Destination Chesterfield

REF NO. 2DC

Destination Chesterfield Content Creator

Ongoing (we close ongoing adverts once sufficient applications are received)

£25,000 per annum

Permanent, full time (35 hours per week)

Chesterfield with agile working. Additional travel may be required

Find out how to apply

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Overview

Why the post exists

Can you create engaging content? Are you passionate about promoting Chesterfield as a place to live, work, invest and visit? If so, you could be our next team member.

As the Content Creator, you will be a creative and organised individual with an excellent attention to detail. You will bring Destination Chesterfield’s marketing campaigns to life through words, video and imagery.

Destination Chesterfield are a public-private partnership, which promotes the borough of Chesterfield and is funded through support from local businesses known as Chesterfield Champions, Chesterfield Borough Council, East Midlands Combined County Authority and the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

Overview

Key areas of responsibility

  • Create quality content to promote Chesterfield to support the delivery of the Destination Chesterfield Strategy.
  • Identify the need for and either create or coordinate the production of written and visual content, including photography, video and graphics to support the delivery of the marketing activity of Destination Chesterfield and the development of the Chesterfield Brand.
  • Prepare media releases for Destination Chesterfield, including proposals for curation of content, targeting high-value media and extending Destination Chesterfield’s reach locally, regionally and nationally.
  • Storyboard, film and edit video content.
  • Plan, shoot and edit photography.
  • Management of the chesterfield.co.uk website, ensuring the site is on brand, up to date, has engaging, unique content and search engine optimisation is maximised.
  • To manage the Marketing Assistant and support the wider team with business, commercial events and Chesterfield Champions marketing activity as required.

Overview

Applicants will possess

  • Experience in creating PR and media content, developing relationships in the industry and gaining high-value reach locally, regionally and nationally.
  • Experience in managing a website and generating content.
  • Experience in planning, filming and editing video content for marketing campaigns.
  • Experience in taking and editing photography for marketing campaigns.
  • Experience in developing strong customer relationships and proactively meeting the needs of customers.

For more information please click here to view the job description and person specification.

Benefits

What you can expect in return

#1

25 days holiday plus bank holidays each year (pro rata for part time)

#2

8% employer contribution to pension scheme (non-contributory for employee)

#3

Wellbeing support including access to Westfield Health plan, Mental Health First Aiders, self help toolkits, discounts and more

#4

Your Birthday off plus an extra day of leave after 5 and 10 years' service

#5

Life assurance (death in service support scheme) for your beneficiaries

#6

Dress for the day policy and agile working practices (role dependent)

#7

Two CSR days to take per year (volunteering activity)

#8

Access to tax-free childcare and Bike2Work schemes

#9

Special leave for bereavement, compassionate leave & dependent related time off

#10

Learning and professional development opportunities

#11

Flexibility to take unpaid leave, paid study leave & special leave for territorial army

#12

Recognition and engagement schemes including our Our Stars

#13

Tax free 45p per business mile for cars (up to 10,000 miles per year)

#14

Employee social events

Company Overview

About us

Destination Chesterfield delivers marketing campaigns to help improve the economic prosperity of Chesterfield by promoting it as a contemporary destination to inward investors and supporting existing businesses. Established since 2010, this project is funded through support from local businesses (known as Chesterfield Champions), Chesterfield Borough Council, East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) and the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. East Midlands Chamber (Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire) operates as the managing employer for Destination Chesterfield.

How to apply

Found a great role? It’s easy to work for us. Simply follow the three steps below. If you have any questions, please get in touch.

Complete our equality, diversity and inclusivity (EDI) monitoring form here. You can learn about why we collect this information and how it is utilised in the form introduction.

Send your CV and a covering letter detailing why you believe that you will add value to the role and the Chamber to recruitment@emc-dnl.co.uk with the subject line as the vacancy reference, 2DC.

Alternatively, post your application to: FAO HR department, East Midlands Chamber, Commerce House, Millennium Way, Dunston Road, Chesterfield, S41 8ND

Applications that do not include both a CV and covering letter will not be considered.

If you’re successful at this stage, you will be invited for an interview. If you’re unsuccessful, the Chamber’s HR team will let you know by email.

First, you’ll be invited to an interview in-person at the Chesterfield office within 10 days of the advert closure. If your interview goes well, you may be invited to attend a second interview or offered the role. Some interviews might require you to compile some research or to prepare a presentation. At the end of the interview, the interviewer will confirm the timeline for next steps.

Interviews usually last around an hour with a mix of competency based interview questions, and in some cases, we might ask you to carry out some practical exercises.

Decisions will be made at each stage of the process, as we score applicants against the role criteria. If you’re successful, we will contact you to make an offer. This will be followed up in writing and a contract will be sent to you once a start date is confirmed. You will receive information on your induction and what you will do on your first day. If you have any questions, please just get in touch.

If you’re unsuccessful, we will either write to you or contact you by telephone, and if you’ve attended an interview we’re more than happy to provide feedback. You’re welcome to apply again for another role in the future.

Chamber Statement

East Midlands Chamber (Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire) is an equal opportunities employer and Disability Confident Leader.

All suitably qualified people are encouraged to apply for vacancies regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. Applicants require current eligibility to live and work in the UK, they must also disclose any unspent convictions or cautions and company director disqualifications in their covering letter. Please inform recruitment@emc-dnl.co.uk of any reasonable adjustments needed during the recruitment process. The business is dedicated to retaining talent and therefore it may decide to prioritise and support internal applicants. For information about how we process your data click here.