Foreign & Commonwealth Office: Digital Producer (PT)

Digital Producer is needed in New York, United States.

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Client: Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Location: New York, United States

Contract: Part Time, Freelance

The Digital Producer will play an important role in digital content creation and producing live coverage of UK activity at the UN, using photography, video, graphics and high impact copy-writing. They will be responsible for disseminating daily press releases and statements to international media and updating the Mission’s webpage. There will be opportunities to lead on the communications strategy and planning for priority campaigns.

The successful candidate will have excellent copy writing, photography and graphic design skills; experience in day-to-day management of social media channels; and knowledge and interest in foreign policy.

Roles and responsibilities:

• Promote UK interests to UN-facing audience in New York, diplomatic capitals and UK by creating and implementing digital communications plans for UK government priorities and activities at the UN, including ministerial and other high-level visits and strategic communications campaigns.
• Manage and create content for our digital channels, including social media (Twitter and Instagram) and GOV.UK website, working with policy teams and others across the network.
• Proactively create, design and execute digital content and strategies for the channels, supporting UK priorities in a way that is relevant to audiences we are seeking to engage and influence.
• Work with UN contacts, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and other Government Departments in the UK on global initiatives and campaigns.
• Print and digital design work for projects like event invitations, signage, infographics, digital collateral for channels, etc. in accordance with HMG’s global brand guidelines.
• Act as in-house photographer, including editing, distribution, and archiving.
• Act as in-house videographer, including idea generation, direction, shooting, and editing.
• Occasional work with external partners to design and implement social campaigns.
• Lead on digital activities around high-profile ministerial and VIP visits and events.
• Assist the wider Communications team with, event ideation and execution, staffing events and ministerial visits, etc.

Essential qualifications, skills and experience

• Minimum of 2+ year’s relevant experience in in digital media and communications. Demonstrated social media platform management fluency.
• Strong technology proficiency and fluency within Adobe Creative Suite and familiarity working with content management systems.
• Experience photographing high profile events (both shooting and editing).
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to work independently as well as part of a larger team.
• Copy-writing skills (web articles, press releases, social media copy, etc.), with exceptional spelling, grammar and punctuation in alignment with style guidelines.
• A track record of designing or delivering proactive publicity activities to advance policy or other objectives.
• Ability to work flexibly and able to switch tasks and manage multiple projects as priorities dictate.

Desirable qualifications, skills and experience

• Ability and willingness to work well as part of a small team.
• A self-starter with strong organisational and problem solving skills.
• A track record of designing or delivering proactive publicity activities to advance policy or other objectives.
• Awareness of the UK Government’s work in the US, and the international priorities of the UK Government.
• Strong networking and interpersonal skills.
• Flexible, and able to switch tasks and manage multiple projects as priorities dictate.
• Ability and interest in attending and staffing occasional evening or weekend events and receptions.

Required behaviours

• Changing and Improving, Managing a Quality Service, Delivering at Pace, Communicating and Influencing, Working Together