Content and marketing lead jobs in Edinburgh

About Us

We are an environmental charity with science at our heart. We help people to take action to protect the nature around them; by connecting them with it and giving them the tools they need to do so. We passionately believe in citizen science and are leaders in it. Our current focus areas include helping to create nature-friendly urban spaces, growing the impact of internationally known citizen science programmes such as Freshwater Watch, developing early career scientists and sharing learning internationally, and working with partners to advance the science, tools and thinking behind citizen science.

Role purpose:

To drive the growth of income from businesses, local authorities and public sector funders by identifying, developing and securing strategic partnerships. The role will build high-value relationships, generate new funding opportunities, and lead the development of compelling proposals, working closely with colleagues across Earthwatch to convert opportunities into longterm partnerships and sustainable income. This role will focus on building connections and opening doors, working closely with the Director to convert opportunities into funding to meet organisational targets.

Key deliverables:

Partnership Management and Development

• Lead on building and maintaining positive relationships with existing contacts in businesses, local authorities, and other partners in line with organisational priorities.
• Carry out excellent stewardship and management of partnerships, overseeing delivery plans, strategic activities and routine partnership activities.
• Lead all aspects of the partnership development process, including prospect research, proposal development and pitching, ensuring a seamless pathway from opportunity identification to funding secured.
• Cultivate relationships with other charitable organisations to expand Earthwatch’s network of partners and collaborate on joint environmental initiatives.

Proposal Writing and Project Development

• Lead the preparation of compelling funding proposals, tailored to meet the specific interests and priorities of potential partners.
• Ensure proposals are timely, impactful, and demonstrate clear outcomes.
• Work closely with the Finance team to develop accurate project budgets, ensuring all proposals are cost-effective and financially viable.
• Manage a portfolio of prospects and funding opportunities, contributing to agreed annual income targets. 

Sector Awareness and Marketing

• Monitor plans and strategies from businesses, local authorities and government bodies with a view to spotting opportunities for partnership working.
• Collaborate with the Communications teams to create high-quality marketing materials that support partner engagement and public relations.
• Represent Earthwatch at partner and networking events. 

Monitoring and Reporting

• Oversee the end-to-end grant management process, including timely submission of progress reports and financial narratives to ensure full compliance with donor requirements.
• Maintain a comprehensive reporting process via the CRM, providing accurate income generation updates, dashboards, and pipeline forecasts.
• Monitor environmental and sustainability issues in the media including emerging policies, trends and the performance of organisations with whom we have relationships. 

Collaboration and Team Support:

• Work closely with colleagues across the organisation, particularly the Income Generation, Programmes, Communications, and Finance teams, to ensure that funding proposals and reports are aligned with Earthwatch’s programs and objectives. 

In undertaking these roles, the postholder should also have regard to:

• Acting as an ambassador for the work, vision and values of Earthwatch Europe.
• Ensuring continuous development of skills and knowledge required for the post, undergoing training and performance review as required.
• Working within all the policies and procedures of Earthwatch Europe, ensuring compliance with health & safety policies and all legal and contractual obligations associated with the post.
• Collaborating with other Earthwatch teams to ensure effective delivery of partnership programmes.
• Carrying out any other reasonable duties commensurate with the level of responsibility of the post, as requested by the postholder’s line manager.

Please see the full job description attached.

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK; Earthwatch is unable to support visa applications. 

Earthwatch is committed to making any adjustments we can for short-listed candidates, to facilitate participation in our interview process. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible. 

Head of Communications & Public Affairs 

Salary: Up to £62k depending on experience
Location: Remote, with regular planned travel nationwide, particularly to London and the South, plus attendance at monthly and quarterly team meetings
Hours: Full Time, 35 hours per week
Contract: Permanent

We're looking for an exceptional communications leader to join Help for Heroes as our Head of Communications & Public Affairs. This is a rare opportunity to shape how one of the UK's most recognised charities engages with the media, policymakers, supporters and the wider public, ensuring the voices of veterans and their families are heard where it matters most.

Leading our integrated communications, public affairs, policy and PR activity, you'll develop influential campaigns that continue to strengthen our reputation, support fundraising and drive meaningful change for the Armed Forces community. Working closely with senior leaders across the charity, you'll act as a trusted adviser, bringing insight into the political, media and stakeholder landscape while helping to navigate the opportunities and risks that affect our mission.

This is a high-profile leadership role for someone who combines strategic thinking with outstanding delivery, thrives on building influential relationships and wants to use their expertise to create lasting impact for those who have served our country.

Please see below for more information on what just might be your future role.

About the Role

As Head of Communications & Public Affairs, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping how the charity is seen, heard and understood by the public, media, policymakers and supporters. Ensuring the experiences of veterans and their families remain at the heart of national conversations and decision-making.

• Developing and delivering an integrated communications, public affairs and policy strategy that advances the charity's mission and influence.
• Leading high-profile campaigns that raise awareness, support fundraising objectives and drive systemic change for the Armed Forces community.
• Building influential relationships with media, government, political stakeholders, partner organisations and sector leaders.
• Acting as a trusted adviser to senior leaders, providing strategic counsel on reputation, stakeholder engagement, public policy and emerging issues
• Leading the charity's press office, crisis communications activity, ambassador programme and external reputation management
• Developing, inspiring and coaching a high-performing team, fostering innovation, collaboration and measurable impact.

About You

Are you a strategic communications leader who knows how to turn insight into action and ambition into results?

