Social Producer
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Job Description
Join our team at the Guardian and be a part of a diverse and inclusive global organisation that delivers fearless investigative journalism and holds power to account. Our team of award-winning journalists cutting-edge commercial professionals and industry-leading digital experts are committed to making a difference and represent a wide range of backgrounds and perspectives. We offer a challenging and exciting environment for career development with a focus on training growth and fostering an inclusive culture.
We are now looking for aSocial Producer (9 month FTC)to create and repurpose video photo text and graphics content for the Guardian across social media primarily focusing on TikTok and Instagram.
Primarily focusing on TikTok and Instagram - from the Lionesses at the Euros to hard hitting explainers - youll play an instrumental role in bringing our journalism to new audiences off-platform in creative and engaging ways. Examples of the teams work can be foundherehere&here.
About the Role
- As directed by the social platforms editor create written and visual content for our social platforms as required (primarily Instagram and Tiktok) with the aim of engaging and informing a global audience
- Contribute towards the planning production publishing and archiving of content across social channels
- Devise best practice visual style and tone of voice for social promotion posts and videos
- Ensure social posts adhere to the Guardians design and work within templates for easy execution across social platforms including the various dimensions for each format
- Monitor analyse and measure social engagement as required across all channels and optimise content (title images graphics and other metrics) in line with performance
- Keep up to date with the latest social media developments especially best practice off-platform
- Source and curate content with creation of user-generated content
About You
- Strong writing skills with a flair for summarising long complex information into engaging and concise copy
- Understanding of how to make text photos graphics and video work together visually on social media
- Experience working with major social media platforms underpinned by a nuanced understanding of each platforms unique ecosystem and how to optimise content performance for each platform
- Understanding of the specific needs of social media audiences
- Familiarity with content management systems and analytics of all major social media platforms
- Experience of producing and editing videos for social media from start to finish using Adobe Premiere.
- Experience working in a newsroom
- Ideally youll have a demonstrable ability to bring a diverse perspective to this role
We value and respect all differences (seen and unseen) in all people at the Guardian. We aspire to have inclusive working experiences and an environment that reflects the audience we serve where our people have equal access to career development opportunities their voices are heard and can contribute to our future. The Guardian actively encourages applications from BAME candidates. At the Guardian many of our staff work flexibly and we will consider all requests for flexible working arrangements.
We operate in a hybrid environment working 3 days a week from our offices in Kings Cross and 2 days a week remotely.
How to Apply
To apply please upload your latest CV and a cover letter which outlines why youd love to take on this role and why youre a great match for what were looking for.
The closing date for applications is17th August 2025.
All roles at the Guardian are open for everybody to apply. It is important to us that you feel supported and comfortable throughout your recruitment process in order to perform your best. Please let us know if there are any changes we could make to help your application this includes providing documents in accessible formats or personalising the process to better support your needs. Please contact Sean Brinkley on to discuss further so we can work with you to support you through your application.
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