Digital Content Assistant

We're looking for a creative, curious and motivated individual to join us as a Digital Content Assistant through the Create Your Future programme - a paid placement supporting young people into creative and cultural careers.

This role offers hands-on experience working across a busy cultural organisation during this exciting period. You'll help tell the story of our exhibitions, cinema programme, events and creative activity through engaging digital content, while gaining valuable experience in arts marketing, social media and audience engagement.

Working closely with our Marketing Manager and wider team, you'll support content creation, campaign delivery and online audience growth. You'll also gain insight into programming and cultural production through shadowing opportunities with our Programming team., This is a new placement role created through the Create Your Future programme, supporting young people aged 16+ into creative and cultural careers through paid work experience.

The Digital Content Assistant will support The Maltings' Marketing & Communications activity across visual arts, cinema, events and engagement programmes. Working closely with the Marketing Manager, the postholder will help create engaging digital content, support social media activity and contribute to audience development campaigns.

The role is designed to provide practical, hands-on experience across a full campaign cycle - from summer programming through to autumn and early winter activity - while building skills in content creation, social media marketing and partnership working.

The successful candidate will gain valuable experience working within a busy cultural organisation and will have opportunities to contribute ideas, develop creative confidence and build a professional portfolio.

This is an ideal opportunity for someone at the start of their creative career who wants to build confidence, develop practical skills and gain experience working in a fast-paced arts environment.

Berwick-upon-Tweed is in the middle of an exciting cultural transformation, with The Maltings (Berwick) Trust playing a central role in the town's future. Alongside a major redevelopment project, we continue to deliver a year-round programme of visual arts, cinema, live performance and creative engagement across North Northumberland and the eastern Scottish Borders.