Social media executive

Closing date for applications: 14th April 2026

Salary: £26,000 - £28,000 (pro rata)

Holidays: 28 days per year (pro rata)

Location: Leeds

Working pattern: 3 days (21.3 hours per week) with at least one day in the Kings Avenue office, but this is flexible.

Love creating engaging social media content about books? This is an opportunity to shape the online voice of Peepal Tree Press, promoting groundbreaking Caribbean and Black British literature to readers.

Peepal Tree Press is an independent publisher and writer development organisation specialising in Caribbean and Black British writing, actively committed to the goals of racial, gender and LGBTQI+ equality and publishing work that enables British society to confront its past as a colonising and imperial nation. Peepal Tree employs eight people, but only two full-time. We are part of Arts Council England’s National Portfolio and receive some public funding.

What you’ll be doing

• Creating and planning social media campaigns and posts for our three main platforms (Instagram, Bluesky, Facebook) as well as additional posts on LinkedIn and YouTube. We would welcome ideas for growing newer sites such as Substack.
• Supporting the publicity efforts of the Marketing & Publicity team.
• Supporting and working with online events programming and the social media strategy.
• Coming up with publication day posts, book teasers, cover reveals, reading lists.
• Promotion and attendance at events.
• Coming up with original social media content for the promotion of our backlist and Caribbean Modern Classics series as well as new publications.
• Building our blogger base and organic readership with Marketing team.

Knowledge, skills and experience

• 1–2 years in a social media or marketing assistant role.
• Familiar with building a social media strategy.
• Familiarity with book marketing.
• Knowledge and enjoyment of Caribbean literature and culture.

This exciting and varied role supports sales, marketing and digital activity as well as publicity and events. There is scope for the role and days to expand. This is a great role for somebody looking for more independence and creativity in creating social content and strategy for books.

We welcome and encourage applications from candidates who have an interest in Caribbean literature or are of Caribbean or Global Majority heritage.