Social Media Manager - #2082059

Social Media Manager

£35,000 - £40,000 + Benefits

I'm currently working with a growing in-house, digital marketing team looking to hire a Social Media Manager to take ownership of social activity across a portfolio of well-known consumer and business-facing brands within the financial services sector.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who genuinely lives and breathes social media, enjoys creating content that drives engagement, and wants to play a key role in shaping social strategies across multiple brands.

You'll work closely with the Head of Social and a wider team of creatives, supporting the planning, creation and delivery of organic social campaigns across a range of platforms. It's a varied role that combines content creation, campaign management, community engagement and performance analysis.

The successful candidate will be confident developing ideas, creating content, briefing designers and copywriters, and using performance insights.

In a nutshell

• Managing organic social media activity across multiple brands and platforms
• Planning and delivering engaging social campaigns
• Creating content and supporting content production, including short-formvideo
• Briefing creative teams and helping bring ideas tolife
• Monitoring campaign performance and reporting on results
• Managing online communities and audience engagement
• Supporting reactive content and handling sensitive communications when required
• Working closely with internal stakeholders to ensure campaigns are delivered effectively and on time

Great if

• Strong experience managing social media accounts and campaigns
• Excellent understanding of Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, LinkedInand X
• Content creation and copywriting experience
• Good understanding of social media analytics and reporting
• Experience managing online communities
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously

Bonus points

• Experience within financial services or another regulated industry
• Experience using tools such as Sprout Social, Hootsuite or similar platforms
• Knowledge of emerging and developing channels including Threads, Bluesky, Reddit, Pinterest, Snapchat and YouTube
• Basic video editing skills