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Social Media Manager

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  • Location: Manchester
  • Salary: £30,000 - £35,000 per year
  • Job Type:Permanent

Posted 22 days ago

  • Sector: Marketing
  • Contact: Claire Eason
  • Contact Email: claireeason@betterplaced.com
  • Contact Phone: 0161 238 6700
  • Client: Client A1 Better Placed
  • Expiry Date: 12 February 2025
  • Job Ref: 29020

Social Media Manager

Entertainment/Leisure industry

Manchester City Centre. Hybrid 4/ 1 (Fridays WFH)

£35,000

 

Our client is one of the UKs most successful and best loved entertainment brands. An iconic brand, and Northern Powerhouse.

 

The story of this brand is something to be admired, they have secured a leading place in this diverse market to become an instantly recognisable brand with the most loyal customer base.

 

As they continue to move through the next phase of their transformation project and are building out key strategic hires within the marketing team. They are now looking for an experienced Social Media Marketeer to join their fantastic team to continue to develop the brands Social Media strategy and Social community.

 

Joining the business now is a really exciting time. Private equity backed, so plenty of investment and resource.

In this role, you’ll lead to brands Social Media strategy, pushing through new ideas both strategic plans as well as campaign ideas and concepts. A role supported by the wider marketing and brand team, but dedicated to Social Media and leading it’s future, whilst tracking performance.

 

This role will suit anyone coming from a Senior Executive role, and an experience Executive role – someone who enjoys creative and social media and has been in previous roles where they have led channel plans/ been responsible for increasing social engagement and ultimately brand/ customer retention.

 

The Brand:

  • Established brand

  • Private equity backed

  • Iconic/high street brand name within the Entertainment industry.

  • Multiple brands as part of the group

  • International Travel available

  • A team that are genuinely enthusiastic, driven, brave and want to achieve.

 

Key responsibilities for this role include:

  • Manage the Social Media strategy. Reporting on performance, making recommendations.

  • Monitoring market, industry and social trends and platform feature enhancements

  • Content planning and development

  • Instagram and TikTok are priority channels, ensuring content consistency across all channels and wider marketing/ digital campaigns

  • You will work with the creative team to develop relevant content that showcases our brand values.

  • You should have excellent writing skills and be able to adapt your tone of voice to meet the needs of the different audiences

  • You'll grow both followers and engagement across all major social media platforms, keeping up to date with trends and algorithms

 

What I’m looking for:

  • Demonstrable experience in a previous dedicated Social Media role.

  • Experience in growing and maintaining a large social media audience for a brand

  • Experience working with content creators

  • Detailed understanding of what creative content works best on social media

  • The ability to interpret data and provide actionable insights or recommendations