Social Video Manager

We are looking for a Social Video Manager to join our team and help us make a real difference for people with sight loss. In this exciting role, you will be the driving force behind creating impactful video content that resonates across social media platforms and helps foster a community that thrives on digital engagement.

As Social Video Manager, you will oversee a team of talented Video Producers, leading them to conceptualise, produce, direct, and edit high-quality video content. You will work closely with our digital, marketing, and creative teams to ensure the videos you create align perfectly with our brand messaging and broader campaign strategies. Your videos will be crafted specifically for platforms like Instagram, TikTok, Meta, and YouTube, making sure each piece speaks directly to our diverse audience.

Your role is not just about creating videos, it's about telling compelling stories. You’ll be responsible for managing the entire production process, from the early planning stages through to on-site shooting, editing and post-production. A key part of your responsibility will be ensuring that every project is completed on time, within budget, and meets the highest standards of accessibility, ensuring that our content can be enjoyed by everyone.

Staying on top of the latest social media trends, video techniques, and best practices will be essential in your role, helping you adapt our content to stay relevant and impactful. You’ll also explore new technologies and experiment with fresh approaches to video production, continually improving the quality of our content.

Your leadership will be a vital part of the success of the team. You will guide and mentor your video production team, providing support and fostering a collaborative, innovative environment. Working with external suppliers and agencies, when necessary, you’ll ensure the delivery of a seamless production process, while also creating and maintaining brand assets and video guidelines to ensure consistency across all platforms.

If you’re passionate about video, leadership, and making a real difference, we want you to bring your creativity and expertise to our team. Together, we can create inspiring, accessible content that makes a lasting impact on our community.

We value in-person collaboration with our teams and those we support, so the ability to travel to our sites is needed. This role offers flexibility in location, with the option to be in one of our key offices in either Reading or London. The role requires a presence in a Guide Dogs office 2/3 days per week, but beyond that, we offer a hybrid working arrangement that allows for flexibility while ensuring strong collaboration with colleagues and teams.

No two people with sight loss are the same, and none of our people are either. So, we are proud to offer a range of person-centred benefits that can support each member of staff in ways that really mean something to them – and show them how much they mean to us. We offer a flexible benefits package, discounts and cashback scheme, a generous holiday allowance and matched contributory pension scheme to care for our people.  

How to apply 

Further details on the full role are attached below. When you are ready to apply, submit an online application form via this page.

If you would like to have an informal conversation about the role before applying, or require any accessibility support to apply, our friendly recruitment team is ready and waiting to help. Call them on 0118 3540345 or drop an email to [email protected].

As part of your application ensure you provide evidence and examples of how your skills & experience meet the criteria as set out in the attached job description. You will also be asked to complete a few job-specific questions as part of this application process, so please be prepared to write your answers to these questions.

If you want to know more about the teams who work at Guide Dogs, you can find it on our Careers Page

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Guide Dogs welcomes applications from all sections of the community and actively encourages diversity to maximise achievements, creativity and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment, regardless of age, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, disability or nationality. 

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are proud, whenever possible, to offer an interview to all candidates that meet our selection criteria, and who indicate they wish their application to be considered under our Disability Confident interview commitment. For more details, visit our careers site.

If you are successful you will need to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK via our digital ID checking supplier; in addition, we cannot offer visa sponsorship at this time.

Every day is different at Guide Dogs. And no person with sight loss is the same. We work side by side, on our sites and in the community, in schools and on our streets, supporting people to live the life they choose. Our staff therefore also work in different ways to support the delivery of our life changing work.

Safeguarding

Guide Dogs is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children, young people and adults at risk of harm with whom we work. We expect all our employees and volunteers to fully share this commitment.

At Guide Dogs, we believe in fair and equitable hiring practices. A criminal record will not automatically disqualify an applicant from consideration for a position. Each case will be evaluated individually, taking into account the nature of the offense, its relevance to the role, and the time that has passed since the incident. We encourage all candidates to disclose relevant information, and we assure you that it will be handled confidentially and fairly.

Guide Dogs follow Safer Recruitment practices to ensure we are safeguarding the vulnerable people we work with. As part of this, we require a full work history with any gaps accounted for & a minimum of 2 professional referee details fully covering the past 5 years. If you are applying for a disclosure role, please note that you will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check and sign up to the DBS update service.