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Social Media and Marketing Assistant

Job details
Posting date: 11 February 2026
Salary: £28,000 to £30,000 per year
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 13 March 2026
Location: Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
Remote working: Hybrid - work remotely up to 4 days per week
Company: Fresh Start Recruitment
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 11100

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Summary

Ref 11100

Social Media and Marketing Assistant
Mansfield, Nottinghamshire (office or hybrid role)
c£30,000 DOE
Full time role 9am – 5pm or 8am - 4pm

We are supporting a local SME engineering company who have a current turnover of £2.5 million with the recruitment of a social media and marketing assistant, to help us grow our online presence and keep our marketing fresh, consistent, and engaging.

This role is perfect for someone who enjoys content creation, has a good eye for design, and can confidently handle everything from social posts to website updates and video editing.

Key Responsibilities for Social Media and Marketing Assistant

• Creating and scheduling social media content (Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc.)
• Writing engaging captions and marketing copy
• Updating and maintaining our website (basic edits, new pages, uploads) Editing short-form videos for social media (Reels, TikTok-style clips, etc.)
• Creating newsletters / email marketing campaigns
• Supporting general marketing tasks and campaigns
• Helping ensure branding stays consistent across all content

What we are Looking for in our social media and Marketing Assistant

• Strong written communication skills (confident and professional tone) Comfortable using Canva (or similar tools)
• Basic website editing experience (WordPress/Wix/Squarespace or similar) Video editing ability (Cap Cut, Adobe Premiere, iMovie, etc.)
• Organised, reliable, and able to work independently
• A creative eye and an interest in marketing trends
• Bonus Skills (Nice to Have) Photography / basic graphic design SEO knowledge
• Experience running paid ads (Meta/Google)
• Clean driving licence and car owner essential as you may need to visit client site for marketing purposes


Why Join Us?

• Friendly, supportive team
• Established and financially secure company
• Creative role with lots of variety

This vacancy is being advertised by Fresh Start Recruitment (UK) who are acting as an Employment Agency.
Due to the high volumes of applications, we are currently receiving, unfortunately we are only able to contact candidates who are successful in progressing to the next stage.
If you have not been contacted within 7 days of your application, then please presume that you have not been successful on this occasion.

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