Digital Communications Manager (Maternity Cover)

The Ashmolean is offering an opportunity to join its Audiences and Online Engagement team to cover maternity leave for a period of approximately 12 months. The team champions an audience-focused approach across the Museum and is tasked with growing visitor engagement, loyalty and revenue. The Digital Communications Manager is a critical and exciting role, responsible for the management of the Museum’s social media channels, the design and delivery of regular email communications to a variety of audiences, providing training and guidance to Museum staff, and for digital promotion of our content and programme. You will be working on the communication of a wide range of campaigns and projects, to promote the activities of the Museum and strategic objectives around engagement, access, income and visitor engagement, and will regularly report on ROI and KPIs. This is a full-time, fixed-term (Maternity Cover) post for one year, working 37.5 hours per week. About you An outstanding communicator, you will also be creative, analytically-minded, comfortable with image and media editing, confident using a range of digital tools, including social media, and will have the ability to write in an engaging way. With experience in a communications or marketing role, you will have the creative and practical skills to turn innovative ideas into positive actions that will promote the activities of the Museum and increase online engagement and raise the profile of the Museum. The ideal candidate will have previous experience in a similar role. What We Offer As an employer, we genuinely care about our employees’ wellbeing and this is reflected in the range of benefits that we offer including: An excellent contributory pension scheme A comprehensive range of childcare services Family leave schemes Cycle loan scheme Discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans The University also runs an enormous amount of social groups and sports clubs for those looking for more than just a great place to work. More information is available at https://hr.admin.ox.ac.uk/staff-benefits Diversity Our staff and students come from all over the world, and we proudly promote a friendly and inclusive culture. Diversity is positively encouraged, through diverse groups and champions, as well as a number of family-friendly policies, such as the right to apply for flexible working and support for staff returning from periods of extended absence, for example shared parental leave How to apply You will be required to upload your CV and a supporting statement as part of your online application. Your supporting statement should list each of the essential and desirable selection criteria, as listed in the job description, and explain how you meet each one. General queries about the recruitment and application process should be directed to the Recruitment team within our Human Resources department (recruitment@ashmus.ox.ac.uk). Please discuss secondments with your line manager in the first instance, as you must have their agreement that you can be released for a secondment before you submit an application. Only applications received online before 12:00 midday (GMT/BST) on Tuesday 13 February 2024 can be considered. Interviews are expected to take place during the week commencing Monday 26 February 2024. *An automatic annual increment each year will be paid up to (and not including) the discretionary range within the University of Oxford’s grade 6 salary scale. Please do let us know if you require any more information. Many thanks for your assistance in advance.