Do you have a strong track record of leading integrated communications, public affairs, policy or campaigning activity that has built reputation, influenced decision-makers and delivered measurable impact?

Can you confidently navigate complex issues, build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders and provide clear, credible counsel?

Are you equally comfortable shaping long-term strategy, responding to fast-moving external events and spotting opportunities to raise the profile and influence of an organisation?

If you're passionate about telling powerful stories, understand the UK media and political landscape, and enjoy leading talented teams to achieve ambitious goals, we'd love to hear from you.

You'll bring significant senior-level experience across communications, public affairs or policy, alongside expertise in media relations, stakeholder engagement and reputation management.

Most importantly, you'll be motivated by the opportunity to use your skills, networks and leadership to improve outcomes for veterans and their families.

About the Team

You’ll join our ambitious Marketing, Communications and Public Affairs directorate, a team dedicated to amplifying the voices of veterans and their families and ensuring their experiences influence public understanding and decision-making.

We are a collaborative, creative, and purpose-driven team that works across the charity to tell powerful stories, build meaningful relationships and create lasting impact. Together, we’re passionate about helping the Armed Forces community get the support they deserve.

In return we can offer you:

• Belonging to a team who make a difference to our community and value equality, diversity and inclusion.
• 29 days’ annual leave plus 8 bank holidays, regardless of service — plus your birthday off to celebrate!
• Opportunity to buy and sell up to 5 days annual leave per year.
• Added to our free health scheme from day one, including discounts on dental, opticians, massages, and more - with the option to upgrade.
• 3 volunteer days per year to support the Help for Heroes community.
• A generous salary sacrifice pension scheme with an 8% employer contribution and a minimum 3% employee contribution, plus life insurance up to 4× salary as an active member.

Closing date: 23rd August 2026

Interview Process: Two stage process with an initial competency based interview and second round stage involving a task.

First round interviews to be held in person or via Teams 4th/7th/8th or 9th September.

Second Round in person 16th or 22nd September.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high number of strong applications.

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and welcome applications from all backgrounds.

Are you a bold and courageous marketing leader passionate about using your strategic talents to help ensure everyone can know Jesus through the Bible?

Wycliffe Bible Translators exists so everyone can know Jesus through the Bible, yet one in five people worldwide still cannot access Scripture in a language they understand. We are accelerating rapidly, with active donors up 24% and new donors up 63% on last year. This enables us to support more Bible translators, transforming local communities. To expand this impact, we have set an ambitious goal to grow our donor base from 6,000 to 27,000 by 2032.We are making bold, long-term investments in top-of-funnel marketing today to make fundraising easier tomorrow.

In this new Director of Marketing role, you will lead us to invest significant resources with courage and conviction – spending money on top-of-funnel marketing today to make fundraising easier tomorrow. You will bring a campaign mindset, emotional excellence, and exquisite storytelling to move audiences to act. You will help us connect with new audiences in a deeply personal way to drive growth.  If you want to deploy your skills to help say ‘Yes!’ to supporting more translators, we would love to hear from you.

• Salary: £70,000-75,000 + benefits
• Location: Home based or the option of a desk at our office in Oxford
• Terms of appointment: Full-time (37.5 hours per week). Permanent
• Closing date: Friday 21 August at 9am
• Interview date: Interviews will be held in Birmingham on Wednesday 2 September

Key responsibilities:

• Accelerate donor acquisition to grow our donor base from 6,000 to 27,000 people by 2032, with a focus on regular giving
• Make Wycliffe an easier charity to support by making our cause visible, emotive and trusted in the spaces where our audiences are
• Bring a campaign mindset to Wycliffe, marrying deep audience insights with emotional excellence and exquisite storytelling to deliver disciplined, high-impact messaging at scale
• Lead and empower a talented team and collaborate closely with colleagues to deliver high performance

Benefits include:

• 33 days’ annual leave, including bank holidays
• Up to 5 days’ extra leave to serve on the Board of an external organisation
• Competitive contributory pension scheme
• Employer pension contributions up to 7.5%
• Fully employer-funded life assurance
• 24/7 employee assistance programme for emotional and practical support
• Family-friendly employer
• Monthly in-person team days in Oxfordshire or the Chilterns (expenses covered)
• Hot-desking facility at Oxford office
• Fully paid-for professional development opportunities.

It is an occupational requirement of this role that you have a clear, personal commitment to the beliefs set out in our Statement of Faith and Doctrinal Position Statement.

To apply, visit our careers site and complete the short online application, attaching your CV and a covering letter (no more than two pages) summarising why you’re applying, how you meet the person specification, and telling us about your personal Christian journey and church involvement.

About us

NCT is the national charity for pregnancy, birth, infant feeding and early parenthood.

Our vision is simple: a society where everyone who becomes a parent feels confident, connected and safe.

Through our For Every Parent strategy, we're working to make that vision a reality. We support parents with trusted information, practical help, local communities and a stronger voice in the issues that matter to families.

For 70 years, we've been by parents' sides through the excitement, uncertainty, wonder and challenges of becoming a parent. Today, our volunteers contribute more than 70,000 hours of community service each year, helping parents build friendships, find support and feel less alone.

We educate and empower parents with evidence-based information and support. We advocate and act by listening to parents' experiences, raising their voices and campaigning for change. No judgement. No exceptions.

