Overall mission of Premier
To enable people to put their faith at the heart of daily life and to bring Christ to their communities.
Purpose of role
To take full responsibility for the online content of key brands, which include Premier Christianity (online) and Premier.org.uk. Working closely with the Senior Digital Editor to develop and deliver the content strategy for those brands, along with ad-hoc improvements to the site as those brands grow in depth and creativity. Work with the Senior Digital Editor to ensure that all content is created and distributed in both quality and quantity. Curate new content to a very high standard. Provide lead for content e-sends across the group, along with other marketing collateral that helps grow key brands.
Key tasks
Work with the Senior Digital Editor, Director of Content and Director of Marketing & Digital on the content email strategy.
Produce weekly e-sends – featuring the best of Premier’s content across the board.
Liaise with internal and external contributors to acquire and curate quality content (including video) to publish across key brands
Liaise with internal brand stakeholders on how their brands are represented online
Edit content and upload content via the content management system
Work with the Senior Digital Editor to create and deliver a digital content strategy for the brands you are responsible for
Monitor analytics to respond accordingly to trends online, including making effective editorial decisions
Work with other members of the digital team and the marketing team to maximize exposure for digital content, especially across brands
Post content to social media platforms and interact on behalf of your brands
Creation of content led emails, devotionals and newsletters
Qualifications and experience
Copy writing and editing to a very high standard
Creative writing, with a strong eye for telling a story
Disseminating media across a variety of platforms
Experience at producing video an advantage
A journalistic qualification or training is an advantage
Ability to manage and effectively prioritise a varied job list
Strong experience of using content management systems
Strong experience of creating email newsletters
Abilities and skills
Strong organisational and administrative skills
Professional written and verbal communication skills
Project management
Ability to work on own initiative
A good influencer with the ability and persistence to gain information from a variety of internal sources
Strong attention to detail
Personal qualities
High level of commitment and dedication.
Committed to continuous professional development
As you will be creating and publishing content with a Christian theme and advocacy, the ideal candidate would have a Christian faith from which to make key editorial decisions, including helping to steer their brands in a direction which supports the mission statement of the wider organization (A genuine Occupational Requirement under the Employment Equality (Religion and Belief) Regulation 2003 applies).
Company background information
Premier is the UK’s leading Christian media house. We broadcast Premier Christian Radio nationwide on DAB digital radio, Freeview and online as well as Premier Gospel on DAB radio in London and online. We also publish magazines serving the Christian community, including Premier Christianity, in print and digital editions, as well as Premier Youthwork and Premier Childrenswork.
Our websites have a combined average weekly traffic of around 40,000 visits and provide on demand audio and video. Premier Lifeline: the national Christian helpline is one of the UK’s top 10 helplines by number of calls. Premier is wholly owned by the charity Premier Christian Media Trust.
We work in a fast-moving and demanding multimedia office environment, changing and reacting to news and technology by the day.
We look for lively, high performance individuals who are dedicated, willing and flexible.
www.premier.org.uk
Hours of work: Full-time: 9:15am – 5:15pm (35 hours pw)
How to apply
Please send us:
A comprehensive CV
A completed Premier application form which can be found below in the ‘Supporting documents’ section.
To apply please send your CV and covering letter to cv@premier.org.uk