Digital Executive

Freeths; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Freeths is seeking a Digital Executive to support day‑to‑day delivery across the firm’s digital channels, including the website, email programmes and social media. You will work under a Digital Manager, gaining experience across multiple channels in a collaborative, learning‑driven environment.

Location options include Bristol, London, Nottingham or Manchester on a hybrid basis. The role is ideal for someone developing a digital career, with responsibilities across CMS updates, email builds and

Qualifications

• Related experience with email marketing, website CMS or social media.
• Willingness to work across multiple digital channels and learn new tools.
• Strong attention to detail and well-organised approach.

Responsibilities

• Deliver day‑to‑day digital activity across website, email and social channels.
• Support campaign delivery with builds, publishing, proofs and checks.
• Follow governance, brand and accessibility standards across outputs.
• Deliver CMS web content updates, page builds and publishing tasks.
• Assist with email builds, scheduling and deployment using templates.
• Support social post scheduling, content calendars and basic visuals.

Skills

Email marketing

Website CMS

Social media

Attention to detail

Written communication

Can-do attitude

Collaborative

Tools

Canva

Job description

About the role

The Digital Executive supports the delivery of digital activity across the firm’s digital channels, including the website, email programmes and social media. Reporting to a Digital Manager, the role focuses on high‑quality execution, learning and developing digital marketing skills within a supportive team environment. The Executive role provides broad exposure to digital marketing, with opportunities to build experience across multiple channels and develop specialisms over time. It is well suited to someone developing their digital career and gaining confidence in day‑to‑day delivery. This role can be located in either Bristol, London, Nottingham or Manchester on a hybrid basis.

Key responsibilities

Digital delivery and support

Deliver day‑to‑day digital activity across website, email and social channels.

Complete allocated tasks accurately and on time, following guidance and established processes.

Support campaign delivery by assisting with builds, publishing, proofs and checks and updates.

Follow governance, brand and accessibility standards across all outputs.

Website support

Deliver CMS web content updates, page builds and publishing tasks with minimal supervision.

Carry out content checks, updates and routine maintenance within the CMS.

Support tagging, link management and basic SEO tasks as directed.

Email marketing support

Work on email builds, scheduling and deployment using approved templates.

Assist with list preparation, testing and quality checking.

Follow agreed processes to ensure compliance with legal and data requirements.

Social media support

Support with scheduling and publishing of social posts.

Create social media visuals using provided templates and tools (e.g. Canva), following brand guidelines and templates.

Help maintain content calendars and ensure posts are formatted correctly.

Monitor activity and flag risks or issues to senior colleagues.

Collaboration and learning

Work closely with Digital Managers, Senior Executives and peers to deliver work effectively.

Engage positively with stakeholders and respond well to feedback.

Build understanding of how digital marketing supports wider campaigns and business priorities.

Performance and development

Support basic reporting and performance monitoring activity.

Actively develop digital skills and knowledge through training and on‑the‑job learning.

Demonstrate growing confidence, independence and accountability over time.

Your skills and qualifications

Related experience working with either email marketing, website CMS or social media.

Willingness to work across multiple digital channels and learn new tools.

Strong attention to detail and a well‑organised approach to work.

Clear written communication skills.

Can‑do and helpful attitude.

Collaborative, proactive and keen to develop a career in digital.

Confident communicating with third‑party agencies.

Ideally a minimum of one to two years’ experience within digital marketing.

Smart. Bold. Together. We Are Freeths.

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Our Culture

Do we sound like a match? If you’re someone who cares deeply, communicates openly and collaborates effectively, then we’d love to have you join our diverse, inclusive team. We’re 1000+ Freethinkers, striving to create a better place. We’re committed to living our values – smart, bold, together – and making a positive change at every touchpoint for our colleagues, clients and communities. We’ve built our law firm on solid foundations of integrity, entrepreneurialism and expertise. This has helped us grow into one of the largest full-service law firms in the UK, with 13 offices and over 1000 colleagues, and counting.

Our values

1. Think Ambition: We’ve built our law firm on solid foundations of integrity, entrepreneurialism and expertise. This has helped us grow into one of the largest full-service law firms in the UK, with 13 offices and over 1,000 colleagues, and counting. Matching individual ambition and our firm’s ambition matters. That’s why we develop our people by making sure every one of our team feels connected through a clear progression pathway and leadership support. It’s helped us to grow an award‑winning reputation in the eyes of our clients and competitors that each and every one of the Freeths team works hard to uphold in everything we do.
2. Think Recognition: Sharing success matters to us. We love to showcase excellent work across the firm and celebrate our people through our employee awards. We recognise our teams work hard together to deliver the best solutions for our clients. That’s why great work is well rewarded - our rewards and benefits are among the best in the business.
3. Think Together: Our people are at the heart of what makes Freeths such a great place to be. We’re a firm where people care about each other and employee wellbeing is high on the agenda. Our firm is set up to ensure everyone’s voice is heard, and mutual respect is shown by all. We understand that differences add strength, which means we maintain a diverse culture where everyone has the freedom to be themselves and thrive. We're committed to championing diversity and building an inclusive culture. We want to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people, regardless of their background. We welcome applications from everybody, particularly those from marginalised backgrounds. We celebrate difference, encourage diversity of thought and are dedicated to continually challenging our processes to maintain fairness, equity and transparency.

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We are committed to sourcing candidates directly where possible. For particular roles, we may work with preferred suppliers who will be invited by our resourcing team to support us. We may also agree to accept CVs from other suppliers on an ad hoc basis (to be agreed in writing). We will not be responsible for fees in relation to CVs or profiles submitted directly to our partners or other employees or for any applications not submitted via our portal. Agencies should contact our recruitment team before submitting unsolicited applications.