Common Understanding
Social Media, Content & Newsletter Creator (Volunteer)
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About the Role
We want to grow Common Understanding’s presence and bring our work to life - especially through video and eye-catching visual content. As Social Media, Content & Newsletter Creator, you’ll create and schedule content across LinkedIn and Instagram, produce our fortnightly newsletter, shape our voice and look, and help us reach teachers, schools, and supporters.
What difference will you make?
Your creativity will decide how we show up online, working directly with the founder. Great content and a regular newsletter will help more schools discover us, more supporters get behind us, and more people understand why clear thinking and media/AI literacy matter - directly supporting our push to book pilots and build the brand.
What will you be doing?
- Creating engaging content - short videos, carousels, graphics, and posts - in our brand voice and style.
- Producing our newsletter every other week - writing, designing, pulling together updates from across the charity, and scheduling/sending it.
- Planning and maintaining a simple content calendar and scheduling posts (regular, consistent cadence).
- Editing short-form video, including clips from talks, podcasts, or interviews.
- Growing our audience and engagement, and responding to comments/messages where appropriate.
- Tracking basic analytics (including newsletter open/click rates) and sharing what’s working.
- Supporting campaigns and events.
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What are we looking for?
Essential
- Familiarity with LinkedIn and Instagram and a feel for what performs on each.
- An eye for design and confidence with Canva (or similar).
- Confident writing and laying out an email newsletter (e.g. Mailchimp or similar).
- Basic short-form video editing (e.g. CapCut, iMovie).
- Strong, accurate written communication.
- Creative, organized, and able to plan ahead; happy working independently and collaboratively.
- Alignment with our mission.
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Desirable
- Previous experience in social media, marketing, communications, newsletters, or content creation (beneficial, not essential).
- Basic analytics, graphic design.
Safeguarding & DBS
No DBS check is required - this is a remote content role with no contact with children.
Voluntary status
This is a genuinely voluntary, unpaid role (reasonable expenses reimbursed). We deliberately keep it flexible and non-contractual - we don’t set fixed, obligatory hours - so it stays a volunteer role rather than a paid “intern”/worker position.
How to apply
Send a short expression of interest (a few lines on why you’re interested and any relevant experience), two references, and, if you have one, a CV or portfolio/examples to info@commonunderstanding.org.uk. We review applications on a rolling basis, followed by an informal chat and reference check before starting.
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