Social Content Producer

Zinc Network is an ISO certified business dedicated to meaningful, measurable change. Zinc conceptualizes and creates programs, interventions, and strategic communications campaigns around some of the world’s most complex problems – from disinformation to extremism, media capture to authoritarianism.

We are headquartered in London with offices in Washington, D.C., Tbilisi, and Warsaw with 80+ team members from diverse professional and cultural backgrounds. Zinc works with a broad range of governmental, NGO, and private sector clients, including the UK Home Office (HO); the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO); the United States Agency for International Development (USAID); the U.S. Department of State (DOS); UN agencies and missions; and foundations.

Outline of the job

Zinc Network is seeking a Freelance Social Content Producer to start immediately and deliver stunning visual and creative concepts across our global campaigns, helping us drive positive change on some of the world’s most challenging social issues.

The Social Content Producer will be a creative thinker and hands-on member of the team, responsible for developing and creating engaging, innovative and diverse social content at pace across various social media platforms. This is a versatile role, which requires someone who can independently research the topics we are working on, have a good level of copywriting skills as well as be able to produce high-quality and relevant social media content (video and static) from start to finish. You will be knowledgeable about various social content formats and emerging trends. This is a great opportunity for someone curious and playful with design, continually pushing boundaries, testing and learning from content performance. The Social Content Producer will be based in London and will be expected to come into the office up to twice a week.

What You’ll Be Doing

Rapidly digesting content briefs
Conducting independent research on project topics and content formats
Pitching in on creative campaign brainstorms with internal project teams
Generating innovative social content ideas and pitching them internally and externally with our clients and project partners effectively
Working collaboratively across the creative, digital and strategy teams (and the wider organisation) ensuring content messaging is effective
Design and produce captivating video and static social content using design software such as Premiere, InDesign, Photoshop, Canva and Aftereffects
Optimising content before distribution - considering various aspect ratios, design safe-zones and accessibility requirements across different platforms
Copywriting punchy social content captions including hashtags
Actively reviewing performance reports in order learn and improve engagement through design

Requirements

Available to start immediately
Previous experience as a Social Media Content Producer or similar role
Proficient in content creation tools and software, such as Adobe Creative Suite, Canva, or similar
Excellent creative copywriting skills with the ability to write clearly and concisely for different online audiences
Confident user of video editing software including Premiere Pro/Final Cut Pro (Premiere preferred) preferred
Previous experience of scripting/storyboarding, designing and animation preferred
Previous experience working in a news/documentary environment preferred e.g. producing social content for a news organisation where all information is fact-checked

If you are a creative, adaptable, and results-driven individual with a strong passion for digital media and addressing intricate social challenges, we invite you to apply and be a key player in shaping our digital campaigns.

Conditions of Employment

Candidates who receive a job offer will be required to:

Disclose any previous disciplinary action against them resulting from a substantiated safeguarding (including any breaches involving trafficking- related activities) or workplace investigation
Undergo background checks including employment verification, sexual offender registry (as available), identity confirmation, and anti-terrorism vetting

Area of Selection

We’re committed to hiring a diverse workforce from different professional and cultural backgrounds, and to that end we encourage a variety of people to apply to join our company to represent the diverse range of subjects associated with our projects.

How To Apply

Please include a cover letter stating how you meet each of the requirements.

If you require an accommodation to be made at any point throughout the recruitment process, please advise us when contacted.

Deadline: January 31st