Volunteer Social Media Manager for Continuo Foundation

What will you be doing?

We are looking for a creative and experienced social media manager with a keen eye for design to refresh our brand image and raise awareness of Continuo Connect and our fantastic early music concert listings. Responsibilities to include:

manage and create engaging content for Instagram, Twitter and Facebook share content to relevant Facebook groups (eg. early music, period instrument or regional events focus) help integrate the social media presences of Continuo Foundation and Continuo Connect generate ideas for repurposing content - photos and videos - from concerts we have supported with grants keep an eye on the Continuo Connect events calendar for grantee concerts schedule posts 2-3 weeks in advance using Metricool (or a similar platform) track performance of posts on various platforms on an ongoing basis collaborate with the marketing team and participate in discussions of Continuo's digital marketing strategy stay up to date with social media platform trends and changes to ensure maximum reach and engagement for Continuo Connect's content

We estimate that the role would involve approximately 2-3 hours per week on average across the month. These hours are flexible and can be scheduled around the volunteer's other time commitments.  

What are we looking for?

The volunteer should have experience of managing and creating engaging, visually appealing content for Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.  Experience of Metricool or a comparable social media scheduling tool is necessary. An interest in classical music and musicians is a plus! 

What difference will you make?

Raising brand awareness will have a direct impact on Continuo Foundation's ability to successfully carry out its mission to help period-instrument musicians to flourish and to bring the joy of live music to more people in communities across the country. There are two inter-connected strands to Continuo's activity: awarding grants to ensembles to carry out artistic projects and growing the UK early music community through the Continuo Connect digital hub initiative. The twin aims of Continuo Connect are: 

to help period instrument ensembles and musicians to be more financially sustainable by doing more concerts in more places and earning more income; and to bring the joy of experiencing live early music performances to people everywhere in the UK