Senior Marketing

Summary This is an exciting time for a Senior Marketing and Communications Officer with several years of experience to join the team at the Isle of Purbeck as we continue to develop our visitor experience, engagement, audience and connections to our portfolio.

**Hours**: 37.5 hrs per week

**Contract**: permanent

What it's like to work here The Purbeck Estate is a truly inspiring and wonderful place to work. From the iconic romantic ruins of Corfe Castle standing proud on the skyline to the sandy beaches of Studland Bay, we welcome visitors all year round.

The wider countryside estate includes some of Britain’s most beautiful and nature rich landscapes from the orchid-rich grasslands and limestone cliffs of the Jurassic Coast to the nearly 5,000 plant and animal species that live on the Purbeck Heaths andin the UK’s first Super National Nature Reserve.

We’re a busy, driven team, who like a challenge and work at a fast pace. We collaborate with each other, the wider property and external partners to engage, share our stories and provide a personal, tailored and exceptional service. This is a great placeto work and an exciting time to join the friendly team of staff and volunteers, who are looking for an engaging, driven, people-focused individual who will bring energy and ideas to this vibrant property.

What you'll be doing Based at our property office in the Isle of Purbeck, you’ll lead on, manage and develop our marketing and communications plan to help achieve our ambitious targets, helping us to reach out to new and existing audiences. This will include defining marketingactivities and creating promotional materials and updates (across all media platforms, including social media), writing press releases and representing us on location filming and broadcast media as well as local and regional partnerships when you need to.

We're looking for someone who can help us engage with our existing audience and reach larger and more diverse audiences for our portfolio. You will lead on planning, editing and creating great digital content and you'll work as part of a team to make surethat we're sharing the best stories we can. Spreading the word about places to visit, things to see and do and raising awareness of our conservation work is key to what we're about.

You will understand your role within the crisis communications plan and work closely with the regional consultancy to help mitigate against reputational risk.

**Please also read the full role profile, attached to this advert.**

Who we're looking for
- To deliver this role successfully, you will need to have:

- A proven track record with several years’ experience of working in a similar role
- A good understanding of marketing techniques
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Outstanding digital and social media skills
- Strong customer service skills
- Good IT Skills (including Microsoft Office)
- Problem solving skills, and ability to work on own initiative
The package The National Trust has the motto ‘For everyone, for ever’ at its heart. We’re working hard to create an inclusive culture, where everyone feels they belong. It’s important that our people reflect and represent the diversity of the communities and audienceswe serve. We welcome and value difference, so when we say we’re for everyone, we want everyone to be welcome in our teams too.

Wherever you’re from, and whatever your background, we want to hear from you - and it doesn’t matter if you’re jam first, cream first, or even if you don’t like scones at all. Everyone is welcome.

Benefits for working at the National Trust include:

- Flexible working whenever possible
- Free parking at most locations
- Free entry to our properties for you, a guest and your children (under 18)
- Substantial pension scheme of up to 10% basic salary

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