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Social Media Assistant 6 months FTC – in a nutshell

We are looking for a creative social media assistant to work closely with our Social Media Manager, creating content and managing social channels, influencer partnerships and more on a 6-month fixed-term contract. You’ll be integral to our new phasing of TikTok and launching a new strategy as we evolve into a new brand positioning.

You’ll be creating exciting content weekly and make a huge impact on social. You’ll be the voice to thousands of Côte guests and bring to life our Côte stories, anything from our ingredient sourcing stories in France to working with our Executive Chef on recipes. No week is the same – you’ll get stuck into content from the get-go and get to visit our incredible restaurants, central kitchen, and suppliers.

Locations

Our head office is located just behind Oxford St, London, W1T 3NJ. This role will require regular travel to our restaurants nationwide, and hybrid working is standard practice.

The good stuff.

• We pay all our teams fortnightly because who doesn’t love a payday?
• Treat yourself, family, and friends to 100% off food and drink at any Côte (T&C’s apply)
• Discounts up for grabs with over 200 retailers and brands via Perkbox
• We take well-being seriously, so you’ll have access to Smart Health, which offers a 24/7 support
• Company pension scheme and life assurance scheme
• Access your pay early through our Wagestream service

The day job.

• Briefing, creating and editing engaging content for TikTok and Instagram Reels
• Assisting our Social Media Manager on photoshoots and video shoots – capturing content and working with photographers, models and chefs
• Assisting on reporting and strategy
• Identify and coordinate influencer partnerships – assisting local marketing influencer partnerships and on a national scale
• Owning our local marketing pages – we have 85 restaurants, so this role will be vital to keep our Facebook pages up to date and sharing local events on the pages, alongside managing local competitions and general housekeeping, updating images where necessary
• Keeping a close eye on competitors and other successful brands on channels like TikTok and Instagram – tracking and reporting
• Working with our food and drink team on reacting to viral food trends, e.g limited edition cocktails or twists on our existing dishes
• Supporting in creating content for our paid social media campaigns – GIF, carousel and video
• Working with our restaurant teams, content creators or influencers to craft on-brand content for multiple channels

Who you are & your experience:

• Love food/drink and have an eye for creating food-porn worthy content
• Love and have some experience in creating engaging, quality content (even if they are your own channels) such as TikTok and Instagram
• Able to think up engaging campaigns and video briefs, not afraid to pitch new ideas – able to explain why as a brand, we should be jumping on certain trends and make them relevant to our audiences
• Experience using basic editing software such as CapCut or Final Cut and limited experience with the Adobe Suite: Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Photoshop or InDesign
• Able to write attention grabbing copy for captions or in-video captions – you know all the social media trends and know type of content what will trend
• Experience shooting content on a video camera or quality iPhone content
• Able to manage your own time, schedules and deadlines – working on quick turnarounds for campaigns and managing your shoots alongside other deadlines and your day to day

Bonjour we’re Côte

We believe life should be full of flavour. Yes, we’re foodies – but we’re actually in the business of making memories. Founded in Wimbledon in 2007 with a mission to deliver quality, French-inspired food, extraordinary service, and a whole-hearted enjoyment of life, we now have a 3,000-strong team and 85 restaurants (and counting) across the UK.

There is so many reasons to join Côte

We’re on an exciting new journey – and our team will play a huge part in making it happen. That means when you’re with us, every day is an opportunity to aim higher. Because we’re invested in your development, so you’ll get out as much as you put in. And we encourage you to bring your unique flavour to work, because we value the diversity of our teams. Best of all, the work you do brings joy to others. Sound good? Maybe you belong with us.

This profile is not exhaustive, will be subject to periodic review and may be amended to meet the changing needs of the business.