Marketing Design Officer
| Posting date: | 12 May 2025 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 June 2025 |
| Location: | Woking, Surrey, GU22 7QQ |
| Company: | Surrey County Council |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | SCC/TP/384782/2884_1747050143 |
Summary
This role has a starting salary of £29,697 per annum, based on a 36 hour working week.
This is a fixed-term contract for 12 months, with the expectation that the contract will be extended, subject to funding confirmation.
Rewards and Benefits
- 26 days' holiday (prorated for part time staff), rising to 28 days after 2 years' service and 30 days after 5 years' service
- Flexible working
- Option to buy up to 10 days of additional annual leave
- An extensive Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support health and wellbeing
- Up to 5 days of carer's leave per year
- Paternity, adoption and dependents leave
- A generous local government salary related pension
- Lifestyle discounts including gym, travel, shopping and many more
- 2 paid volunteering days per year
- Learning and development hub where you can access a wealth of resources
- Fun, friendly and supportive teammates, who will make you feel right at home from day one
Active Surrey
We are Active Surrey. We are one of 43 national Active Partnerships, who are funded by Sport England, to tackle inactivity which is driven by inequalities. We believe in the power of physical activity and the benefits it can offer: a mood booster, a confidence lifter, a social enhancer and a life extender!
Almost 1 in 2 of Surrey's kids aren't doing enough physical activity every week, which rises to 6 out of 10 children amongst lower-income families. In addition, 3 out of 10 Surrey adults aren't doing enough, rising to over 4 out of 10 amongst those earning less.
About the Role
In this role you will be part of our Marketing and Communications Team, creating and implementing compelling content plans, to directly help tackle inactivity and inequality in Surrey.
Reporting into the Marketing & Communications Lead, you'll be designing and creating marketing and communications content across multiple channels, and be part of the wider Marketing, Insight and Support Team. You will work very closely with the rest of the Active Surrey organisation, and with local and national partners including Sport England, Surrey County Council and the wider Active Partnerships network.
This is a highly varied job, and from one day to the next you could be building and implementing a marketing calendar and plan, coordinating content for the BBC or shooting and posting content! However, on a day to day basis you can expect to be involved in:
- Creating and delivering a range of Marketing & Communication content, including but not limited to: Social media channels, PR, Events, CRM, Long-from videos and reels, Photography, Website admin and development,
- Printed assets, including flyers, brochures and guides
- Crafting high quality copy for use across all communication channels
- Ensuring application and consistency of the Active Surrey brand guidelines and process, across all marketing and communication touchpoints
- Measuring the effectiveness of the communications strategy and plans, including monthly social media monitoring and reporting
- Building and maintaining strong relationships across all Active Surrey teams and stakeholders
- Being The Active Surrey Brand Guardian; creating, developing, advising and executing compelling and inspiring communication content which supports the Active Surrey Vision, Strategy and Business Plan
Shortlisting Criteria
To be considered for shortlisting for this position your CV and answers to the questions below will clearly evidence:
- Relevant degree or marketing qualification or a minimum 3 A Levels / Level 3 qualification, Maths and English GCSE (A*-C) / Functional Skills Level 2 or equivalent
- Some marketing experience which includes digital and print, social media and website content creation and execution, using Canva and InDesign
- A love of creativity, marketing and messaging, and its collective power to drive attitudes and behaviours
- Strong communication, design, copywriting, and interpersonal skills, with good attention to detail
- Proven experience of managing social media for an organisation, and experience using a social media scheduling tool such as Hootsuite
- Experience of effectively managing multiple and conflicting projects from start to finish
- Experience and enthusiasm for working with people and teams
- Passion and ambition to make a positive difference
Surrey has both urban and rural areas and as part of this role you will be expected to have a valid driving licence to drive in the UK, access to a vehicle and be willing to travel. Reasonable adjustments where needed will be made for successful applicants who have a disability or long term health condition to enable them to fulfil the requirements of the job.
As part of your application you will be asked to submit a CV and answer the following questions:
- Please tell us about your experience of running Social Media for an organisation, and across which channels.
- Please tell us what design experience you have, and which key software tools have you used.
- Please share your experience in capturing, creating and publishing the following content: 1.long-form videos 2.Reels 3.Photography
- Please share what experience you have in measuring the effectiveness of social media
The job advert closes at 23:59 on 15.06.2025 with interviews to follow.
Our Commitment
Surrey County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. A guaranteed interview will be offered to all disabled applicants where:
- The candidate has evidenced the minimum criteria for the role through their application
- The candidate has chosen to share that they have a disability on the application form
Our application form and onboarding process will provide an opportunity to request any reasonable adjustments for the interview and/or the role.
We want to be an inclusive and diverse employer reflecting the community we serve and particularly welcome applications from all underrepresented groups.