Social Media Executive

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Are you passionate about creating engaging digital content and growing brand presence online? We’re looking for a creative and driven Social Media Executive to join our central Marketing Team. In this role, you’ll create and publish eye-catching content across a variety of platforms for the Blenheim brands, including Blenheim Palace, Blenheim Estate Homes, and Pye Homes. You’ll bring fresh ideas and strong organisational skills to manage day-to-day activity, while also monitoring performance, reporting on results, and adapting strategies to boost awareness, engagement, and commercial impact. With proven social media experience and plenty of enthusiasm, you’ll be ready to hit the ground running and make a real impact.

What we are looking for:

• A creative mindset with the ability to plan, execute and deliver campaigns across all key social channels.
• A flexible and forward-thinking approach that allows you to repurpose collateral for use across multiple channels.
• Friendly and approachable manner
• Proactive
• Self-motivated
• Driven and passionate
• Can deliver under pressure
• Excellent communication skills
• Sets and maintains very high standards of delivery

Tasks & Responsibilities:

• Plan and monitor the ongoing company presence across our social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and LinkedIn.
• Be instrumental in the formulation of strategies and campaigns with each separate brand team to build a memorable social connection with consumers and businesses, and with the aim of increasing brand awareness and customer engagement.
• Build content timelines per business area working alongside the brand teams to understand what is happening across the business
• Get out and about across the site to film, edit and deliver content
• Ideate, generate, edit and publish daily content across a variety of channels.
• Tracking and reporting of social performance to provide actionable insights and continual performance improvements. Stay up-to-date with the latest social media trends and digital technologies.
• A passion for all things Social, including trend spotting and keeping a close eye on the competition.
• An understanding of the interplay between wider channels including Web, Offline and Paid to drive overall brand-wide engagement.
• Build great stakeholder relationships across the business, including Senior Management and external agencies and partners.
• Monitoring and responding to customer feedback, comments and social media posts.
• Crisis communication support when rarely required, which may include out of your core hours, and attending some work-based events out of hours.

Skills & Experience:

• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, and a passion for creating posts that are likeable and sharable.
• Experience and knowledge of using iPhone/android and filming equipment such as microphones, lighting, gimbles etc.
• In addition to ‘owning’ the production and delivery of content, you’ll need to be a ‘people person who’s happy to collaborate with the wider marketing team, designers, photographers and copywriters to ensure all posts are on target and on brand.
• Confidence with a diversity of digital tools including Analytics & Reporting (inc. GA4) Scheduling (e.g. Later) Editing (inc. Adobe suite) Project Management (e.g. Monday) Social Listening (e.g. Brandwatch) Design (inc. Canva).
• Performance focused and analytical, always keeping a close eye on KPIs and business goals.
• Teamwork
• Time management
• Attention to detail

• Staff Discounts
  • 20% on Blenheim retail
  • 50% on Blenheim Café food outlets
  • 30% at The Orangery
• Salary Sacrifice Schemes for Bicycles and Electric Vehicles
• Access to our Benefits Platform with a range of additional benefits including:
  • Instant discounts
  • Discount on Days Out
  • Day Passes for Family and Friends
  • Monthly Adventure Play Visit
  • Shopping Cards
  • Weekly Shop Discounts
  • Gym Scheme and Much More!
• Competitive Pension
• Complimentary Event Tickets
• Annual Pass for yourself and a family member
• Staff Events
• Holiday Purchase Scheme
• Paid Volunteer Day
• Free Fruit Wednesday
• Free breakfast on Friday
• Monthly Sharing a Sense of Belonging Events
• Free Eye Test and a contribution for Glasses
• Long Service Award
• Onsite Parking
• Free Blenheim Christmas Tree

Benefits vary from contract type; these will be confirmed to you in our welcome letter.

Here we invest in our People. Our Promise is to help our employees, Grow, Give and Belong.

• Grow - At Blenheim your talent is nurtured and your wellbeing in championed.
• Give - Being a part of something much bigger, giving back to the wider community to work collaboratively and to meet our shared goals
• Belong - Be a part of something special, know you matter and belong.