Social Media Marketing Assistant

Are you keen to find new ways to talk to and engage with over half a million people about home interiors, wallpaper, paint and being part of a sustainable business?

Here at Graham & Brown, we are looking for a creative and motivated Social Media Marketing Assistant to do just that as part of our team at our Design & Marketing Centre in Blackburn. You will join us on a full-time, permanent basis and in return, you will receive a competitive salary of £20,514 - £21,040 per annum, plus a great range of benefits.

Graham & Brown has had design and colour at the heart of our business for over 75 years. The brand’s growing interiors offer stretches across categories from wallpaper, murals, paint, fabric, bed linen and more. We are committed to creating contemporary, leading-edge design, across our international markets, and we put the customer at the heart of everything we do. We have been recognised as a “Cool Brand” on seven successive occasions. Graham & Brown is a Carbon Neutral Business.

We offer a range of excellent benefits, including:

• Flexi time
• Free parking
• Generous staff discount on all Graham & Brown products, up to 60%
• Generous pension, totalling 10%
• Life Assurance
• Use of company pool cars for company business

In addition, you will benefit from a thorough induction programme, a collaborative culture and a friendly working environment.

About the role:

We are looking for a Social Media Marketing Assistant to support the Social Media Executive on various marketing initiatives to grow our social media following and digital presence.

Your key responsibilities as our Social Media Marketing Assistant:

• Assisting in being the voice on social media including responding and escalating as necessary to consumers and staying engaged in the conversation
• Creating on trend and on brand content across a variety of social media platforms including Pinterest, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, Twitter and LinkedIn
• Reporting on performance and building data to inform decision making and strategy
• Assisting in execution of new initiatives to help grow the social fan base across all of our platforms
• Being current across all new emerging technologies and social communities
• Participating in the development of social media strategies and key programming throughout the year
• Monitoring and distributing user generated content
• Uploading content in line with the brand guidelines and social media strategy
• Tracking our competitors and brands that set a high standard of presentation and creativity
• Following fashion and trends, and other features that our brand could benefit from
• Building and maintaining working relationships with influencers
• Identifying brand partnerships and brand positioning influencers
• Coordinating contracts, samples and gifting for outreach
• Supporting Manager to ensure that KPI targets are met or exceeded
• Building strong relationships both internally and externally to ensure a good representation of the brand, and to get things done cross departmentally
• Reporting weekly and monthly

What we are looking for in our Social Media Marketing Assistant:

• Educated to degree level or have relevant experience
• Strong understanding and passion for social media. This includes Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter and TikTok
• PC literate – Outlook, Excel, Word, Powerpoint
• Strong visual skills (knows what good photography looks like)
• Strong written English
• Good communicator
• The ability to build strong relationships
• Competent to work on own initiative
• Excellent attention to detail
• Very well organised
• Quick Learner
• Creative
• Enthusiastic
• Photography skills (not essential)
• Good use of creative design packages, photoshop, indesign or equivalent (not essential)

If you have the skills and experience we are looking for, click ‘Apply’ now to be considered our Social Media Marketing Assistant - we’d love to hear from you!