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Starting Salary: £36,900 inclusive of London Weighting 
Contractual Hours: 35 
Basis: Fixed Term Contract until 31 March 2026
Workplace category: Hybrid
Attachments: Job Information Pack

The Barbican is a multidisciplinary international arts centre in the City of London.

Across its theatres, concert halls, cinemas, galleries, business venues, public and community spaces, the Barbican showcases the most exciting artists and performers from around the world, pushing traditional artistic boundaries and helping us understand our lives in new and unexpected ways. Each year, the Centre presents hundreds of different performances, events and exhibitions that entertain and inspire millions of people, create connections, provoke debate, and reflect the world we live in.

Firmly rooted in its neighbourhood, the Barbican collaborates on projects with local communities, and supports young people and emerging talent to develop their artistic practice and access jobs in the creative industry.

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Purpose of post & main responsibilities:

Coordinating the running of our Social Media & Content team, main responsibilities include:

• Overseeing the day-to-day running of our social media channels and ensuring a balanced output
• Overseeing the community management across all channels
• Contribute towards shortform content production
• Coordinate analytics reports of social network performance and present findings and developments to wider teams when appropriate.
• Coordinating the workflow of our Social Media Assistants in weekly sprints
• Serving as a liaison between our Content Team and wider Barbican Teams
• Helping our Senior Digital Marketing Manager with the wider digital strategy planning
• Staying on top of recent trends and insights, and providing creative support to the team

Experience and skills Required

• Wide-ranging working knowledge of the major social media platforms
• Experience of using a web CMS system
• Confidence using image editing software (e Photoshop)
• Excellent copywriting and editing skills
• Good visual sense
• Ability to pay close attention to detail when required
• Good understanding of brand and what makes a strong visual identity
• Creative flair and passion for coming up with and delivering content ideas
• Excellent oral communication skills including the ability to network effectively
• Great negotiation and listening skills with the ability to interpret stakeholder requirements
• Some experience in video production and editing (eg Premiere Pro)
• Fluency in web analytics tools (eg Google Analytics) and social media marketing applications (eg Sprout Social) and social media listening platforms (eg Pulsar)
• Super-organised with the ability to set and work to deadlines
• Enthusiastic, empathetic and unflappable
• Enjoys being part of a team
• Experience of briefing creatives and/or in house design teams

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Ready to apply?

To apply click on the 'Apply Now' button below.

If there are any issues with the application process, please contact the Barbican Careers team at Careers@barbican.org.uk.

Deadline for applications is 23:55 on Tuesday 26 August 2025. The advert may close ahead of this date if a sufficient number of applications is reached - apply early to avoid missing out.

Please note that we are unable to accept late applications. We regret that we are unable to provide feedback on your application.

The City of London Corporation want to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to thrive in the work that we do. The City of London Corporation is currently undergoing a programme ensure that our pay and reward practices are competitive and equitable across the whole organisation – and is committed to regularly benchmarking and reviewing pay against external sectors.

As part of our commitment to increasing the diversity of staff within the Barbican we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from groups that are currently underrepresented, including people from the Global Majority* and D/deaf and disabled people. We want to better reflect and understand the communities we exist to serve. We are members of the Disability Confident Scheme and guarantee to interview all disabled candidates who would like to be considered under this scheme and who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role. Please contact us if you require reasonable adjustments as part of the application process.

*Global Majority is a collective term that refers to people who are Black, Asian, Brown, dual-heritage, indigenous to the global south, and or, have been racialised as 'ethnic minorities'.