Closing date: Wednesday 29th January 2025
Salary Range: £25,000.00-£28,000.00 PA DOE, Plus Desirable Benefits
Permanent, Full-Time Position
Based at Port Lympne
Are you wild about creating memorable experiences?
Do you want to work in a place where you can hear calls from troops of howler monkeys, or the roars from a pride of lions?
The Howletts Wild Animal Trust, which oversees Howletts Wild Animal Park and Port Lympne Hotel & Reserve, are looking for a Social Media Executive to join our Marketing Team.
As a Social Media Executive, you’ll take the lead in shaping and implementing our multi-brand, multi-channel social media strategy. You’ll manage day-to-day activities across platforms, from creating and scheduling engaging content to monitoring channels, responding to messages, and optimising paid campaigns.
With ownership of the social media calendar, you’ll align content with awareness days, marketing campaigns, and seasonal events, driving visibility for Port Lympne, Howletts, and The Aspinall Foundation. You’ll collaborate closely with the marketing team to develop creative concepts, manage influencer partnerships, and stay on top of trends and best practices.
In this dynamic role, you’ll also analyse campaign performance, conduct competitor research, and ensure all content meets high-quality standards. As a key point of contact for social media requests, you’ll play a crucial role in delivering the marketing strategy and ensuring alignment across all channels.
Who are we looking for:
We’re seeking a creative and highly organised Social Media Executive to join our marketing team. In this role, you’ll collaborate closely with the Head of Marketing and Head of PR & Communications to ensure our social media content aligns with campaigns, on-site activities, and press coverage. You’ll take a proactive approach to planning and creating content for awareness days, seasonal activities, appeals, and more.
The ideal candidate will have prior experience in social media marketing and be proficient with tools like Canva, Photoshop, or similar content creation software. Strong skills in photography, videography, and content generation are essential, along with excellent knowledge of social media channels, trends, and best practices. You’ll thrive in a fast-paced environment, managing multiple priorities and deadlines with exceptional attention to detail. If you’re a team player who is also confident taking ownership of tasks, has strong communication skills, and can spot and act on opportunities, we’d love to hear from you!
Contract details:
This position is full time: 40 hours per week, usually worked Monday – Friday 9-5pm. On the occasion, you might be required to work a weekend day dependant on business needs. The role is based at Port Lympne Hotel & Reserve near Folkestone and reports directly into the Marketing Manager. All applicants must have the right to work in the UK. A reliable mode of transport is recommended due to our remote location.
Why you should join us:
As well as walking to work surrounded by the calls of Howler monkeys and the roars from our pride of Lions, you will also join a supportive team who are passionate about their place of work.
You can also expect a host of other benefits including:
• 28 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays, pro-rata to start date and working hours, rising with length of service.
• Comprehensive training and development opportunities, including workshops and e-learning
• Enhanced Sickness, Maternity and Paternity Policies.
• Unlimited free entry for you and a person of your choice into both of our parks as well as friends and family tickets.
• Exceptional discounts on food, retail and accommodation at our parks.
• Numerous retail discounts and access to a 24-hour counselling line through our Healthy Extras Scheme.
• A great working environment with lots of social activities
• Company Pension
• And many more length or service-related Rewards and Benefits.
A full job description is available on request.
To apply: If you want to work in an exciting and unique environment where no two days are the same, email your C.V. and covering letter to jonathanb@howlettsandportlympne.com
Please note, this role may close early if we receive a high volume of applications.
