Social Media Coordinator

Innovative. Customer Focused. Agile. Open and Engaging. Entrepreneurial.These are our key attitudes and the way we like to work at Saint-Gobain. If this sounds like you, please read on to find out more about the Social Media Coordinator opportunity with IDS in Newcastle.

How will you support us?

We are looking for a creative and enthusiastic individual to own and deliver our Social Media channels. As our Social Media Expert we are looking for an individual who is confident in experimenting with new ways to attract and engage with several audiences. You must have a passion for all things Social and be capable of producing rich social media content in a range of different forms that best reflects our brands.

Typical tasks you can expect include;

• Social Media Management - managing social media pages on a variety of platforms
• Produce large volumes of daily content for various products and brands across multiple platforms.
• Uploading, editing and scheduling social media content.
• Creating content inspiration boards.
• Developing social media strategies for our brands, setting KPI’s, and increasing audience engagements.
• Customer Relations - logging and replying to complaints/customer enquiries.
• Protect the brands’ image through maintaining visibility of ‘conversations’ across all social media and implementing appropriate reactionary and preventative strategies.
• Ensure that various social media functions are connected – both to each other and to the wider brand marketing and related communications.
• Create regular reports on platform performance using insights and send to key members of the business.
• Identification and management of Influencers through social networking.

What kind of person are we looking for?

First and foremost, we always want to recruit talented people that align well with our values and way of working. In addition to the five Saint-Gobain attitudes we shared at the start, suitability for the role is always key; does the following criteria sound like you?

To be suitable for the Social Media Coordinator role you will have:

• Be a marketing graduate or previous experience working within an Internal communications or marketing environment.
• High level of English literacy with an eye for detail.
• Strong organisational ability to plan weeks in advance.
• Strong copywriting skills for short, engaging content.
• Ability to generate innovative new ideas and ways of engaging with various different audiences.
• Up to date with the latest Digital and Marketing trends
• Confidence in presenting, analysing and reporting on social and digital results and strategies.

Saint-Gobain was founded in 1665 to deliver a world first – the production of glass on an industrial scale. We have continued to adapt and grow through providing innovate ideas, services and products to our customers. 350 years later we have a presence in 67 countries and employ 170,000 people worldwide. The UK & Ireland is home to over 30 of the most well-known and respected businesses within the construction sector including: British Gypsum, Jewson, Weber, Graham and Glassolutions.

You are applying to work with International Decorative Surfaces (IDS) this is one of more than 30 fascinating Saint-Gobain businesses that operate within UK and Ireland. Regardless of which business you join, you will be welcomed into a professional and warm environment, where we value all of our employees equally and have a strong focus on their health, safety and wellbeing at all times.

Do you want to make the world a better home?

Our purpose at Saint-Gobain is to Make the world a better home. Our purpose sets the course for our common future. Together with and for our customers, we design, manufacture and distribute materials and solutions that have a positive impact on everyone’s life and provide well-being, quality of life and performance, while caring for the planet. If you want to join a company that cares about making the world a better home - then please apply, we would love to hear from you!

Our purpose is focussed on the future and guides our actions to unleash both individual and collectives efforts to make sure everyone can live in a better world. It calls on us to innovate openly with the goal of better uniting humanity and nature for the common good. Our purpose is also based on strong values that guide us. We carry out our business in compliance with our Principles of Conduct and Action and the humanist values that are permeate our culture – listening, dialog, care, trust and respect for difference, all of which are central to our commitment to act every day to make the world a more beautiful and sustainable place.

Are Saint-Gobain an Inclusive employer?

We’re working hard to be, and we’re keen to hire talented people regardless of their background, abilities, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender, national origin, what football team you support, taste in music, fashion sense or anything else that makes you, you!

We believe that working in a diverse business can be more enjoyable, teams can be more innovative, and make better decisions. We already employ many fantastic people from diverse backgrounds, but we still want to do more.

So, we are on a mission to make Saint-Gobain inclusive and accessible to all, with role models for you to look up to and learn from, no matter who you are!

And what about flexibility?

The world of work is changing, and at Saint-Gobain we are open to new ways of working in order to attract talented people to our business. We understand that everyone has different needs and commitments. Therefore, we are very open to discuss any flexible requirement or need that you may have for this role. We can’t guarantee to meet all requests for flexibility when we are recruiting. But, we promise to listen.

Do you want to be part of this vision? Click apply, we would love to hear from you.

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