SELECTION CRITERIA
POST:Website Digital Communications Officer
DEPARTMENT:Marketing and Communications
Essential Criteria / Desirable Criteria / How & WhenEducation / Qualification /
- Educated to degree level or proven extensive experience in a similar role
- Membership of a relevant professional body
- Diploma or other recognised digital marketing qualification
- Application Form
- Certificates
Skills / Abilities /
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
- Outstanding copywriting skills with specific focus on writing and editing web content
- Good editorial judgement
- Significant knowledge and understanding of websites
- Solid digital marketing skills with the ability to be creative and innovative
- Ability to film, edit and produce videos
- Good ability and use of HTML, CSS, web authoring tools and related software packages/image editing software (i.e. Adobe products)
- Ability to organise and prioritise work, work to set deadlines and within budget
- Ability to produce clear and concise written material for a range of audiences
- Ability to analyse and produce reports, spreadsheets and briefings
- Project Management
- User of WordPress
- Professional user of blogging platforms
- Mentoring and training of others
- Application Form
- Assessment Centre
- References
Experience /
- Experience of working in marketing, communications and/or PR
- Management and development of a large and complex website and its content (CMS)
- Proven track record in planning, managing and delivering digital marketing campaigns
- Management of a range of social networks in a work environment (Including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn)
- Ability to write storyboards for video production
- Production of videos using in-house facilities and external agencies
- Understanding and building SEO for websites
- Strong analytical skills and strong understanding of web and digital metrics, including Google Analytics reporting and analysis
- Executing and measuring effective email marketing campaigns
- Working within an integrated team
- Working to budgets
- Working with external agencies
- Design and exploitation of customer/supporter databases
- Creation, distribution and measuring of eNewsletters
- Writing for publications and/or marketing collateral
- Working with CRM systems, especially Raisers’ Edge.
- Experience of liaising with both technical and non-technical colleagues.
- Online advertising – Commissioning and designing Google Adwords, PPC and Facebook adverts
- Photography
- Use of Hootsuite or other social media scheduler
- Co-ordinating a network of digital screens via a digital signage management system
- Application Form
- Assessment Centre
- References
Knowledge /
- Effectiveness and efficiency of digital marketing communications approaches and techniques
- CRM techniques and systems
- Website content management systems
- Developments in new digital platforms
- Website accessibility standards and complying with these
- Knowledge of the hospice or hospice sector
- Knowledge of fundraising or the charity sector
- Profile of the geography, population and organisations in Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland
- Knowledge of data protection laws
- Application Form
- Interview
- Assessment Centre
- References
Motivation and personal attributes /
- Able to contribute towards LOROS’ values & behaviours
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to form good relationships at all levels and with a wide variety of external organisations
- Tactful and sensitive
- Confident and persuasive when providing advice
- Positive, self-motivated and committed to achieving results
- Creative and innovative
- Approachable and empathic
- Calm under pressure
- Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
- Accurate and attention to detail
- Self-motivated
- Flexibility which will include working outside of regular contracted hours
- Ability to work on own initiative and part of a team
- Willingness to use own vehicle for business purposes
- Application Form
- Interview
- Assessment Centre
- Presentation
- References