About the role

We're looking for a Content & Social Media Manager to lead NCT’s content production and social media activity, helping us connect with new and expectant parents through engaging, audience-focused content across our wide range of channels.

You'll be comfortable leading the Content Studio and developing high-quality content across video, email, web and other assets, while also taking ownership to manage NCT's social media channels, building engagement and identifying opportunities to jump on trends.

Working closely with colleagues across Marketing, Communications and Fundraising & Strategic Partnerships, you'll help bring marketing campaigns to life, support income-generating partnership activity and strengthen NCT's brand to ensure parents continue to see us as a trusted source of support throughout pregnancy and early parenthood.

You’ll work alongside and coach a Content & Social Media Officer, and enjoy blending hands-on delivery with strategic thinking. You’ll thrive in a fast-paced environment where one day you might be developing assets and writing copy for a major campaign launch in a

few weeks, and the next you’ll be producing social-first content reacting to a political announcement that day.

The role will include:

• Leading on the development and creation of engaging content across a range of channels including social, email, web, video and other campaign assets.
• Producing compelling copy, visual assets and short-from video content that reflect NCT's tone of voice and brand messaging.
• Managing NCT's social media channels, including Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and TikTok.
• Planning and coordinating social activity in line with campaign and organisational priorities, as well as identifying and acting on reactive and real-time opportunities.Leading day-to-day operation of Content Studio and working collaboratively with teams across Marketing, Communications and Fundraising to hit deadlines.
• Using data and insights to continuously improve content performance and audience engagement.
• Supporting and coaching a Content & Social Media Officer.

About you

We're looking for an experienced content and social media professional who is just as comfortable creating engaging content as they are managing social channels.

You'll have a proven track record of producing high-quality content across a range of channels and be confident taking a project from initial idea and brief through to delivery. Whether you're writing copy, creating an infographic or spotting a reactive content opportunity, you'll know how to create content that resonates with audiences and supports organisational goals.

You'll bring hands-on experience and strategic thinking when it comes to managing social media accounts for a brand, charity or values-led organisation, along with a strong understanding of what works across different platforms. You'll enjoy working at pace, balancing BAU activity with reactive comms, and using data and insight to continually improve your work.

We're looking for someone who is creative, proactive and collaborative, with excellent attention to detail and a passion for our sector. You'll be excited by the opportunity to take ownership of a role that combines two of your passions, with the autonomy to shape, deliver and continuously improve NCT's marketing.

You’ll bring:

• Significant, relevant experience developing and creating engaging content across multiple channels, including social, web, email and video.
• Strong experience managing social media channels for a brand, charity or values-led organisation, including planning and publishing.
• Excellent copywriting, editing and content production skills, with experience designing visuals and creating video content.
• Experience taking ownership of projects from brief to delivery, managing multiple priorities and working to deadlines.
• A strong understanding of social media platforms, trends, audience engagement and content best practice.
• Strong organisational and communication skills.
• A creative, proactive and collaborative approach, with excellent attention to detail and the flexibility to respond to reactive opportunities when needed.

Our Benefits – What we offer you

We value our team and offer fantastic benefits to support your well-being and professional growth:

• 30 days annual leave (excluding Bank Holidays)
• Pension matched up to 5%
• Flexible working options to suite your lifestyle
• Employee Assistance Programme, including 24/7 GP access, personalised counselling, legal advice and more
• Cycle to work scheme to support sustainable commuting
• Life Assurance for peace of mind
• Free eye test for all staff, with further discounts
• Blue Light discount card

At NCT, we’re committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workforce. If you need reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process or within your role, please let us know—we’re here to support you. Ready to make a difference? Apply now and be part of something truly special.

Please note that applicants must have the right to work in the UK to be considered for this position.

About Us

NCT is the national charity for pregnancy, birth, infant feeding and early parenthood. 

Our vision is simple: a society where everyone who becomes a parent feels confident, connected and safe. 

Through our For Every Parent strategy, we're working to make that vision a reality. We support parents with trusted information, practical help, local communities and a stronger voice in the issues that matter to families. 

For 70 years, we've been by parents' sides through the excitement, uncertainty, wonder and challenges of becoming a parent. Today, our volunteers contribute more than 70,000 hours of community service each year, helping parents build friendships, find support and feel less alone. 

We educate and empower parents with evidence-based information and support. We advocate and act by listening to parents' experiences, raising their voices and campaigning for change. No judgement. No exceptions. 

About the role 

This is an exciting opportunity to lead NCT’s marketing through an important period of growth, change and brand development, joining us for a 12 month fixed-term contract to cover maternity leave. 

As Head of Marketing, you’ll lead our integrated marketing function, with a clear focus on driving income growth, particularly through course bookings, strengthening how parents see and experience NCT, and supporting wider revenue generation through partnerships. 

You’ll bring together brand, content, campaigns and performance marketing so that our activity is more coordinated, audience-led and commercially focused. Working closely with colleagues across Parent Services, Fundraising, Digital Product and the wider organisation, you’ll make sure marketing plans are clearly connected to the outcomes that matter - from first awareness through to booking a course and beyond. 

You’ll also play a key role leading NCT’s Content Studio: a central in-house function designed to deliver high-quality, consistent and effective content across our website, social media, email, campaigns and other channels.

This is a senior leadership role for someone who can balance strategic thinking with practical delivery, brand building with commercial performance, and creativity with clear measurement and accountability. 

