Vacancy: Early Years Digital Content Co-ordinator

Job title: Early Years Digital Content Co-ordinator

Contract: Permanent. 4 days/28 hours per week.

Salary: £26,250 (£21,000 pro rata) – Grade 3

Closing date: Midnight on 25 August 2025

Location: The post is a hybrid role with regular attendance at the Scottish Book Trust office in Edinburgh required

Benefits

• Generous holiday allowance
• Employee pension contribution of 5% per annum
• Possibility of flexible working
• Life assurance scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle to Work scheme

About the job

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Key responsibilities

• Copywriting and editing content for a variety of different audiences across various platforms, e.g. booklists, articles
• Developing Early Years digital content (including creation of digital assets, social cards, writing/editing copy and making updates) with input from the Early Years team, and acting as digital liaison with the Marketing team
• Accompanying freelance filmmakers on shoots to ensure consistency of Early Years voice and style and assisting with edits and captioning for all in-house projects.
• Organising filming schedule to prioritise filming needs across the Early Years team
• Organising filming days including locations, participants (including young children and families), risk assessments, media permissions
• Planning Early Years social media including planning and executing Meta ad campaigns and responding creatively to new trends.
• Supporting partner organisations with advocacy work through social media and maintaining a consistent Early Years voice across all our platforms.
• Responding to Bookbug enquiries through social media accounts
• Working with the Head of Social and Digital Marketing to grow the Early Years reach and engagement on social media channels e.g. Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, adjusting and evaluating the performance of social media campaigns and researching new platforms
• Grow social media engagement with Early Years professional audiences, for example via LinkedIn, to promote training/learning opportunities
• Ensuring all Early Years digital content is accessible and inclusive
• Maintenance and recording of budget spending for Early Years filming and social media
• Co-ordinating monthly online competitions and prize-draws throughout the year e.g. for Bookbug Week and Book Week Scotland
• Using analytics to evaluate digital strategies and feed into progress reports for funders
• Attend Bookbug events to generate social media content
• Co-ordinate monthly families’ newsletter (writing copy, putting together in Mailchimp) to maximise opportunities for newsletter sign-up
• Collaborate with Digital Project Manager on content and scheduling for Bookbug app using CMS
• Representing the Early Years team on cross-organisational working groups for digital development, content planning and child protection

Knowledge, skills and experience

You will have:

• Significant experience of working across different social media platforms and an in-depth understanding of social media landscape and trends including digital accessibility and inclusivity
• Experienced writer and editor with the ability to adapt writing styles for different platforms and audiences
• Experience of scheduling and updating web content
• Ability to generate and present fresh ideas for social media and web content
• Experience of delivering multiple projects on time, responding quickly/effectively to changes
• Excellent digital social networking skills and ability to evaluate and analyse results
• Demonstrable experience of creating and editing content for websites using a CMS
• Experience of organising filming and editing footage
• Excellent IT skills including confidence in the use of Microsoft Office, design software, video editing software and familiarity with databases and information management
• Experience of building and maintaining internal and external relationships
• Strong interpersonal skills to work with families directly and engage through social media
• Ability to work in a team-focused, deadline-driven environment whilst also being able to self-motivate, organise and prioritise own workload
• Desirable experience of social media and digital content for Early Years audiences

Other information

• The post is a hybrid role with regular attendance at Scottish Book Trust offices in Edinburgh
• The post involves occasional travel within Scotland and out of office hours work from time to time including occasional evenings and weekends
• The post will involve working with young people therefore appointment will be conditional upon securing a PVG from Disclosure Scotland
• Flexible working options are available

How to apply

Step 1: Download and complete our application forms

We do not accept CVs. To apply for this role, please complete both part A and part B of our application form, uploading them as PDFs if possible.

Download application form part A

Download application form part B

Step 2: Upload your completed forms to our recruitment portal

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• Add your contact information.
• Click 'next' when you are ready to upload your documents.
• Add your title to the document page.
• Upload (or drag and drop) the files and click 'Upload' after each document.
• When both documents are uploaded, submit your application.

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