Job Description

Downtown is an independent retailer operating large department stores in Grantham and Boston, a major garden centre at our Grantham site adjacent to the A1, and an online business.

An extremely rare and exciting full-time (part-time considered for the right candidate) opportunity has arisen for a Marketing and Social Media Assistant to join our small friendly team as maternity leave cover.

Working closely with various sales teams and colleagues in the Marketing and Visual Merchandising teams, you will play a pivotal role in uploading and interacting with engaging content on our growing social media platforms, mainly Facebook, Instagram and TikTok.

The role will involve working at a variety of sponsored Downtown events, getting involved in activities and working with a range of products all with the aim of creating imagery and videos to edit, caption and post to socials, appealing to our target audiences.

To succeed in this fun and unique position you will preferably need:

A proven history of creating content, including editing and writing captions for posts to social media. The ability to communicate effectively with a wide variety of stakeholders to achieve your tasks. Marketing experience, preferably within retail. A good working level of literacy, spelling and grammar to be able to write social media posts and schedule them accurately.
Hours are somewhat negotiable but are likely to be worked over 5 days a week within our core 8.30am-5.30pm hours of work.

Our benefits package includes staff discount of up to 20% across all of our stores and subsidised food and drink. And as our staff trust holds 15% of our Company's shares, employees can also benefit from a share of the profits whenever dividends are paid to Shareholders.

Applicants should apply via the Indeed application process or please send a full CV and covering letter by post to Human Resources, Downtown Store Boston, Wyberton Chain Bridge, Boston, Lincolnshire, PE21 7NL, quoting job reference A0901.

Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 7 months

Benefits:

Company pension Employee discount On-site parking
Application question(s):

Are you of school leaving age or older, or are you within the next month? Please only reply 'Yes' or 'No'
Experience:

social media or marketing: 1 year (preferred)
Work Location: In person