SOCIAL MEDIA PRESS MANAGER


FULL TIME, 40 HRS A WEEK, MON-FRI 
Fixed term contract for 15 months starting in November
Location: Hadleigh, Suffolk


Jim Lawrence is a family run manufacturing business based in Hadleigh, Suffolk, specialising in lighting and home interiors. We are seeking an experienced Social Media and Press Manager to provide maternity cover for a fixed period of fifteen months.

This role is ideal for someone with a genuine passion for interiors, a talent for storytelling, and a strong understanding of how to build and nurture engaged social media communities. You’ll be responsible for shaping and executing the company’s social media and PR strategies, ensuring a consistent and compelling presence across both digital and traditional media. Working closely with internal teams, influencers, and media partners, you’ll help drive engagement, build meaningful brand awareness, and continue to elevate the Jim Lawrence brand in a thoughtful way.


KEY RESPONSIBILITIES



SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGEMENT

  • Develop and implement social media strategy across all platforms.
  • Create engaging, brand-aligned content which includes visually compelling scheduling across all platforms, written copy and video.
  • Utilising our content planner, plan and execute campaigns across social media, the website and email marketing e.g. new product launches, working closely with internal teams to ensure goals are met.
  • Alongside the marketing assistant, oversee the day-to-day management of social media accounts, including posting, monitoring and responding to comments/messages in a timely manner. 
  • Oversee social media advertising budgets, ensuring cost-effective and optimised ad spend.


CONTENT CREATION & EDITORIAL 

  • Conduct interviews with designers, collaborators and key figures in the industry on the Jim Lawrence Style Journal, turning conversations into well-crafted features for the brand's blog and wider content channels.
  • Work closely with the marketing assistant and in-house photographer to produce engaging video of products and behind-the-scenes content.
  • Source and coordinate customer-generated content and testimonials for social media.


PRESS & PR

  • Act as the first point of contact for all media and press enquiries.
  • Identify, engage and manage relationships with influencers to expand the company’s reach and audience online.
  • Write and distribute press releases for new product releases.


EMAIL MARKETING

  • Plan, create and send x2 newsletters a week via Mailchimp campaigns.
  • Maintain and grow the subscriber database.
  • Track campaign performance.

WHAT WE OFFER

  • Enhanced Annual Leave of 25 days plus bank holidays
  • Option to purchase additional annual leave
  • Company pension 3% to 5%
  • Free on-site parking
  • Health & wellbeing programme
  • 40% Employee Discount
  • Company Sick Pay

If you are interested in this position, please submit your CV with your salary expectations to us at recruitment@jim-lawrence.co.uk 
or call us on  01473 826685 for further details.