Digital campaigns assistant

Salary: £32,000

Location: London (office based)
Contract: 12 months, full time

Support the delivery of digital campaigns at a non-profit focused on progressive social impact.

Small Axe is a not-for-profit with one goal: to create movements that are progressive, hopeful and powerful, to inspire people to act on the most pressing issues of our time. We bring together bold creative, communications and organising to run integrated end-to-end campaigns.

The Digital Campaigns Assistant position is an entry level role. It’s open to recent graduates with relevant experience alongside their studies as well as candidates with 1-2 years of relevant work experience. The important thing is you’ve proven your interest in making change happen - whether that’s through volunteering, in community organising or campaigning. And you’ve got drive, ambition and the ability to learn quickly.

From crafting emails that inspire people to take action, to brainstorming graphics that cut through the noise, to getting stuck into the behind-the-scenes-detail that gets a campaign out the door, you’ll be working hard, fast and learning everyday.

What you'll be doing

• Support the production of campaign content:

  • Craft punchy emails, petitions, event forms and action pages that move people to action.

  • Brainstorm beautiful posters, social media graphics and videos that cut through the noise.

  • Draft compelling and moving video scripts.

  • Post powerful content and copy on social media, keeping our campaign channels active and inspiring.

• Assist with community moderation: Help develop and moderate our online supporter communities - from supporting a specific social media channel, monitoring comments, reactions and moderation to keeping on top of supporter inboxes.

• Support campaigns to run smoothly: Help us administrate and understand our campaigns and audiences better by performing accurate data entry and hygiene, cleaning contact lists or getting your head into analysis or research.

• Master the tools of the movement: Time to learn and build competence across a range of digital tools — like Action Network, Airtable, Favro, Slack, CallHub, GetThru and Front.

• Process documentation: Learn and accurately follow processes - from AGILE methodology to other processes that keep our organisation and campaigns running smoothly.

• Quality control: You will act as the "first line of defence" for quality, learning to catch typos and broken links before the team reviews them.

• Perform other duties as required.

Who we are looking for

Person specification

We’ll be looking for evidence and examples of the below in your application:

Essential experience & skills

• This is an entry level role. It is open to a recent graduate or a candidate with equivalent experience.

• A proven interest in volunteering, community organising or campaigning: that could be anything from volunteering for a local housing campaign in your area, supporting a small community-run project, being involved in - or starting - your own campaign at university. Whatever it is, we want to hear about what brings you to that work.

• You are passionate about politics and making change, and curious about what makes an effective digital campaign in a political space.

• You are a digital native - you’re comfortable using social media, or using AI in smart ways, or maybe you’re a whiz using spreadsheets.

• You are a rapid learner who picks up new software and processes quickly.

• You are eagle-eyed, with strong attention to detail — the person who notices a broken link, a misaligned logo, or a missing tracking code before it goes live.

• You have the drive to see change happen in every piece of work, whether that's data entry or copywriting.

• You can communicate effectively and openly with people of different backgrounds and from across the progressive political spectrum.

• You have a growth mindset - you view feedback and edits as fuel for improvement, not criticism, and you're not afraid to ask questions when unsure.

• You have already learnt how to juggle and prioritise your workload, managing tasks with care and precision - that could be from working jobs during your studies to working in a professional environment.

Desirable experience & skills

If you have experience of the following, please provide evidence and examples in your application.

• Experience working agency-side, or on events, film or photo shoots.

• Experience in a creative or digital role or community organising.

• Basic familiarity with design tools (e.g. Canva) or website builders.

Read more about the expectations of the role, and requirements, on our careers site.

We welcome and encourage applications from candidates who are under-represented in the creative industries.

Please make sure that you state in your application that you found this role via Creative Access.