Senior Social Media Manager

<p><br />SENIOR SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER / SOCIAL MEDIA LEAD (6 MONTH FTC)<br /> Food and Lifestyle Brand · London - Hybrid <br /><br /><strong>Salary:</strong> £60,000-65,000 pro rata<br /> <strong>Location:</strong> London - hybrid, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday in office. Flexibility required for shoots. <br />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. <br /><strong>Key Responsibilities</strong></p> <ul> <li>Own the day-to-day management and creative delivery of social channels across Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, YouTube, Pinterest and emerging platforms</li> <li>Work directly with the talent - pitching ideas, attending shoots, directing and capturing platform-native lo-fi content on phone</li> <li>Manage the social content calendar alongside a Social Media Assistant, balancing planned campaigns, partnerships, productions and reactive opportunities</li> <li>Coordinate social projects from brief to completion across Entertainment, Brand, Comms, Publishing, Partnerships and PR teams</li> <li>Develop and deliver social content for commercial partners, balancing brand standards and audience needs</li> <li>Monitor channel and content performance, turning data and audience insight into practical recommendations</li> </ul> <p><br /><strong>Skills and Experience</strong></p> <ul> <li>Experience managing high-profile social channels for a talent-led, lifestyle, food, media, entertainment or D2C founder brand</li> <li>Confident, tactful and professional working directly with talent and senior stakeholders in fast-paced settings</li> <li>Hands-on content capture on phone - lo-fi and shoot-day experience essential</li> <li>Strong platform-native creative judgement across Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and YouTube</li> <li>Excellent account and project management - multiple stakeholders, overlapping deadlines, competing priorities</li> <li>Strong copywriting and short-form video skills - editing experience a bonus</li> </ul> <p><br />Please submit your CV and portfolio together - both are required at submission stage. Our roles move quickly so please share as soon as possible. <br />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. <br />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&amp;I commitments, please visit: <a href="http://www.majorplayers.co.uk/diversity-equity-inclusion/">www.majorplayers.co.uk/diversity-equity-inclusion/</a> <br /> </p><img src="https://counter.adcourier.com/ZWxsYS5hdWd1c3Rpbi42OTQ4Ny4xMzgxM0BtYWpvcnBsYXllcnMuYXBsaXRyYWsuY29t.gif">