Media and Content Officer - fixed term

Media and Content Officer - fixed term September 2024 

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Mary’s Meals is a charity that feeds 2.4 million hungry children every school day. Our nutritious meals attract the world’s poorest children into the classroom, where they can gain an education and hope for the future.

This is an exciting opportunity to join our ambitious communications team and play an important part in sharing the Mary’s Meals story across the UK. We are offering a fixed-term role until September 2024 to undertake this varied role, encompassing a wide range of activities – such as content creation, media relations, digital media and supporter communications.

The successful candidate will be ambitious and creative, with a desire to grow awareness of our work so that we can reach more hungry children with Mary’s Meals.

We offer more than just a career, we offer the opportunity to support our global movement in a dynamic and inclusive environment with a real focus on personal development.

Principal duties include: 

• With the team, developing and implementing creative communications activities that increase awareness of Mary’s Meals.
• Building relationships with journalists across UK media, including regular ‘horizon scanning’ to identify new opportunities.
• Utilising a range of platforms to engage UK supporters, including direct mail and email marketing.
• Developing valuable relationships with celebrities and their agents.
• Ensuring that all communications protect the reputation of Mary’s Meals and promote our brand values, style and key messages.
• Monitoring and evaluating media coverage, preparing updates to the wider team and evaluation reports detailing achieved coverage delivered against targets and objectives.