Major Players | B Corp™
Senior Social Media Manager
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SENIOR SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER / SOCIAL MEDIA LEAD (6 MONTH FTC)
Food and Lifestyle Brand · London - Hybrid
Salary:
£60,000-65,000 pro rata
Location:
London - hybrid, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday in office. Flexibility required for shoots.
A globally recognised food and lifestyle brand is looking for a Senior Social Media Manager / Social Media Lead to join them on a 6 month FTC with strong potential to extend. This is a senior, hands-on role requiring strong creative judgement, confidence working directly with talent, and the ability to keep multiple projects moving from brief to delivery across a fast-moving environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Own the day-to-day management and creative delivery of social channels across Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, YouTube, Pinterest and emerging platforms
- Work directly with the talent - pitching ideas, attending shoots, directing and capturing platform-native lo-fi content on phone
- Manage the social content calendar alongside a Social Media Assistant, balancing planned campaigns, partnerships, productions and reactive opportunities
- Coordinate social projects from brief to completion across Entertainment, Brand, Comms, Publishing, Partnerships and PR teams
- Develop and deliver social content for commercial partners, balancing brand standards and audience needs
- Monitor channel and content performance, turning data and audience insight into practical recommendations
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Skills and Experience
- Experience managing high-profile social channels for a talent-led, lifestyle, food, media, entertainment or D2C founder brand
- Confident, tactful and professional working directly with talent and senior stakeholders in fast-paced settings
- Hands-on content capture on phone - lo-fi and shoot-day experience essential
- Strong platform-native creative judgement across Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and YouTube
- Excellent account and project management - multiple stakeholders, overlapping deadlines, competing priorities
- Strong copywriting and short-form video skills - editing experience a bonus
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Major Players
Major Players are the UK's leading marketing and creative talent agency, and over the last three decades we've consistently championed our people and communities. As a proud B Corp™, we are committed to improving diversity, equity and inclusion within the industries we service, creating impactful and sustainable change for our partners, candidates and employees.
We offer equal opportunities to all candidates regardless of race, religion, gender, sexuality, disability, age, and other protected status as required by applicable law. For further information about our DE&I commitments, please visit: www.majorplayers.co.uk/diversity-equity-inclusion/
Desired Skills and Experience
- Social media management
- Social strategy
- Talent management
- Content leadership
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