We're hiring a Digital & Social Media Assistant!

We’re looking for a creative, bookish digital content creator to join the Scottish BPOC Writers Network (SBWN) team!

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We are a collective of freelance BPOC writers and creatives coming together to uplift, support and celebrate Black writers and writers of colour in, from and with connections to Scotland. At the centre of everything we do is collective care and support, access, non-hierarchical working and an anti-racist approach.

It’s time for us to transform our digital storytelling.

We need an innovative creator who can create and transform video content that builds community, spotlights BPOC writers across Scotland, makes us laugh and keeps us watching.

We are currently delivering year two of our three-year multi-year programme funded by Creative Scotland, which runs until March 2028.

Role Description

We are looking for a Digital & Social Media Assistant to join our team to support our mission of advocating for and facilitating opportunities for BPOC writers.

The literary landscape has changed and so have we.

We are looking for a bold creative to lead our new era of storytelling, who is able to create engaging video content that showcases our organisation as well our members’ stories and the evolving and changing face of the literary and publishing sector.

This will be an exciting role for a person with marketing experience who has interest in the creative sector, enjoys working with a diverse range of people and organisations, shares values of anti-racism and social justice and is keen to explore new ethical social media platforms and content creation that takes a community-led, social-justice-centric approach.

Duration: 21 months from July 2026 to March 2028
(While we seek to extend contracts beyond this, extension will be subject to available funds.)

Fee: £560 per month
£28 per hour x 20 hours per month, paid monthly on receipt of invoice

Application Deadline: 24 May

Application Deadline: 24 May
Shortlisting: you will hear from us if you have been shortlisted for an interview by 9 June.
Interviews: 15-19 June 2026, at a mutually convenient time.
Start date: 6 July

Contract:

20 hours per month @ £28 per hour (£560 per month).
July 2026 to March 2028 inclusive.
Scotland-based, mostly remote with occasional travel within Scotland.
Travel for in-person SBWN events covered.
Must be able to work freelance in the UK. You will be responsible for your own tax and invoicing monthly to receive payment.

Essential:

2+ years of experience in social media management or digital content creation.
Video Skills:
- Experience in scripting, shooting, and editing high-quality short-form video content
- Experience with editing tools (e.g. InShot, Edits, CapCut)
Experience with email marketing platforms (e.g. MailerLite or MailChimp)
Experience with graphic design tools (e.g. Adobe Photoshop, Canva, or Adobe Express)
Experience with analytics platforms and tools to measure content performance
Understanding of the creative sector.
Understands and upholds anti-racist values.
Understands and upholds Safer Spaces Policy.
Self-starter, able to work independently and collaboratively.
Legally able to work as a freelancer in the UK.
Based in Scotland.

Desirable:

Experience in the literary sector, or arts and culture sector.
A robust portfolio of social media short-form content.
Podcast production skills: finding guests, interviewing, editing, distribution, etc.
Interest in arts and literary programming.
Knowledge of paid advertising on social platforms and campaign management.
Familiarity with influencer marketing, social media trends, and viral content strategies.
Pre-existing knowledge of Scottish creative funding landscape.
Creative practitioner or industry professional, for example a writer (published or unpublished), librarian, bookseller, publisher, artist; and/or passionate about literature or the arts.

Digital & Social Media Assistant Responsibilities:

Building a new, video-first social media strategy.
Managing social media accounts:
- Posting and scheduling content across our social media platforms.
- Responding to comments and direct messages and interacting with followers.
- Moderating online communal/peer spaces (Facebook Group, Discord).
Ensuring content is accessible:
- Adding alt text (image or video descriptions).
- Adding captions/subtitles to video content.
- Including audio descriptions.
- Adding content warnings and trigger warnings where needed.

Collaborating with the team to execute social media campaigns, promotions, and initiatives.
Researching emerging social media trends, tools, and strategies to improve content and enhance audience engagement.
Creating email newsletters in MailerLite.
Tracking social media metrics and contributing to recording and reporting audience numbers.
Ensuring content is compliant with copyright and data protection laws.
Carrying out other Committee Member responsibilities as needed – see ‘Committee Member Responsibilities’ document.

Practicalities:

Applicants must be based in Scotland and must have the right to work freelance in the UK; team members are responsible for their own taxes.

The Digital & Social Media Assistant will have a seat on the Committee and input to decision-making in a non-hierarchical environment.

This is a remote position, however some travel is expected for quarterly in-person committee meetings – we generally travel between Dundee, Aberdeen, Glasgow & Edinburgh to spend the day/half day together (travel expenses covered).

Monthly online Committee meetings typically take place on Thursday mornings, and optional weekly online co-working spaces typically take place on Tuesday mornings, though we may be able to rearrange this to a different mutually-agreed weekday time. Beyond this, team members organise their working hours independently.

Training will be provided for working with tools and apps the team uses, such as Asana (project management), Clockify (logging hours), and Ticket Tailor (event promotion/booking). Familiarity with word processing and email apps is expected.

Access

Team members are invited to share their access requirements or Access Document / Rider (optional, treated in confidence).
We offer some childcare/caregiver bursaries and small mental health and wellbeing payment to all committee members. Please note that bursaries, if required, count as income to HMRC.
All online events and meetings have automated captions.
View SBWN’s public Access Statement.
If you require Access to Work provisions, these must be organised through the government Access to Work grant system – we know there is a waiting time of up to 12 months for new applications and may be able to support some provisions.

How to Apply

Before applying:

Please be mindful when applying that SBWN is an organisation run by and for Black people and people of colour. Read our About Page
Read our Mission and Values page
Read our Constitution
Read our Safer Spaces Policy – all team members must abide by this.

If you’re excited about the role but do not fulfil all of our essential criteria, we still encourage you to apply. We value voluntary and informally gained experience as much as paid or formal work history. We are aware of structural barriers that can prevent marginalised people from accessing opportunities, and we take these into account as much as possible in our selection processes.

Due to significant underrepresentation of Black people and people of colour in the Scottish literary sector and in decision-making roles in the Scottish creative industries, we strongly encourage applications from Black people and people of colour based in Scotland. Please refer to our Mission and Values page for more info on this terminology.

Ready to apply?

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Please complete our application form by 24 May 2026, sharing your marketing experience and interest in the role and SBWN, including a: