thebestofbury is a friendly marketing company promoting local businesses to the community through a variety of online and offline mediums, with a large focus on social media.

We are currently looking for a dynamic, vibrant individual to join our team as Social Media Co-ordinator, where you’ll be managing thebestofbury’s social media channels and those for our sister company, Made in Bury. The role will also include attending a number of exciting business events and helping with event management.

The ideal candidate will be passionate about the Bury community – from the shops to the events and people. We really want someone who has knowledge of the area and loves our town!

The role

• £15,000 pa plus bonus
• 37.5 hours, Monday – Friday from 9.00am – 5.00pm
• Immediate start

Responsibilities

Social Media

• Managing all of thebestofbury’s social media channels, including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram.
• Producing interesting content for all of the above social media channels that will increase followers/likes
• Scheduling posts via Hootsuite
• Running Facebook ads and Twitter ads to drive traffic to website, managing budgets (within budget allowance)
• Setting up competitions and posting on social media channels
• Providing support for Made in Bury’s social media channels, with posting when necessary
• Using spreadsheets to keep up-to-date with posts (manage and update posts)

Blogging

The ideal candidate will also be a whizz-with-words who loves writing as the Social Media Co-ordinator will be producing blogs on a weekly basis for clients and promoting these on social media.

• Writing blogs in-line with SEO best practices
• Uploading blogs via a Content Management System
• Increasing traffic to blogs through social media

Events

• Researching local events across the boroughs of Bury
• Add events onto the website
• Promote these via social media channels

Newsletters

• Using content produced online, blogs and events, to send fortnightly newsletters to the database, both to businesses and to local members of the public.

Video

• Creating interesting videos/vlogs of clients
• Uploading videos onto YouTube
• Using video to increase reach on social media channels

Landing pages

• Creating landing pages for competitions on social media
• Attracting audiences to input data into the landing pages
• Using Facebook ads to drive traffic to landing pages

Made in Bury

Made in Bury hosts a number of exciting business events, including The Made in Bury Business Awards, The North West’s Premier Business & Lifestyle Fair, Brunch Club and the Business Academy. The Social Media Manager will also be producing press releases and regular content for these events.

Necessary Skills

• Whizz-with-words
• Excellent knowledge of social media
• Proficient in Microsoft Office
• Full driving licence & vehicle
• Good telephone manner

Personal Traits

We are looking for a confident, creative team player with a keen interest in online platforms. Good local knowledge would be advantageous. The ideal candidate will have the ability to build good working relationships; to converse on a professional level with our members by telephone and face to face.

Some flexibility will be required to assist at our events.

How to Apply

Please send your CV to bury@thebestof.co.uk to be considered or call 0161 447 8814 for further information.