Hours Per Week:
6
Suitable for:
Students/Alumni
Can this job be completed remotely?
No
Location
London
Display Salary
£20.17/hr (including holiday pay)
Vacancy Type
Temp
Start Date
07 Sep 2026
End Date
07 Mar 2027
 

Job Description

Hours: 5–6 hours per week, flexible by agreement
Contract: 6 monthly with a possibility of extension
Location: Southwark/South East London; remote work with occasional site and event visits
Reports to: Director, working alongside a Marketing Mentor

Our client is a London-based environmental social enterprise working to create more space for wildlife across the city.

The organisation collaborates with local communities and partner organisations to transform highly urban spaces into wildlife-friendly environments. Its work promotes wildlife-friendly planting, low-carbon gardening and community-led nature recovery.

The organisation is entering an exciting phase of growth, expanding its work into additional London boroughs and building a small paid team to support delivery.

About the role

We are looking for a creative and reliable Social Media & Marketing Assistant to help raise the organisation’s profile and keep its digital content and marketing materials fresh, engaging and consistent.

You will work closely with the Director and a Marketing Mentor, translating wider marketing guidance into practical content and accessible communications.

Key responsibilities

  • Plan, create and schedule content for Instagram and LinkedIn.
  • Produce engaging posts, stories, reels, graphics and short-form videos.
  • Attend selected events and site visits to capture photographs, videos and stories.
  • Help document key projects and occasional high-profile horticultural events.
  • Coordinate with professional photographers when specialist coverage is required.
  • Maintain and update the organisation’s Squarespace website.
  • Adapt existing marketing templates and graphics originally created in Adobe InDesign.
  • Create user-friendly versions of materials that colleagues can update without specialist design software.
  • Maintain consistency across written and visual communications.
  • Help put the organisation’s wider marketing strategy into practice.
  • Organise digital assets so they can be easily accessed and reused.
  • Monitor basic engagement and identify successful content.

Personal Specification

Essential

  • Previous content-creation experience gained through professional, academic, voluntary or personal projects.
  • A good understanding of graphic-design principles and their application to social media content.
  • Confidence using Instagram and LinkedIn.
  • Basic photography and videography skills.
  • Experience maintaining a Squarespace or similar website.
  • Familiarity with content-creation and scheduling tools.
  • Ability to work within existing brand guidelines and design templates.
  • Strong written communication and attention to detail.
  • Ability to work independently and meet agreed deadlines.
  • A genuine interest in sustainability, urban greening and community engagement.
Desirable
  • Experience using Adobe InDesign or a willingness to learn.
  • Experience adapting InDesign materials into Canva, PowerPoint or another accessible format.
  • Understanding of social media analytics.
  • Experience supporting a social enterprise, charity, environmental initiative or community organisation.
Please apply with your CV and Portfolio
 
We are an equal opportunities employer and positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

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Due to high interest, we have limited the number of applications for this role.
This is a UAL Arts Temps role.

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