Marketing Assistant

Salary: £5,290 (£115/day for 46 days)

Open City Documentary Festival is looking for a Marketing Assistant to join their team for the 2024 edition of the festival.

About us

Open City Documentary Festival celebrates the art of non-fiction, creating an open space in London to nurture and champion the art of creative documentary and non-fiction filmmakers. The festival sits within the Department of Anthropology at UCL.

The fourteenth edition of the festival will take place from 24 – 30 April 2024.

Main purpose of the job

The Marketing Assistant will work with the Marketing Manager and Marketing Coordinator to deliver all promotional activities for the 2024 edition of the festival, including outreach, social media, content creation, and partnership engagement.

Additional details

The working days will be 3 days per week from w/c 12 Feb, 4 days per week from w/c 11 of March, and full time from w/c 22 April, with 1 day wrap-up after the festival. The position holder must be available to work the full dates of the festival 24 to 30 of April, including the weekend and flexible working hours will be required during the festival dates.

The position holder will need to provide their own laptop.

Dates summary:

w/c 12 Feb – w/e 5 May

• 3 days per week from w/c 12 of Feb – w/e 8 March
• 4 days per week from w/c 11 of March – w/e 19 April
• Full time from 22 April – 1 May (including festival dates)
• 1 day wrap-up after the festival

Duties and responsibilities

• Support with audience research, development, and outreach.
• Partake in the delivery of the digital communications strategy for the festival.
• Help in the creation, design and curation of content and copy in a range of formats for the festival owned and earned channels according to the strategy set out by the Marketing Manager.
• Provide marketing support throughout the festival period, responding to demands, helping with event setup, ensuring partners / sponsors obligations are fulfilled across venues, documenting events and posting live updates from festival screenings and industry events across social media channels.
• Update the website as required.
• Collate and analyse the data / stats from all digital marketing platforms, reporting back on the successes/lessons learnt in relation to digital communications campaigns.
• Implement the collection of audience research and impact evaluation.
• Help administer the signage of the festival in venues.
• Assist with press requests.
• Ensure all data stored is GDPR compliant.
• Assist with any communications related projects which arise as part of the work, on time and on budget.
• Any other duties that are within the scope, spirit and purpose of the job, as requested by the festival team.

Person specification

Essential criteria

• Demonstrable excellent copywriting and proofing skills (social media, email, and website)
• Proficiency in social media management (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter), newsletter creation (Mailchimp) and content management (WordPress)
• Track record of delivering effective and creative social media activities
• Experience producing digital communication campaigns, both organic and paid
• Experience of using design software such as Adobe Creative Suite
• Video-editing skills for social media
• Interest in non-fiction film and desire to engage with the festival programme

Desirable criteria

• Experience working in the creative sector
• Proficiency in content planning and scheduling tools (e.g. Later)
• Experience delivering ‘brand’ or ‘message’ awareness with outreach
• Good understanding of GDPR

Applications

As part of London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.

We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates currently underrepresented in UCL’s workforce and within the cultural sector. These include: people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds, disabled people and LGBTQ+ people,

To apply please complete this form and send a CV to marketing@opencitylondon.com with the subject line “2024 Marketing Assistant Application”.

Interviews will be held on 19 January.

The closing date for this position is 05/01/2024 at 17:00