Your role will include: 

• Leading a commercially focused marketing strategy that drives course bookings, supports partnership income and strengthens NCT’s visibility with parents. 
• Setting clear campaign cycles and making sure paid, owned and earned channels work together as a coordinated system. 
• Acting as guardian of NCT’s brand, ensuring clarity, consistency and integrity across marketing, communications and wider organisational activity. 
• Leading NCT’s Content Studio, making sure content is high quality, accessible, audience-led and aligned with our brand, messaging and tone of voice.
• Overseeing marketing performance, including paid media, agency relationships, campaign KPIs, budget management and reporting. 
• Using insight, performance data, brand tracking and parent feedback to improve marketing activity and support better decisions. 
• Building strong relationships across NCT, helping teams work together effectively and reducing silos around shared priorities.
• Leading and developing your team with clarity, trust and clear expectations, creating the conditions for people to do their best work. 
• Supporting a culture of inclusive, values-led leadership where fairness, accessibility, collaboration and trust are reflected in how decisions are made and work is delivered. 

About you 

You’ll be a strategic, commercially minded marketing leader who understands how to turn insight into action and activity into measurable results. 

You’ll be confident leading integrated campaigns, managing budgets and using performance data to make decisions. You’ll understand how brand, content, audience insight, digital channels and commercial outcomes connect, and you’ll be able to bring those elements together in a clear, focused and practical way. 

You’ll also be someone who can create pace without creating confusion. You’ll set direction clearly, help people prioritise, and give teams the confidence to move forward. You won’t wait for everything to be perfect before making progress, but you’ll have the judgement to know where quality, consistency and risk need careful attention. 

Alongside this, you’ll be a collaborative and inclusive leader who enjoys working across an organisation, building strong relationships and helping others see how marketing can support shared goals. 

You’ll bring: 

• Experience of leading integrated marketing activity that supports income growth, customer acquisition or commercial performance. 
• Strong understanding of brand, content, campaigns and channel planning, including how different channels work together. 
• Confidence using data, insight and performance reporting to shape strategy and improve activity. 
• Experience managing budgets, forecasting spend, and making decisions about return on investment. 
• Strong judgement, with the ability to balance brand building, income performance, audience needs and organisational priorities. 
• The ability to lead teams through delegation, coaching and clear decision-making.
• A proactive, improvement-focused approach, with confidence introducing new ways of working and helping teams become more forward-looking.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement skills and the ability to work well across boundaries.
• Strong emotional intelligence, resilience and judgement, particularly when working through change or ambiguity.
• A commitment to NCT’s purpose, values and ambition to be there for every parent. 

Our Benefits – What we offer you 

We value our team and offer fantastic benefits to support your well-being and professional growth: 

• 30 days annual leave (excluding Bank Holidays) 
• Pension matched up to 5% 
• Flexible working options to suite your lifestyle
• Employee Assistance Programme, including 24/7 GP access, personalised counselling, legal advice and more 
• Cycle to work scheme to support sustainable commuting 
• Life Assurance for peace of mind 
• Free eye test for all staff, with further discounts 
• Blue Light discount card

At NCT, we’re committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workforce. If you need reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process or within your role, please let us know—we’re here to support you.Ready to make a difference? Apply now and be part of something truly special. 

Mary’s Meals is a global movement supported by people from all walks of life and we are focused on one goal – that every child receives a nutritious daily meal in a place of education. We offer more than just a career, we offer the opportunity to support our global movement in a dynamic and inclusive environment with a real focus on personal development.

The Acquisition Marketing Manager attracts new UK supporters and generates income for Mary’s Meals’ school meals programme through effective and inspiring marketing across online and offline channels. This is a fast paced and hands on role for someone who loves to collaborate, problem solve and drive growth while keeping focused on our mission to feed hungry children. 

The role primarily raises income (but also awareness) through multi-channel marketing activity with a clear focus on maximising ROI and delivering supporter growth at scale. The focus of the role is on online marketing opportunities and includes managing our organic and paid social channels, overseeing social media influencer strategy and identifying emerging digital channels. The Manager works closely with the Mary’s Meals International team and its agency to deliver Google and Bing Paid Search, Google Grant, Display, and YouTube.

The role will also identify and manage the most effective offline marketing opportunities to maximise ROI from small budgets and pro bono opportunities, such as TV, Radio and OOH advertising. The Manager will ensure online and offline marketing opportunities complement each other (and link seamlessly to our retention strategies) as part of an integrated multi-channel marketing strategy.

Keeping our values led approach at the central focus is essential as is harnessing technology and good fundraising practice. We believe that how we do things is just as important as the end results.

The Acquisition Marketing Manager works side-by-side with colleagues from across the Supporter Experience and Communications directorate, ensuring a joined-up approach to all communications activities, through the integration of strong storytelling, marketing expertise and supporter engagement. The role has line management responsibility for the Acquisition Marketing Officer.

