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    Editorial Assistant

    Role

    Editorial Assistant

    Location

     Soho Works 180 Strand, London

    Salary

    Dependent on level of experience; competitive vs. industry standard

    About Creativebrief:

    Creativebrief connects progressive brands and modern agencies; feeding curious minds and opening new doors. We help brands unlock commercial advantage through our marketing intelligence platform, a daily destination for accessible content, and our pitch consultancy which aims to modernise agency search.

    BITE, our editorial platform, explores new trends, boundary-pushing topics and creative work that is driving the industry forward. We aim to set a progressive industry agenda and are becoming an increasingly provocative, disruptive and modernising voice.  

     

    How we work with brands

    • Pitch consultancy service: we’ve helped some of the most ambitious brands find new agency partners to drive future success. Brands include Starbucks, Virgin Atlantic, HARIBO, Tommy Hilfiger, Moet Hennessy, Fever-Tree and many more.
    • Marketing intelligence platform: our platform helps brands stay curious to the wider industry around them, enabling greater levels of creativity, connections that open both doors and minds and ultimately greater commercial success.

     

    How we work with agencies

    We help agencies build fame and make connections that unlock long-term growth in a modern and dynamic way.

    • Consultancy & Development: by knowing an agency’s work, culture and ambition, we help them to cut through the noise in a hyper-competitive agency landscape.
    • Marketing & PR: our platform is an extension of an agency’s marketing strategy, enabling them to share their work, thinking and results with a highly engaged brand audience. Amplified through collaboration with BITE and our industry-renowned events.

     

    Commitment to DEI

    We value and respect all differences in all people (seen and unseen) and seek to provide an inclusive environment where people’s voices are heard and have equal access to contribute.

     

    Company benefits:

    • Private medical cover
    • Contributory pension scheme
    • Learning & development opportunities including access to incredible industry and partnership events
    • Office in vibrant central London area and hybrid working options

    Job Specification

     

    Editorial Assistant

    This is a vital role which is split between the BITE editorial team and providing general admin support to the wider business. 

    The Editorial Assistant is focused on supporting BITE’s industry leading daily trends, interviews and features. This role has a strong focus on digital platforms and the Editorial Assistant will be tasked with uploading content to our Content Management System, recording member agency mentions on Hubspot and updating our trend focused pinboards. 

    In addition, this role will include the opportunity to write articles about progressive industry work, created by our member agencies. 

    A split role this position also includes providing day-to-day admin and office management to the wider business. 

    The successful candidate will be highly organized, process driven, proactive and an excellent team player, with good communication skills and a passion for writing.

     

    BITE editorial support - uploading articles and supporting outreach to Creativebrief’s member agencies:

    • Uploading content to CMS system
    • Logging articles and outreach in HubSpot
    • Tagging articles and ensuring all articles are linked to member agency profiles where applicable
    • Tagging relevant articles when new agencies join Creativebrief
    • After uploading each article adding the article to relevant pinboards where applicable and creating and managing new pinboards on emerging themes
    • Liaising with the Account Management and Marketing Teams to manage pinboards and keep content up to date
    • Ensuring each article is tweeted out on the BITE Twitter and tagging member agencies where applicable
    • Liaising with the marketing team to support with social media output
    • PR outreach
    • Agency outreach 
    • Ad Hoc admin 
    • Quarterly content audits of member agency mention and types of article
    • Writing Hot Picks or Fuel Your Imagination work-focused articles 
    • Attending industry events 
    • SEO tasks associated with improving traffic to BITE and the wider platform
    • Subtitling YouTube videos to ensure accessibility 
    • Working with the Studio team and resizing images

     

    Wider business - team support:

    • Manage new starters/leavers – ensure all is coordinated with line managers

    • Manage SohoWorks relationship - meeting room bookings, passes, locker, any issues

    • Handle post, petty cash

    • Manage suppliers/contracts (e.g. Zoom, subscriptions)

    • Manage office phone line

    • Monitor general mailboxes (info, careers)

    • Lead social committee/manage social committee budget

    • Ad hoc admin/event support 

    • Knowledge Hub upkeep of some pages for onboarding etc (as part of working group)

    • Basic support for the CEO’s diary

       

    Key skills/requirements

    • Ideally experience working in a support role in a fast-paced office environment
    • Genuine interest and curiosity in advertising, marketing and agencies, with a drive to develop in the industry
    • Passion for writing and a genuine desire to make a difference to the Creativebrief platform
    • Possess a strong ‘can do’, positive attitude
    • Excellent organisational skills with a keen eye for detail
    • Ability to manage multiple tasks and requests
    • Fast learner who can manage upwards and be proactive in their approach to tasks and projects
    • Strong communications skills (written/spoken/telephone)
    • Effective time management and process driven
    • Good IT skills – Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint

     

    Please send a cover letter and CV to careers@creativebrief.com with ‘Editorial Assistant’ as the subject heading.

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