Job Vacancy: We Are Seeking an Promotions Co-ordinator
10 hrs per week
£12 hour on a permanent contract
Deadline for Applications: Friday 5th July
'What I say is, a town isn’t a town without a bookstore. It may call itself a town, but unless it’s got a bookstore, it knows it’s not fooling a soul'
Are you someone looking to break out of the mold and have a passion to make a real difference in your local community? Tired of not having a say in the business you work in and not having your voice heard? Feeling frustrated you cannot see the benefit of the work you do and how it has a real impact on others peoples lives?
The bad news is there are a lot of jobs like this.
The good news is, working at October Books is the exact opposite!
October Books has been more than just a bookshop for over 40 years and we are as passionate today about supporting the community as we were back then. Our vision is that 'October Books' is a thriving place where people of all ages and backgrounds gather, offering a diverse range of books chosen by our local community. A place where adults and children are stimulated to reimagine a more equitable flourishing community that cares for people and the natural world, through the books and products sold and the events that are put on.' We work with participative approaches in the team, so this isn’t your usual retail or management role.
We are looking for someone with experience in promotions who is inspired by all that we do. The role will require you to be a lead on all things promotional in the shop from developing our promotional strategy, creating our social media content, doing our window displays to match our promotions, organise our events, liaising with authors/event leads and looking out for opportunities to promote what we do in the city and beyond.
You will work closely with the existing team, sharing the responsibility for running the business as a whole. The role is perfect for someone who is looking for significant responsibility in an adaptive and flexible co-operative environment.
Formal interviews will be held w/c 8th July.
Not sure if this role is right for you but want to know more, then ……..
Required expertise or experience for this role:
Have a sound knowledge of the major social media platforms and have used them in a professional capacity
Ability to develop a promotional strategy
Organise events
Use Canva and the Google suite to design promotional material
Work very well to deadlines and be very organised
Work Independently, managing and organising your own time and workload
Work well as part of a small team
Have creative ideas to be used in promotions
To apply please complete our online form and attach it to an email at info@octoberbooks.org with 'Job application 2024 ' in the subject line, or print out and return to October Books, 189 Portswood Road, Southampton, SO17 2NF.