Key responsibilities include

• Ensure Mary’s Meals’ mission remains central to all Acquisition Marketing work.
• Work in ways which embody the team’s culture of empowerment, innovation and collaboration ensuring that Mary’s Meals’ values remain central.
• Direct line management of the Acquisition Marketing Officer and volunteers as required.
• Manage agencies and freelancers as required.
• Ensure activities follow fundraising and data regulations, and marketing best practice.
• Contribute to the creation of fundraising and awareness raising campaigns that build support for our vision including being part of cross-organisation project groups.
• Develop and execute a results-driven digital marketing strategy focused on income generation, conversion, and lifetime supporter value.
• Identify, manage and deliver media buying opportunities, ensuring that there is a strong creative execution, measurable ROI and cost-effective impact.
• Identify opportunities for pro bono media partnerships and manage relationships with agencies and external partners.
• Build performance-driven channel plans across, organic and paid social media channels such as Meta.  
• Utilise audience insights and data to ensure all activities are effectively targeted and evaluated.
• Deliver multi-channel marketing campaign strategies making use of the full range of online and offline channels available to Mary’s Meals. Seeking out the most effective channels based on strong ROI results.  
• Set up manage, and optimise Meta Ads with a focus on return on ad spend (ROAS) and cost per acquisition (CPA).
• Support the Website Marketing Manager to help deliver, manage, and continuously optimise Paid Search campaigns on Google Ads, Google Grant, and Bing Ads with a focus on return on ad spend (ROAS) and cost per acquisition (CPA. Also be able to manage this work independently as required.
• Track and report on key income metrics using GA4, Meta Ads Manager, Power BI, GTM, and UTM tagging, with a focus on ROI, revenue per click, and conversion rates.
• Evaluate marketing campaigns and channel specific activities, sometimes as part of wider organisational activities.

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Role Purpose

Creates and produces distinctive visual content for Trussell, including photography, film, animation and short-form social content. Brings ideas from concept through filming, editing and delivery, helping supporters, partners and donors connect with our work and take action. Works hands-on across content creation and commissioning, alongside colleagues, food banks and external suppliers, to turn strong stories into impactful content for a range of audiences and channels.

This role is part of the Together with Trussell programme, the goal of which is to build stronger connections with our supporters, partners and donors in order to increase funding, campaigning, and other forms of support for our work. As a member of an enabling programme, this role is focused on the successful delivery of the Together with Trussell programme outcomes, which underpin and enable the outcomes of our 5 external programmes - together contributing to the fulfilment of our long-term vision of a UK without the need for food banks.

Key Responsibilities

· Create visual content
Creates, captures and edits high-quality photography, film, animation and short-form content that showcases Trussell and our food bank community. Takes ideas from brief through filming, edit and delivery, while commissioning specialist support where needed.

· Develop creative ideas and formats
Develops original visual ideas, compelling narratives and repeatable content formats for social media, web and supporter communications. Spots opportunities to make content more engaging, emotionally resonant and relevant for target audiences.

· Shape quality and bring the brand to life
Shapes edits and final assets with a strong visual eye, applying Trussell’s brand, tone, accessibility and channel needs. Balances consistency with fresh, audience-focused approaches that help content stand out.

· Lead creative projects and commissioning
Leads creative projects in house and with external suppliers, from concept, brief and storyboard through production, edit and delivery. Manages production schedules, budgets and approvals while protecting the quality and ambition of the creative work

· Share creative expertise
Works with teams and food banks to identify strong stories and content opportunities. Provides practical creative advice that helps colleagues develop audience-focused content and make the most of existing assets.

· Support creative systems and suppliers
Supports the Senior Creative Manager to maintain a strong roster of photography, film and animation suppliers. Works with the Library Officer to ensure content is stored, shared and reused effectively through the digital asset management system.

Person Specification

Core Knowledge

· Specialist film and photography production, including creative development, shooting, editing and post-production.

· Camera techniques, video post-production and Adobe editing software.

· A working knowledge of design, illustration, and animation software.

· Knowledge of mobile-first filming and editing approaches, including iPhone filming and tools such as CapCut or in-app editing

· Understanding of how different platforms, formats and audience behaviours shape visual storytelling.

· Understanding of accessibility standards for visual content, including captions, subtitles, alt text prompts and plain English

Essential Skills

· A creatively curious storyteller, able to generate original ideas and build compelling, emotive narratives for different audiences and channels, including short-form and mobile-first content.Strong visual judgement, with skill in turning complex subjects into clear, human and visually engaging content. Confident using strong hooks, captions, on-screen text and accessible formats.Confidence to test fresh ideas, spot emerging content approaches and make sound creative choices while protecting dignity, accuracy and trust.

· Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines, including planning and scheduling priorities to manage resources and deliverables responsibly.

· Skilled in engaging internal and external stakeholders collaboratively and appropriately in creative projects using effective communication and negotiation.

Key Experience

· Experience developing original visual content for long and short-form formats across website, social media and supporter communications.Experience taking content from first idea through filming, editing and final delivery.

· Creative project planning and execution, including brief development, storyboarding, review and edit process stages.

· Identifying audience-focused creative approaches that meet strategic objectives and strengthen the brand.Experience of commissioning and managing external creative suppliers, including briefing and contract compliance.

· Experience repurposing content into different formats, including cutdowns, key moments, series content, captions and social-first edits.

· A portfolio or examples of work showing strong visual storytelling across a range of formats, audiences and creative approaches.

Special Requirements

Driving Licence

Role Purpose

To support the engagement and activation of key audiences to take action in support of ending the need for food banks. Responsible for delivering mobilisation opportunities and actions to new and existing supporters and driving meaningful change through action.

This role is part of the Together with Trussell programme, the goal of which is to build stronger connections with our supporters, partners and donors in order to increase funding, campaigning and other forms of support for our work. As a member of an enabling programme, this role is focused on the successful delivery of the Together with Trussell programme outcomes, which underpin and enable the outcomes of our 5 external programmes - together contributing to the fulfilment of our long term vision of a UK without the need for food banks.

