Job Title: Social Media & Marketing Manager Temp (Maternity Cover)

Location: Hybrid/Remote – 1 day per week (Tuesdays) in office. Shepherd’s Bush, London.

Contract: Temporary (April 1, 2025 – August 1st, 2025)

Salary: £40,000 Pro rata

About us:

The Foraging Fox is a multi-award winning F&B brand with a uniquely positioned proposition in the market with its range of low sugar beetroot and tomato ketchups, flavoured mayonnaise, Keto certified salsas, and more in development!

The Company’s mission is to become the go-to brand for guilt free, great tasting food. Now stocked in more than 5,000 stores across the UK and USA including Costco, Waitrose, Ocado, Tesco and many UK-wide speciality stores.

2023 Nourish Awards: The Foraging Fox Mango Habanero Salsa – Silver

2023 Nourish Awards: The Foraging Fox Classic Tomato Salsa – Bronze

2022 Great Taste Awards: The Foraging Fox Smoked Chipotle Salsa – 1 Gold Star

2021 Great Taste Awards: The Foraging Fox Smoked Garlic Mayo -1 Gold Star

2021 Great Taste Awards: The Foraging Fox Spiced Turmeric Mayo – 1 Gold Star

2021 Great Taste Awards: The Foraging Fox Classic Tomato Ketchup – 1 Gold Star

2020 Great Taste Awards: The Foraging Fox Coconut, Chilli & Lime Mayo – 1 Gold Star

2019 Great Taste Awards: The Foraging Fox Avocado & Lemon Mayo – 1 Gold Star

2019 Chef’s Choice Awards, Product of the Year: The Foraging Fox Original Beetroot Ketchup

2018 Great Taste Awards: The Foraging Fox Smoked Beetroot Ketchup – 1 Gold Star

2019 People Choice Award 2nd Runner Up: Smoked Garlic Mayo, Coconut, Lime & Chilli Mayo, Avocado & Lemon Mayo

2018 CPG SupplySide West Editor’s Choice Award: Smoked Beetroot Ketchup

Full Job Description

We are looking for a creative and proactive Marketing Temp to cover maternity leave from April 1, 2025, to August 1st, 2025. Working closely with our current head of marketing during April and then reporting directly to our CEO, the successful candidate’s role will be to support, maintain and enhance the impeccably high standards of implementation and delivery across the day-to-day activities of the brand.

This role requires an individual that has all round marketing knowledge with a background in content creation, social media management, event coordination and retailer communications. This role will involve working with both US and UK team members, agencies and brands. You’ll be working on a hybrid basis, with one day per week in our Shepherd’s Bush shared working space. You must be able to develop recipes using our products and film, edit and post this content to social media.

Qualifications / Experience required:

• Bachelor’s degree
• Marketing experience: 3-5 years
• Social media experience: minimum of 3 year

This is a brilliant opportunity for an ambitious and self-driven candidate to join a rapidly growing and exciting company where your responsibilities will include:

Content Creation & Social Media:

• Owning, maintaining and adapting The Foraging Fox social media content plans and calendar according to in-store and online retail promotional / awareness building activities.
• Develop, film, and edit high-quality recipe videos independently.
• Write engaging copy for Instagram, LinkedIn, events, and website content.
• Promote user engagement, increase numbers of followers and direct D2C sales.

Brand & Event Management:

• Leading the calendar of consumer events / festivals and trade shows for both the UK and US and develop the consumer journey experience on site.
• Edit and prepare marketing assets for campaigns and activations.
• Coordinate deliveries and show briefs for events and brand initiatives.
• Attend UK events and manage setup/ takedown. Manage staff and capture content for social media.

Influencer Management:

• Communicate with existing influencers.
• Source new content creators, plan deliverables.
• Arrange product send-outs.

Website Management:

• Update news section.
• Manage any new website changes needed.
• Update website photography to reflect any product changes.

Photography/Graphic & Asset Management:

• Keep shared dropbox files for photography up to date with most recent photography
• Create briefs for photoshoots and book photography.
• Work with a number of external agencies both UK and US to ensure retailer photography is correct and where necessary fix any errors.
• Main point of contact for in-house marketing teams amongst our retail partners. Drafting marketing materials, web copy, brochure copy and consumer liaison copy.
• Being responsible for briefing third party creative teams on execution e.g. ad/banner artwork and photography bibles, as examples.
• Use Canva & Photoshop to create and edit briefs, presentations and decks.

About You:

• Proven experience in social media content creation and video editing.
• Confident in working independently
• Copywriting skills for social media, events, and websites.
• Highly organized with experience in event planning and logistics.
• Able to prioritize tasks and work efficiently within deadlines.

Why Join Us?

– Opportunity to work in a fast-paced, creative environment.
– Gain hands-on experience with a global brand.
– Hybrid with a collaborative team.

How to Apply:
Send your CV and portfolio (Must including examples of recipe/ food video content, events) to amy@foragingfox.com with the subject line "Marketing Temp Application – [Your Name] Only candidates that apply via this method will be considered.

Interview process:

Stage 1: Initial chat with Head of Marketing

Stage 2: Chat with CEO & Head of Marketing

Stage 3: Meet the team + Present example project.

Stage 4: Feedback given/ Final offer if successful.

Job Types: Full-time, Temporary
Contract length: 4 months

Pay: £40,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Work from home

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location: Hybrid remote in London W6 7NL

Reference ID: TFFmarketingtemp
Expected start date: 01/04/2025