Vacancy for Marketing & Communications Specialist at Digital Curation Centre

Digital Preservation Coalition; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A digital curation organization in Edinburgh is seeking a Marketing & Communications Specialist for a fixed-term role. This position involves managing communications processes, web content, and outreach for conferences. The ideal candidate will have strong communications and Salesforce experience, with the ability to create effective communication plans and manage stakeholder relationships.

Qualifications

• Proven track record of communications experience.
• Proven experience managing web content on Drupal.
• Proved Salesforce and CRM experience.
• Excellent written, oral, personal, and digital communications skills.
• Ability to create clear and effective communication plans.
• Strong relationship and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage internal and external communications processes.
• Maintain the DCC’s website and update information in systems.
• Handle external outreach activities for the International Digital Curation Conference.

Skills

Communications experience

Web content management

Salesforce experience

Excellent communication skills

Stakeholder management

Digital analytics skills

Job description

• Vacancy for Marketing & Communications Specialist at Digital Curation Centre

Vacancy for Marketing & Communications Specialist at Digital Curation Centre

2 May 2022

Edinburgh

Fixed Term

The DCC is looking for a Marketing and Communications Specialist to join our team as part of a secondment opportunity.

The Opportunity:

The post offers an excellent opportunity to work with a renowned centre of expertise in Digital Curation, Research Data Management and Open Research.

You will manage the internal and external communications processes at the Digital Curation Centre, and will be responsible for the update and maintenance of information in the related systems, such as Salesforce. You will manage the maintenance of the DCC’s website,contribute to the DCC and DMPonline helpdesk and work onother event and administrative functions on the DCC’s DMPonline service. You will contribute to the organisation of the Directorate’s International Digital Curation Conference by handling all external outreach activities, and working alongside the DCC Events Lead and Events Specialist to deliver the Directorate's most successful event.

Your skills and attributes for success:

Proven track record of communications experience.

Proven experience managing web content on Drupal.

Proved Salesforce and CRM experience.

Excellent written oral, personal and digital communications skills.

Ability to create clear and effective communication plans.

Strong relationship and stakeholder management skills across all levels, with the ability to interpret people’s needs to influence effectively and manage expectations.

The ability to work at pace in a complex environment with many competing priorities.

Competence in using digital analytics and measurement tools.