Shape History is searching for candidates with 4-5 years of experience in social media and creative content strategy, to fill the new position of Creative Social Media and Content Lead. Working with one of our biggest partners, a philanthropic foundation working to improve the wellbeing of youth in cities around the world, we are looking for someone with a knack for storytelling and creativity, a passion for social media, and a drive to make a difference.
If you’re ready for a new challenge in London, let’s talk.
Hello! We’re Shape History, the social impact communications agency. We work with our partners – charities, businesses, UN bodies, academic institutions, philanthropic organisations – on some of the biggest issues facing humanity today, from Climate Change to Gender Equality, Health and Wellbeing to Youth Empowerment. Our vision is a fairer world, and we use communications to get there faster.
We’re a full service agency, doing everything from strategically advising major institutions, to managing digital presences, to ideating and crafting beautiful content that resonates with audiences. The successful candidate will join our Strategy Team, reporting to an Associate Strategy Director. They will work to shape and activate content strategies across a variety of social media platforms for Shape History and our partners.
As part of this role, you will be leading on creative social media strategies, content and activations for a variety of our partners. Over the next 12 months, up to 50% of your time will be solely focussed supporting one our most exciting partners: Fondation Botnar.
Fondation Botnar is a Swiss philanthropic foundation working to improve the health and wellbeing of young people living in cities around the world. Advocating for the inclusion of youth voices and the equitable use of AI and digital technology, the foundation invests in and supports innovative programs and research, and brings together actors from across sectors to create dialogue and partnerships. The successful candidate will be leading on all aspects of the foundation’s social media presence and will need to show demonstrated interest and enthusiasm in their work to champion and support the wellbeing of young people globally. Please note, a representative from the foundation will also sit on the recruitment panel.
We are committed to having an inclusive culture in which everyone feels safe and supported to achieve their potential. We recognise that there is a long way to go in implementing race equity in the sector and we have a robust strategy in place for delivering this at Shape History. We actively encourage applications from underrepresented and minority groups, including those with lived experience of social issues we are working to address. As part of this strategy, we use blind recruitment in our first round of applications. When applying for this role, you will be taken to a Typeform link where you’ll be asked a series of questions.
Base salary of £38,000 – £43,000 plus company and personal bonus (between 3-5% base salary)
We may review applications on a rolling basis but to give you a general sense of timings:
Shape History is looking for candidates with over 3 years of experience in the creative industry, to become our new mid-weight Creative.
Do you have the vision to make the world a fairer place, faster and the creative ambition to realise it? Are you a constantly erupting volcano of ideas? Are you a hybrid creative that can jump between words and pictures like a ninja in an art gallery? If this sounds like you, you could be what we’re looking for.
We’re Shape History, the social impact communications agency. We work with our partners on some of the biggest issues facing humanity today, from Climate Change to Gender Equality, Digital Health to Human Rights. We’re a full service agency, doing everything from brand books to hero videos, stunts to strategies, and creative campaigns of every size.
This is your opportunity to let your creativity loose, collaborating with a high-level Creative Team to support in the creation of campaign identities and brand activations for our social impact partners. You’ll be the guardian of the ‘big idea’, working closely with strategists, designers, motion masters and our web team to ensure your creative vision comes to life across all disciplines.
The successful candidate will sit in the Creative team, reporting to either an Associate Creative Director or the Creative Director.
We are committed to having an inclusive culture in which everyone feels safe and supported to achieve their potential. We recognise that there is a long way to go in implementing race equity in the sector and we have a robust strategy in place for delivering this at Shape History. We actively encourage applications from underrepresented and minority groups, including those with lived experience of social issues we are working to address. As part of this strategy, we use blind recruitment in our first round of applications. When applying for this role, you will be taken to a Typeform link where you’ll be asked a series of questions.
Base salary of £31,000 – £40,000 plus company and personal bonus (between 3-5% base salary)
Shape History is looking for candidates with at least 4-5+ years of experience across PR & marketing marketing at either an agency or purpose-led brand. We’re looking for someone with commercial acumen & a track record of delivering high value marketing and media marketing and media coverage, a passion for building relationships, and an innate understanding of the social impact/sustainability space. If you’re ready for a new challenge in London, let’s talk.
Hello! We’re Shape History, the social impact communications agency. We work with our partners (not clients!) – businesses, charities, multilaterals, and philanthropic organisations – on the biggest issues facing humanity today, from Climate Change to Gender Equality, Public Health to Human Rights. We maximise the power of communications to shape the history of tomorrow, today .
We’re a full service agency, so our expertise ranges from strategically advising major institutions, to placing stories in the news, creating global campaigns, and crafting pioneering brand identities. The successful candidate will join our Growth team, reporting to our Co-MDs and will be responsible for:
Shape History is a storyteller’s dream. You will have the space and autonomy to decide how you deliver on the above goals with efficiency and results, although we’ve mapped out key priorities below – if you have a different take with these, we’d love to hear your thoughts and be challenged:
Raise the agency’s profile within trade and sector press
Maximise events & conferences
Drive impact-focused storytelling
We are committed to having an inclusive culture in which everyone feels safe and supported to achieve their potential. We recognise that there is a long way to go in implementing race equity in the sector and we have a robust strategy in place for delivering this at Shape History. We actively encourage applications from underrepresented and minority groups, including those with lived experience of social issues we are working to address. As part of this strategy, we use blind recruitment in our first round of applications. When applying for this role, you will be taken to a Typeform link where you’ll be asked a series of questions.
Base salary of £40,000 – £49,000 plus company and personal bonus (between 3-5% base salary)
We may review applications on a rolling basis but to give you a general sense of timings:
We run our own internal campaigns to build passion projects with no restrictions. We also have the History Shaper Fund, a public fund that offers grants to young people.
We commit time and financial resources into the two strands of the programme - History Shaper Campaigns and the History Shaper Fund.
We understand that people work best at different times in the day, and either at home or in the office so we're super flexible!
4x per year, the full team comes together to take part in workshops, activities and socials. Previous team days have included axe throwing (not at each other), graffiti spraying and team challenges around London. We also celebrate our values by hosting a Culture afternoon once per quarter.
Each team member is entitled to 24 days of holiday plus a Christmas shutdown period and bank holidays. During Summer months, you finish early on Fridays.
We think that the team has a vitamin C deficiency because the amount of fruit they devour during Monday huddles is ridiculous. Enjoy that, as well as prosecco Thursdays!
Our main priority is our team and the culture that runs throughout the agency. We put emphasis on working with team members to unfold their individual and unique potential.
We value our mental health and think it’s healthy to talk about it at work. That’s why we've partnered with Sanctus, so you can book a 50-minute coaching session each month.
We don’t shy away from talking about money at SH - we actively encourage it! We ask each team member to conduct a self reflective assessment involving writing a salary proposal for the year ahead. We also offer both company and personal bonuses!
For those who menstruate, it’s shitty enough to have to deal with the pain, not to mention the cost. That’s why we offer paid sick days to curl up in bed. We also offer sustainable, zero chemical period products whilst you’re in the office.
We have signed up to the UK government’s cycle to work scheme. We've also partnered with loveelectric - a B Corp with a focus on solely electric cars.