Handle Recruitment
Senior Social Strategist
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About the Role
We're partnering with a fast-growing independent creative agency that combines strategy, storytelling, and production to create impactful work for ambitious brands. With expertise spanning social, film, photography, animation, design, and digital content, the agency delivers creative campaigns that are both strategically driven and culturally relevant across a diverse client portfolio.
Known for its collaborative culture, creative ambition, and commitment to producing outstanding work, the agency offers the opportunity to work alongside talented specialists on exciting projects for recognised brands. As the business continues to grow, it's investing in its strategy and social offering, making this an exciting time to join the team.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Senior Social Strategist to join a growing Creative & Strategy team and help shape how brands show up across social media.
Key Responsibilities
Strategy
- Develop social media strategies across organic and paid channels.
- Create audience, platform, and content strategies informed by research and insight.
- Lead discovery sessions, competitor analysis, and strategic planning.
- Analyse platform data and performance to identify opportunities and improve outcomes.
- Use AI tools to support research, audience analysis, and strategic development.
- Stay ahead of platform updates, algorithm changes, and emerging social trends.
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Creative Collaboration
- Develop clear, inspiring creative briefs.
- Work closely with creative teams throughout production to ensure strategic alignment.
- Write social copy including captions, scripts, and platform-specific content.
- Collaborate with designers, filmmakers, and editors to create platform-first content.
- Support new business pitches and client proposals with strategic social thinking.
Client Management
- Present strategic recommendations confidently to clients and stakeholders.
- Build strong day-to-day client relationships as a trusted social expert.
- Identify opportunities to grow social activity across existing accounts.
- Support commercial conversations around project scope and strategic direction.
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You'll ideally have:
- 4-6 years of experience in a Social Strategy or Content Strategy role, ideally within an agency environment.
- Deep knowledge of Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, and YouTube, with a strong understanding of how platforms continue to evolve.
- Experience building channel strategies, audience strategies, and content frameworks from the ground up.
- Experience working across both B2B and B2C brands.
- Strong presentation and stakeholder management skills.
- Excellent written communication across strategy documents, presentations, and social copy.
- A data-led mindset, with experience using platform analytics to inform recommendations.
- Familiarity with AI tools as part of a modern strategy workflow.
- A collaborative, proactive, and creative approach to problem-solving.
Handle actively welcomes applicants from under-represented backgrounds - we pride ourselves on attracting the best talent for every opportunity through a commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion.
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