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Social Media Manager, PROSPECTUS
Social Media Manager – Prospectus (-secondment) for Material Focus
About the Role
Are you an inspiring Social Media Manager with a passion for the environment?
Prospectus is delighted to be supporting Material Focus – an independent not-for-profit organisation on a mission to stop the valuable, critical and finite materials inside electricals from going to waste. Together with partners, Material Focus is transforming the UK’s e-waste system and empowering more people to reuse and recycle their electricals through the award-winning UK-wide Recycle Your Electricals campaign, for the good of people, our economy, and our planet.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a driven and highly successful Marketing and Communications team in a newly created role. Brand consistency is key when influencing behaviour change, so you will ensure all content is aligned, engaging, and impactful.
About the Organisation
Material Focus collaborates to:
- Improve the UK’s e-waste management system.
- Amplify their award-winning Recycle Your Electricals campaign.
- Empower citizens to adopt sustainable behaviours through research-backed outreach.
What You’ll Do
Your Core Responsibilities
You’ll be the go-to Social Media Manager, bringing the wider marcomms plan to life with strategically designed content. Key duties include:
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- Developing and maintaining a clear, structured social media content calendar aligned to campaigns, partners, and audience engagement goals.
- Creating and curating high-impact content (carousels, videos, blog snippets, memes) for key B2C platforms (focused on platforms like Instagram, Twitter/X, and Facebook, with secondary LinkedIn usage).
- Collaborating with stakeholders, partners, and funded project leads to amplify historically significant and emerging work.
- Proactively proposing fresh campaigns and branded infographics, and translating them into engaging social assets.
- Influencing behaviour change through visually compelling messaging while maintaining brand consistency.
- Supporting rapid response content production when **trends, news items, or partnerships align—**with agency to challenge and prioritise.
- Staying ahead of trends, platform algorithms, and native features to ensure optimal reach and conversion.
Key Traits & Mindset
You’ll thrive if you:
- Live and breathe social media – know how to tailor messaging for near-flat algorithms, trend tracking, and platform-native formats.
- Are highly organised and comfortable balancing multiple priorities in a fast-paced, campaign-heavy role.
- Love reuse/recycle/zero waste – this sector isn’t obligatory, but ideal if you’re motivated to drive meaningful environmental change.
- Are detail-oriented, proactive, and self-starter with fresh ideas to translate into engaging content.
- Have experience in environmental marketing (bonus!) but aren’t required to – prioritisation matters most.
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About the Working Arrangement
Hybrid role – one day a week in office (Virginia office location).
Why Join Us?
- Join an award-winning environmental organisation gaining significant media and political attention.
- Combine creativity with purpose-driven marketing—knowing your work has transformational real-world impact.
- Work for a mission-driven brand respected across sectors.
Crucial Note on Inclusion
At Prospectus, we invest in your application journey. This role welcomes diverse backgrounds, and we are committed to reasonable adjustments to empower all applicants. Contact George Cook at Prospectus if you need support navigating your application.
Note: Material Focus is a working name for the UK battery recycling charity. Other campaigns include sustainable tech case studies.
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