Key Responsibilities

Audience engagement and supporter activation

Work with the Senior Audience Mobilisation Manager and Audience Mobilisation Manager to develop and deliver campaigning actions that recruit and inspire new supporters, deepen engagement with existing audiences and build widespread public support for our vision, while collaborating with the Email Marketing Manager and Supporter Data Manager to deliver engaging, insights driven activity aligned to our audience strategy and supporting audience retention.

Platform Management

· Build and manage actions on our external campaigns platform provider, collaborating with the platform provider agency to deliver impactful and engaging digital mobilisation journeys, leading on the system as super user.

Cross team collaboration

· Engage with project teams, audience leads and channel owners to deliver journeys and the content needed within them, as well as actions that engage campaigners through time, money, voice aligning content, messaging and audience touchpoints. 

Insight and evaluation

· Using internal and external data systems, collate and deliver monthly reports on audience engagement activity highlighting trends that provide insights to support the development of an impactful, insight led mobilisation strategy and campaigner audience stewardship.

Line management

· Provide direction and support to the campaign engagement volunteer through weekly email briefs and quarterly volunteer check-ins.

Person Specification

Core Knowledge

· Proven experience of supporting the delivery of engagement campaigns.

· Experience of using a web-based action platform and analytics tools.

· An understanding of GDPR and data protection.

· Ability to project manage, develop timelines and drive forwards project delivery.

Essential Skills

· Strong communication skills, both verbal and written for internal and external audiences.

· Works collaboratively across teams

·  Experience of working with platforms used to engage supporters e.g. CRM systems, action platformsRole models inclusive behaviours and values

· Time management and prioritisation skill

· Proficient copywriting

Key Experience

· Delivering projects with multiple stakeholders

· Creating reports for digital activity

Role Purpose

Supports delivery of our email and CRM marketing strategy, bringing the story of Trussell and our community of food banks to life through insight-led communications.  Working alongside the Email & CRM Marketing Manager and collaborate with insight, fundraising, mobilising and wider programme teams to build and deliver highly engaging communications and journeys.

Key Responsibilities

Email design and delivery

· Support the Email Marketing and CRM Manager in designing and delivering insight‑led, data‑driven email campaigns and supporter journeys that strengthen engagement and drive activity that delivers programme goals.

Journey and automation delivery

· Work with teams across the organisation to build and deliver email journeys and automated workflows for a range of audiences, supporting effective CRM campaign delivery and driving stronger audience engagement.

Analysis and reporting

· Support the analysis and reporting of email performance, working with Insight, Supporter Data teams and audience owners to identify trends, evaluate effectiveness, and implement improvements.

Segmentation and data management

· Aid with the creation and management of audience segments and data models to support our audience strategy and ensure relevant and timely communications.

Testing and optimisation

· Collaborate with teams to design and deliver testing and optimisation tactics to drive email and journey performance, embedding a culture of testing and learning to drive continuous improvement.

Copywriting and content

· Create highly engaging copy and content for email and CRM marketing activity and acting as internal consultant to teams developing email content, ensuring alignment to our brand and in line with email best practice and continual skilling up of content providers.

Person Specification

Core Knowledge

• Experience of delivering audience-focused and accessible email and CRM communications

• Understanding of CRM systems and marketing automation platforms.  Some knowledge of Salesforce and Marketing Cloud would be an advantage

• Understanding of the laws and regulations around email marketing, including the Data Protection Act and UK GDPR

Essential Skills

• Detail oriented and highly organised

• Excellent prioritisation and time management, capable of managing multiple campaigns simultaneously

• Knowledge of email marketing metrics and experience analysing metrics and reporting

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, particularly email copy best practice

• Stakeholder management and influencing skills

Key Experience

· Passionate about delivering excellent supporter experiences

· Highly collaborative and able to operate in a multi-stakeholder environment

· Demonstrates a commitment to the values of Trussell

· Demonstrates empathy for people from disadvantaged, marginalised or socially-excluded backgrounds

· Ability to think tactically, identify opportunities for improvement and act on them

Ready to shape how thousands of fundraisers learn, connect and grow?

Charity People is proud to be partnering with Fundraising Everywhere on the search for a new Email Marketing Manager. Fundraising Everywhere believes every fundraiser deserves access to learning, support and community, no matter where they are in their career.

Salary: £37,000 / €44,200 per annum, depending on location
Location: Fully remote, UK or Ireland, with occasional travel for team meetings and sector events. This will be around twice per year and travel will be paid by the organisation.
Contract: Permanent, 30 hours per week, worked flexibly between 7am-7pm UK/Ireland time

Closing date: 11.30pm on Thursday 6th August 
First round interviews: 19th and 20th August
Second round interviews: 26th and 27th August

More about Fundraising Everywhere:
Fundraising Everywhere exist to make professional development accessible, affordable and genuinely useful, helping fundraisers build the skills, confidence and connections they need to create lasting impact. Through virtual conferences, workshops, webinars and membership, the organisation supports a thriving community of more than 20,000 fundraisers across the UK, Ireland and beyond.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a purpose-driven organisation that is reshaping how the charity sector learns and develops. As Email Marketing Manager, you'll play a central role in helping Fundraising Everywhere grow its reach, deepen engagement and strengthen member retention through its most important marketing channel.

What you'll do:
We're looking for an experienced email marketer to take ownership of Fundraising Everywhere's email strategy from end to end. You'll shape how audiences discover events, engage with content and become long-term members of the community.

