Creative Content Producer (5986)

Creative Content Producer

Permanent 

35 hours per week with options for flexible and compressed working hours

£35,100 per annum (£37,908 with 8% increase for London weighting)

Home-based with occasional office days, and on-location for shoots when required

The Children’s Society has been helping children and young people in this country for nearly 145 years. We run local services that support children when they are at their most vulnerable and in desperate need of help. We’re there for children, every step of the way.  

This role sits within Social Impact. Social Impact’s primary focus is on ‘Building a Movement,’ which drives two key objectives:

• Changing society’s attitudes and actions towards young people
• Growing support and raising income for The Children’s Society

We are currently looking for a Creative Content Producer with 5+ years of experience and a proven track record of crafting bold and standout film and photography work, impactful storytelling and is capable of crafting work that speaks to and elevates our core principals and goals.

Key parts of this role include an ability to manage your own time efficiently, hold strong collaboration skills to work with copywriters, social, digital and strategy roles, and an eagerness to bring colleagues from outside of creative backgrounds (often youth service practitioners) along with you through the creative process.

KEY SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

In order to be successful in this role, you must have: 

• Experience of hands-on film making and photography for a wide range of comms inc. advertising, marketing, brand and fundraising
• Use audience insight to create impactful visual assets
• Craft creative and interesting ways to communicate messages
• Have a broad technical knowledge and interest inc. camera operation, direction, lighting and audio setup, and software editing experience
• Have a competent file management and data wrangling process
• Work in cross-functional groups with a shared goal
• Contribute to successful integrated campaigns
• Write, plan, and execute film and photography projects collaboratively and on your own
• Work with creative, design and copywriting roles, alongside social and website producers and story and voice colleagues
• Develop, champion and protect brand look and feel
• Champion co-creation with children and young people
• Build strong collaborative relationships across knowledge groups
• Have strong creative and critical thinking
• Understanding of and interest in accessible content
• Creative concept development
• Stakeholder management
• Prioritisation and project management
• Knowledge of diversity and inclusion

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Act as enabler of our brand look and feel by coaching and upskilling colleagues and freelancers to develop film and photography that is consistent with brand narratives and engages audiences, driving behaviours that create action and impact
• Working closely with the Lead Creative and Senior Creative to craft inspiring organisational content that builds on audience insight, tells a powerful story, elevates youth voice, amplifies our message and grows support for the charity
• Support development and evolution of brand through guidelines that elevate youth involvement, give young people agency to share and tell their stories and help to ensure these are embedded across all film and photographic outputs
• Apply audience insights and work with colleagues to develop brave, innovative and powerful creative concepts that deliver impact, achieve cut-through and meet campaign objectives
• Write and produce content for a variety of audiences, purposes and channel executions, ensuring it delivers against the objectives as set out in the brief, building audience understanding and driving action and support
• Consistent cross-platform/channel/format brand expression
• Contribution to growth in attraction, support, income
• Contribution to audience understanding and attitude shift towards young people

The closing date for applications is at midnight on Friday 16th January 2026.

Interviews will be held from Wednesday 11^th February 2026.

The Children’s Society is committed to safeguarding and protection of the children and young people we work with. As such, for Youth Impact roles, our safer recruitment process includes a Basic DBS check, 2 years of employment references, and additional vetting checks relevant to the role. We have a comprehensive range of policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices across all areas of our organisation.

In support of our commitment to diversity and inclusion, shortlisting is carried out on an anonymised basis. Personal details are hidden from the shortlisting panel, and candidates are referenced by a candidate number only. As part of this process, we ask that your CV is anonymised before submission - this means removing personal information such as your name, contact details, age, and any other identifying details.

AI tools can support your application but only when used appropriately. You’re welcome to use them to improve clarity, structure, and research. However, overuse or misuse (e.g. inventing experience or using AI during assessments) may lead to rejection at any stage. We want to hear the real you - authenticity matters.