Digital Marketing Specialist

Join the digital revolution!  

Are you a trailblazer in the world of Digital Marketing and communications? Do you thrive on pushing boundaries and challenging the status quo? If so, we’ve got an unmissable opportunity for you! 

We’re looking for a Digital Marketing Specialist to join our team on a 11-month fixed term contract. This is a great opportunity to showcase your creativity while helping to deliver our strategy for the website, social media and customer communications. 

Why you’ll love it here: 

Creative license: As our Digital Marketing Specialist, you’ll have the opportunity to really get creative. Your canvas? Our digital landscape! From our website to social media to customer reports and newsletters, you’ll have the opportunity to bring your creativity and our brand to life for our audiences.  

All things digital: You’ll have a varied to do list that covers keeping our digital channels fresh, working on our podcast, and collaborating with the team on campaigns that resonate. Plus, you’ll be the driving force behind the content you see on our social channels! 

Data-driven: Audience segmentation, insights, and laser-focused targeting – you’ll use these to personalise our digital communications and measure impact. 

All about collaboration: You won’t be a lone wolf. Our communications and brand team thrives on collaboration, so you’ll have a team who share your passion for all things comms with you. You’ll also work closely with colleagues across the business, offering first-class advice when it comes to our digital and customer communications. 

Already feel like this might be the role for you? Find out more in the attached role profile.  

A bit more about us: 

We’re not your run-of-the-mill housing provider. With nearly 20,000 homes we own and manage, we’ve got ambitious plans to disrupt the sector by overhauling the traditional customer service offer, building new homes that are truly future-proof and creating a very different colleague offer that gives our people the flexibility and freedom to do their best work.   

It’s a milestone year for us as we deliver the next phase of our business strategy and push forward with our aim to be the UK’s best housing provider. We really want to take our customers and stakeholders on the journey we’re taking and the improvements we’re making, and that’s where you come in!   

Who’re we looking for? 

We need someone like you—someone who’s not just ticking boxes but bringing their A-game to the table! Here’s how your skills could fit right in: 

• A solid understanding of social media strategy, audiences and measurement 
• Confident copywriter who can bring the Yorkshire Housing brand to life 
• A natural content creator for different social channels (organic and paid for content) that can engage our audiences, creating everything from short video clips to written social media posts 
• Experience in delivering creative multi-channel digital comms campaigns and measuring success 
• Experience in social media management 
• Can take initiative and suggest ideas for improving communications at Yorkshire Housing 
• Understanding of SEO 
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail  

What’s in it for you…  

A salary of £36,340.59 per annum, 25 days annual leave (rising annually to 30 days), plus bank holidays. 

We promote flexible working with our hub, home, roam approach and have a real focus on your development with a number of internal and external training opportunities. 

That’s not all - we offer a reward package to suit everyone. Make the most of a variety of retail discounts and take advantage of our pension scheme where we’ll match your contributions up to 9%, as well as claim back for prescriptions, massages and more with our healthcare cash plan, just to name a few. 

One of our biggest priorities is the wellbeing of our colleagues and you can make the most of our readily available wellbeing support package. This includes access to a library of free fitness classes, as well as an instant My GP service and free counselling sessions with a trained professional.  

The fine print   

We’re actively building a work environment that’s inclusive as well as diverse. We believe difference is what makes us stronger and recognise the importance of our teams reflecting the communities we serve, so we welcome and encourage candidates from all backgrounds for this role.   

If you need any additional support with your application, please us by email at recruitment@yorkshirehousing.co.uk.   

This is a fixed term contract for 11 months. The closing date for applications will be 24^th March 2024 – don’t wait to get your application in as the role may close early! 

If you’re applying for this role internally, remember to let your line manager know (it’s the right thing to do).