Your work will include:

• Leading email strategy across acquisition, conversion and retention
• Building and optimising customer journeys, automations and nurture sequences
• Using segmentation, testing and analytics to improve engagement and performance
• Managing partner and sponsored email campaigns with care and commercial awareness
• Working collaboratively across marketing, customer experience and membership teams
• Using data and insight to recommend improvements and spot new opportunities

What we're looking for
We'd love to hear from someone who combines strategic thinking with strong hands-on delivery. You'll likely bring:

• Strong experience in email marketing, automation and segmentation, ideally using Mailchimp
• A proven track record of building high-performing email journeys and conversion funnels
• Confidence analysing campaign performance and translating insight into action
• Strong communication skills and excellent attention to detail
• A collaborative, proactive and organised approach to work
• Experience managing internal and external stakeholders, including partners or sponsors

You don't need experience in virtual events to succeed in this role. What matters most is curiosity, adaptability and a genuine passion for creating meaningful audience experiences.

What can they offer in return?
Fundraising Everywhere is committed to building a culture where people can do meaningful work sustainably and continue to grow professionally. Benefits include:

• Flexible, fully remote working
• 21 days annual leave plus UK bank holidays
• Christmas shutdown
• Training and professional development budget
• Health insurance
• Innovation budget for testing and learning
• Sabbatical leave for long-term staff
• Direct support and learning from the co-founders

If you're excited by the opportunity to use your marketing expertise to support the people helping change the world, we'd love to hear from you.

To apply
Charity People is the chosen recruitment partner for this appointment. All you need to do is send a copy of your CV to Alice at Charity People in the first instance. We'll then be in touch with full application details if your experience is a strong match.

Charity People is a forward thinking, inclusive organisation that actively and deliberately promotes equity, diversity and inclusion. We know organisations thrive when inclusion is at the forefront. We evidence our commitment by matching charity needs with the skills and experience of candidates irrespective of background e.g. age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we believe that greater diversity leads to greater results for the charities we work with.

Charity People is delighted to be partnering with National Deaf Children's Society to recruit a Brand and Partnerships Marketing Manager.

About the National Deaf Children's Society

The National Deaf Children's Society is the charity for deaf children with any level of hearing loss. They believe in a world where anything is possible for deaf children and they work to make sure nothing holds them back.
Whatever the question or challenge, the charity helps find a way through them. They support families to connect, build confidence and drive change in their communities. They campaign so deaf children get the support and services they need. They're here to make sure deaf children grow up in a world that understands deafness while also making sure that services for deaf children meet their needs and that they get the right support from the start.

Contract: Permanent role working five days per week
Salary: £42,059 to £46,000
Location: Home-based, remote role
Closing date for applications: 9am on Friday 31st July
Interviews: First stage interviews will be held remotely during the week commencing 10th August, with second round the following week

The Brand and Partnerships Marketing Manager will support the organisation in reaching even more deaf children and their families with compelling and exciting marketing and campaigns. With a refreshed brand in place, it's time to show how nothing holds deaf children back and anything is possible in memorable and impactful ways.

Core responsibilities within the role will include:

• Act as brand guardian to keep the organisation on track and aligned with new brand and values.
• Collaborate on exciting new brand partnerships including with strategic partners of the organisation
• Develop and support integrated marketing campaigns to support our work especially in the community

We would love to see applications from candidates with the following skills and experience:

• Strategic thinking, with a proven track record of working across teams and departments to deliver high-profile projects
• Significant experience of brand and partnership marketing within a similar organisation
• Proven experience of delivering integrated, brand marketing campaigns and translating brand positioning into content that inspires engagement
• Proven ability to create and implement an effective brand marketing strategy
• Ability to understand complex ideas and develop creative marketing solutions in a clear and accessible way for different audiences using a range of channels and digital tools
• Strong digital skills

If you're interested in hearing more about this opportunity, please send your CV to Alice at Charity People in the first instance. 

Charity People is a forward thinking, inclusive organisation that actively and deliberately promotes equity, diversity and inclusion. We know organisations thrive when inclusion is at the forefront. We evidence our commitment by matching charity needs with the skills and experience of candidates irrespective of background e.g. age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we believe that greater diversity leads to greater results for the charities we work with.

The Belay Foundation supports adoptive, kinship and special guardianship families raising children who have experienced early developmental trauma, often alongside neurodiversity. Founded in 2020 from lived experience, Belay offers something many families struggle to find elsewhere: practical, in-home support and expert guidance that’s genuinely trauma-responsive, delivered by people who understand what these families are living through.

This is an exciting opportunity to join us at a pivotal stage in our development. Over the past year, we have strengthened our services, systems and organisational foundations and developed ambitious plans for the future. As we continue to grow our reach and impact, we're looking for an experienced Communications and Engagement Manager to help tell our story, strengthen our profile and build meaningful relationships with the families, partners and supporters who make our work possible.

Working closely with our Chief Executive Officer, you'll lead our communications, marketing and stakeholder engagement activity, helping more families discover our services while supporting fundraising, partnerships and organisational growth. You'll also play a key role in embedding lived experience across our communications and engagement, ensuring the voices of families remain at the heart of everything we do.

This is a home-based role for two days per week (0.4 FTE), offering flexibility alongside the opportunity to shape a growing national charity. There may be potential to increase the hours over time, subject to funding, making this an exciting opportunity for someone who wants to grow with the organisation. This is a home‑based role, but applicants must be permanently based, and have the right to work, in the United Kingdom. For legal, tax, and operational reasons, we cannot consider applications from outside the UK.

