Multimedia Officer

Durham  ‐ Onsite
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Description

Description of role

A key role working across all Communications and Marketing activity (subject to appropriate training and experience) developing, supporting, delivering and implementing a full range of the team's activity.

Duties and responsibilities
  • Inform and deliver all marketing, PR, campaigns and materials and activity in line with the priorities and actions developed by the Team Leaders and Senior Multimedia Officers.
  • Protect and enhance the council's brand across all work areas in the wider team and organisation.
  • Produce the organisation's external and internal publications including Durham County News and Buzz.
  • Support the development and implementation of the Digital First' approach across all the team's functions and activity.
  • Support emergency communications including operating and updating digital platforms in and out of normal working hours as required and at a variety of locations, as required.
  • Support and coordinate digital media requests aligned to marketing and communications campaigns.
  • Develop digital content to be used across all platforms.
  • Support on the management and planning and delivery for press/media/reputation/emergency communications and provide advice and guidance to colleagues across the organisation.
  • Develop and manage relationships with national and local press and media.
  • Support on the development and implementations of the governance and management of the content on the council's web sites and Intranet and wider digital platforms.
  • Working closely with other service teams particularly IT and customer services to ensure the council's web presence is maximised to support the council's wider needs and supports key strategies such as the Digital First' communications strategy and the Customer First strategy.
  • Produce high quality digital content for the full range of digital platforms, including video and image galleries.
  • Ensure all work is integrated with the wider work within the Communications and Marketing unit.
  • Work within the wider team to ensure campaign messages are delivered in a consistent way across all press/PR/digital and marketing activity.
  • Protect and enhance the council's brand in all communications activity across the organisation ensuring the council's brand is clear and that there is a consistent tone of voice across all channels and activities.
  • Produce external and internal publications including Durham County News, Buzz and Members Update are produced on time, within budget and to a high standard delivering the organisations objectives for such publications.
  • Deliver the development and production of other internal communications including the use of the most appropriate media to use for effective delivery.
  • Support the operations of the council's social media channels both at your normal place of work and on location as appropriate in and out of normal hours.
  • Be part of the council's emergency out of hours' team in accordance with the corporate guidelines and policies.
  • Be part of the daily monitoring and evaluation of all media including digital channels as required.
  • Contribute to the annual communications and marketing planning process.
  • Maintain an awareness of new marketing and communication initiatives and ways of working and seek to identify opportunities to introduce these into existing working practices working with colleagues across the communications and marketing unit.
  • Ensure appropriate evaluation of marketing and communication activity and impact on priorities is undertaken in line with agreed approaches.
  • Work in collaboration with colleagues across all team areas to ensure agreed objectives and outcomes are delivered.
  • Understand and keep up to date with all protocols and strategies within the unit offering ideas to improve these where appropriate.
  • The above is not exhaustive and the post holder will be expected to undertake any duties which may reasonably fall within the level of responsibility and the competence of the post as directed.
Qualifications
Must have:
  • Degree or equivalent in relevant subject area or able to demonstrate exceptional previous experience and knowledge.
Desirable:
  • Management, Communications, Marketing and/or Information Management Qualification.
Experience
Must Have:
  • Extensive experience of working on the development and content of websites.
  • Proven responsibility for successfully delivering web related projects.
  • Experience of project management.
  • Experience of working with others within a diverse organisation.
  • Experience of partnership working in the public and private sector.
  • Proven experience of planning and structuring information.
Desirable:
  • Experience in information management.
  • Experience of managing and developing digital communications including social media and video.
  • Local authority experience or similar political environment.
Organisational responsibilities
Values and behaviours
To demonstrate and be a role model for the council's values and behaviours to promote and encourage positive behaviours, enhancing the quality and integrity of the services we provide.

Smarter working, transformation and design principles
To seek new and innovative ideas to work smarter, irrespective of job role, and to be creative, innovative and empowered. Understand the operational impact of transformational change and service design principles to support new ways of working and to meet customer needs.

Communication
To communicate effectively with our customers, managers, peers and partners and to work collaboratively to provide the best possible public service. Communication between teams, services and partner organisations is imperative in providing the best possible service to our public.

Health, Safety and Wellbeing
To take responsibility for health, safety and wellbeing in accordance with the council's Health and Safety policy and procedures.

Equality and diversity
To promote a society that gives everyone an equal chance to learn, work and live, free from discrimination and prejudice and ensure our commitment is put into practice. All employees are responsible for eliminating unfair and unlawful discrimination in everything that they do.

Confidentiality
To work in a way that does not divulge personal and/or confidential information and follow the council's policies and procedures in relation to data protection and security of information.

Climate Change
To contribute to our corporate responsibility in relation to climate change by considering and limiting the carbon impact of activities during the course of your work, wherever possible.
Performance management
To promote a culture whereby performance management is ingrained and the highest of standards and performance are achieved by all. Contribute to the council's Performance and Development Review processes to ensure continuous learning and improvement and to increase organisational performance.
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Start date
ASAP
From
Elevate Direct
Published at
23.07.2021
Project ID:
2168486
Contract type
Freelance
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