a publisher, and as the voice of the chemical science community.

Our digital presence must act as an international shop window for the organisation, its products, services and work, attracting attention, inspiring involvement and creating the desire to take action among all our audiences, proactively managing and enhancing our organisational reputation.

As Digital Communications Executive, your role will be varied and challenging, working in partnership with other areas of the business to improve the way in which we use digital content and channels, including developing programmes of digital marketing and communications activity. You will advise colleagues on best practice, assessing impact, maintaining guidelines and standards, working with suppliers and developing a deep understanding of brand.

You will have:

• Degree level and/or a relevant communications/marketing qualification.
• Experience within an organisation of some or all of the following: email marketing, social media management, digital advertising, and content marketing.
• Experience creating and publishing content for corporate social media accounts such as Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn, and using social media analytics tools to optimise social strategies.
• Experience of using content management systems, paid search, search engine marketing.
• Experience of using leading email platforms and marketing automation systems, advertising, search marketing, email automation and trigger/behaviour based email communications.
• Knowledge of best practices in content creation, curation and delivery through digital channels.
• Experience in measuring and reporting on the performance of digital content and channels.
• Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills.
• An active interest in how the digital environment is evolving and an appreciation of its role in integrated into the delivery of effective and efficient organisational communications and marketing.
• Understanding of complementary disciplines such as advertising and ecommerce.
• A broad knowledge of scientific communications and a passion for promoting and enabling the positive impact of chemistry and science generally.

At the Royal Society of Chemistry, we will support you in your career and reward your contribution with an excellent benefits package. If you are interested, please apply by the end of our closing date.

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