If you're a creative and strategic communicator who enjoys building relationships, creating compelling content and using communications to drive social impact, we'd love to hear from you.

Please see the Candidate Application Pack for further details, including the full job description and the application/ interview process.

The Communications Manager provides operational leadership for CLAPA's communications delivery, ensuring communications and marketing activity is effectively planned, prioritised and delivered in support of the charity's strategic objectives. 

Reporting to the Head of Communications and Marketing, the postholder is responsible for translating the communications strategy into coordinated day-to-day delivery. They will oversee the planning, scheduling and operational management of communications activity across the organisation, ensuring work is appropriately prioritised, resources are allocated effectively and projects are delivered to a consistently high standard. 

The role directly manages CLAPA's Communications Officers, embedding effective planning, briefing and workflow processes that enable the team to deliver proactive, creative and high-quality communications.

Acting as the primary operational lead for communications delivery, the postholder will ensure colleagues across CLAPA receive responsive, well-planned communications support while maintaining clear priorities and protecting the team's capacity to deliver its best work. 

If you think you have the talent, passion and experience to help us ensure we can always meet the needs of the community we serve, we want to hear from you.

We're interested in hearing from freelancers with different areas of expertise, including video production, video editing and motion graphics. Assignments will vary in scope and complexity, from filming interviews and events through to editing campaign videos and creating original motion graphics.

We'll match work to your skills and experience. This could include short pieces of work, larger projects or ongoing support, depending on business need.

This is a remote opportunity, although some assignments will require travel to filming locations across England. We work with freelancers on an ad hoc basis, with assignments agreed as and when required.

Scope of work

Depending on the assignment, freelancers may be asked to deliver outcomes such as:

• Planning and filming interviews, case studies and other location-based video content.

• Capturing high-quality footage, audio and lighting suitable for professional editing.

• Producing marketing and campaign videos for a range of audiences and channels.

• Filming events and capturing documentary-style footage and B-roll.

• Editing video content into polished, platform-ready outputs.

• Building compelling visual narratives using supplied or self-shot footage.

• Incorporating graphics, captions, music and sound design into edited videos.

• Creating motion graphics, animated explainers and title sequences.

• Developing more complex motion design concepts and animations for campaigns.

• Working from creative briefs while ensuring consistency with Oak's brand and visual identity.

• Delivering high-quality outputs within agreed timescales.

Experience and expertise

We're interested in hearing from freelancers who specialise in one or more of the areas stated and can demonstrate some or all of the following:

• Professional experience in video production, editing or motion graphics.

• The ability to interpret a creative brief and produce engaging visual content.

• Strong storytelling skills and an understanding of how to communicate ideas through video.

• Experience using professional production or editing software (for example Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects or equivalent).

• Excellent attention to detail and high production standards.

• The ability to manage projects independently and deliver to agreed deadlines.

• A collaborative approach and the ability to incorporate feedback effectively.

For filming assignments, we're particularly interested in freelancers who can demonstrate:

• Experience planning and leading location shoots.

• Confidence directing contributors and interviewees.

• Strong technical understanding of camera operation, lighting and audio capture.

• Access to professional filming equipment (this will not be supplied by Oak).

For more advanced editing and motion graphics commissions, we're particularly interested in freelancers who can demonstrate:

• Strong creative editing skills and narrative judgement.

• Experience creating original motion graphics and animation.

• Confidence developing visual concepts and storyboards.

• Advanced understanding of pacing, rhythm and visual storytelling.

Rates

Assignments will be offered at one of the following indicative rates, depending on the nature and complexity of the work:

• Senior Video Editor – £41 per hour

  • Editing narrative-driven video content

  • Producing polished, platform-ready outputs

  • Incorporating graphics, captions, music and sound design

• Video Producer – £45 per hour

  • Planning and filming interviews, case studies, marketing campaign videos and events

  • Directing contributors and managing location shoots

  • Capturing high-quality brand-driven footage, audio and lighting

• Motion Graphics Designer – £37 per hour

  • Creating animated social media assets and explainers

  • Producing title sequences and animated infographics

  • Applying and adapting existing brand assets through animation

• Senior Motion Graphics Designer – approximately £54 per hour

  • Developing creative motion concepts and storyboards

  • Producing complex motion graphics and campaign animations

  • Creating reusable animation systems and high-end visual content

The rate for each assignment will be agreed before work begins and will reflect the scope, complexity and level of expertise required.

Ways of working

Please note: By applying, you're expressing interest in joining Oak's pool of freelance graphic designers. Joining the pool does not guarantee that work will be offered, and each engagement will be agreed separately.

This engagement is offered on a self-employed basis. The appointed freelancer will have autonomy over how the work is delivered, working to agreed outcomes and timelines.

They will not be subject to traditional line management but will liaise with a named Oak contact to ensure alignment, share progress, and agree priorities across the engagement period.

Next steps

You’ll answer some questions – a few quick admin ones and two 'sift' ones. Your answers will go through our sifting process: all answers will be anonymised, randomised and then reviewed by a panel of reviewers.

If you are shortlisted, we’ll invite you to an interview remotely over Zoom. 

We are experiencing really good responses to our job adverts. This may lead us to closing the role early, so if you are considering applying, please get your application in early to avoid missing out.