Creative Production Assistant
Westminster, Central London

Are you an enthusiastic and creative digital marketing professional looking for a varied and exciting new role? Want to join a highly successful business and build your career as it moves to a more online presence? If so, read on.

About Us

With over 115,000 members in 140 countries, the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) has been at the heart of the mechanical engineering profession since 1847.

We strive to improve the world through engineering by developing engineers, promoting engineering, informing opinion and encouraging innovation.

We’re now looking for a Creative Production Assistant to join our Engineering, Communication and Marketing Services Team on a permanent, full-time basis.

The Benefits

- Salary circa £28,000 per annum
- 26 days’ holiday per annum plus Bank Holidays and your birthday off
- Benefits including life assurance and private health cover
- Stakeholder pension scheme (up to 10% matched)
- Continuous training and career development
- A range of wellbeing benefits to encourage a healthy work-life balance

This role represents a fantastic opportunity to develop and progress your digital marketing career with our growing engineering group.

Working in a small, dynamic team you will deliver projects which represent the values and behaviours of the IMechE, thus improving the world through engineering.

The Role

As a Creative Production Assistant, you will be responsible for helping the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) to become an exciting, creative, and relevant Professional Engineering Institution (PEI), influencing change across our core sectors.

Specifically, you will work across all internal teams to ensure that each project is delivered within agreed timescales with excellent client management, collaborative teamwork and communication skills.

In addition, you will assist with the launch of a new image library using a Digital Asset Management (DAM) software, which will include uploading all images into the new software and adding customisable metadata.

Assisting the Digital Team, your role will also include:

- Creating consistent and engaging high-quality video and audio content
- Providing marketing support working on event guides and brochures
- Uploading video assets to YouTube, including creating thumbnails, updating
playlists and video tags, and providing analytical insights
- Updating website content using the Sitefinity Content Management System (CMS)
- Photography as and when requested by events or senior management

About You

To be considered as a Creative Production Assistant, you will need:

- Previous experience in a similar role
- Experience with video editing software, both in production and post-production stages
- Experience and portfolio of digital and audio production for member focused content
- A good working knowledge of InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, other Adobe CS programs (Adobe Audition, After Affects and Premier Pro) and digital design software
- Experience with working on video platforms, specifically YouTube
- Working knowledge of front-end web coding techniques (HTML)
- Meticulous attention to detail and problem-solving skills
- Excellent communications skills, both written and verbal

Previous experience of working within a membership organisation or similar would be advantageous to your application.

Thank you for your interest in this post. We look forward to receiving your application. Interviews will be held on an ad hoc basis as suitable applicants apply.

Other organisations may call this role Digital Media Assistant, Digital Operations Assistant, Creative Media Assistant, Social Media Content Assistant, Media Assistant, Social Media Assistant, or Creative Assistant.

Webrecruit and IMechE are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment.

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