FREELANCER DESCRIPTION:

FREELANCE CONTENT & SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER

Reports to: Director
Fee: £20 per hour / £160 per day
Working Pattern: 3-6 days per month, flexible hours, Mon-Fri with occasional weekend / evening work
Contract type: 4 month contract
Start Date: 5 September 2022
Employer: Run Riot Enterprise
Place of Work: Remotely, with meet-ups at third-party locations


ORGANISATIONAL OVERVIEW

Run Riot was established in 2010, to be a quality brand championing creatives, and providing a peer-driven events recommendation service for culture fans. Run Riot is dedicated to enticing curiosity to discover and engage culture. We’re talking about live music, art, film, theatre, dance, club culture - and everything in between and beyond.

It’s a given, we set out to highlight niche, counterculture creatives in equal measure to established talent. Where possible we amplify the meeting point of arts, progressive contemporary culture and social movements.

Each week we invite a topical individual from the creative industries to be our Guest Editor. We interview them, and they recommend 4 culture events to our readers. The content is headlined on run-riot.com and promoted via our What’s On bulletin and social media. It’s simple. Our community love it.

On occasions, Run Riot has produced a print edition and live events. On a more regular basis, Run Riot works with its culture partners to highlight selected events.

Over the next 12 months Run Riot will be looking at ways to develop what we do, building a community of culture fans and industry insiders (from creatives to promoters). Together, we’re championing culture that engages, inspires and seduces. Come along with us...


ROLE OVERVIEW

This is a brand new position working alongside Run Riot's Director to grow the reputation and brand of Run Riot, positioning the company as an advocate for the arts, progressive culture, and exceptional producer of high-quality content.

You will lead with managing the listings and blog content for the website, and developing and running Run Riot's social media channels. The role requires a highly organised person who is excited about the chance to work on a project championing a broad church of creatives alongside our wider team of writers and partners, and create brilliant, innovative and creative social media content.


KEY OBJECTIVES

Lead on all aspects of creating website content for the Run Riot website, ensuring quality editorial and imagery are used - with the objective the brand is known as a trusted source for culture event recommendations and articles.

Lead on all aspects of Run Riot’s social media channels, championing the brand and ensuring Run Riot’s platform is a go to place for people interested and passionate about arts and culture


KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

CONTENT MANAGEMENT

- Lead with creating Listings content for the website, sourcing text and images, editing and formatting.

- Support with blog management, including uploading pre-written articles from our team of writers, culture partners, and wider network of collaborators.

- Support with promotions management, including co-ordinating our ticket offers.

- Support the Director and editorial network in reaching our weekly editorial targets, providing a strong selection of events for our community to select from.

SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGEMENT

- Create a dynamic social media strategy to achieve the role’s key objectives
- Oversee Run Riot’s social media channels, including:
- Being the champion for Run Riot’s social media channels and incorporating them into all aspects of Run Riot’s work
- Create regular engaging content to promote Run Riot’s content:
- Guest Editors
- Interviews
- Ticket competitions
- Recommendations
- Our partners culture tips

- Build Run Riot audiences across social media, keep abreast of future opportunities and platforms
- Create social assets in-house
- Curate interesting third party content across all platforms to further promote and engage audiences in Run Riot’s mission to entice curiosity to engage with culture
- Oversee social media analytics, feeding in regular findings to develop social media strategy
- Monitor Run Riot’s social media on a week to week basis and respond to messages
- Activate relevant digital influencers and online communities to extend the reach of Run Riot
- Support creating Run Riot newsletters and building subscriber numbers


PERSON SPECIFICATION

ESSENTIAL
- London based
- Interest in arts, culture and media, the work of Run Riot and a passion for amplifying the value of arts to everyone
- At least three years’ experience of marketing or content creation in an arts, entertainment, or media organisation, including creation of imaginative content across digital
- Experience working on social media accounts in a professional capacity, including developing a brand’s voice, running and managing campaigns
- A passion for social media content creation and interest in its potential to tell the story of Run Riot, and the value of arts and culture
- Creative skills and enjoyment in making assets, e.g. social media graphics and videos
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- High-level administrative skills, ideally from within a media, cultural, or entertainment sector environment
- High attention to detail and strong copywriting and proofreading skills for a variety of channels
- Good working knowledge of design process
- Experience writing high-quality copy for a variety of different audiences
- Exceptional organisational skills with an ability to prioritise competing deadlines
- Financially literate, with knowledge of basic budgeting tasks
- Excellent attention to detail
- Excellent people skills
- Positive attitude and a ‘can do’ approach
- Be committed to achieving high standards with the resources available
- Creative, innovative and solutions focused
- Excellent ICT skills including Word, Excel, Google Drive, Photoshop

DESIRABLE
- Experience using MailChimp (or other similar CRM systems)
- GDPR knowledge
- Experience of using Adobe products, including Photoshop and Premiere Pro
- Experience using a CMS system
- An interest in progressive culture and social movements through the lens of arts and culture

This job description is a guide to the nature of the work required, not an exhaustive list of duties. Run Riot may, at any time, allocate other tasks which are of a similar nature and level.

HOW TO APPLY

Please send a CV (or your LinkedIn profile, or equivalent) plus a covering letter (no more than two pages) or a video (no more than three minutes) outlining why you are a good candidate for the role to hello@run-riot.com by 10:00 AM on Thursday 25th August. Plus, please include 4-examples of 'culture' taking place in London during October which demonstrate your taste (please include a URL per event).

Interviews will take place in London w/c 29 August, with a view of the role starting w/c 5 September (or as soon as you can).