social media manager

The role

We are looking for an experienced social media marketing professional to head up the creation and delivery of world-class social media campaigns for our clients. Supported by our Marketing Manager, you will be responsible for managing and developing our social media service offerings, identifying opportunities to improve and grow the service to our client base.

As part of the Creative team, you will take a lead in the development of strategies, creative assets and delivery of campaigns, across a diverse portfolio of B2B, B2C and public sector organisations.

This is an excellent opportunity for a proactive and enthusiastic team player with a solid understanding for the role of social media within the wider marketing mix, a proven ability to manage social media campaigns, and a track record in improving engagement and conversation rates.

Furthermore, we’re after a confident manager who will take ownership, push boundaries, and positively challenge to deliver engaging, forward-thinking, and results driven campaigns in a fast-paced environment.

We support our clients with creative, design, branding, PR, digital marketing, as well as web design and build. So, if you’re looking to sharpen your skills and broaden your experience working as part of a talented collective, Prominent could be the ideal home for you.

 

Key Responsibilities

  • Development of social media strategies for a range of clients and sectors including setting KPIs
  • Content planning and management of social media channels: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, YouTube and as new platforms become available, including boosting posts when necessary
  • Managing social channels for clients (and for Prominent) to build up their profiles and position them as thought leaders within their respective industries and sectors
  • Drafting social media posts including reactive responses
  • Working with our creative team and account managers to develop creative social media content including graphics, animations, podcasts, photography, and short and long form videos
  • Developing creative campaign and content ideas for social media
  • Providing social media amplification ideas and roll-out plans in support of PR and brand campaigns
  • Social listening, and research and insight development
  • Performance reporting
  • Presenting and providing advice to clients
  • Coordinating with client teams and supporting with social media related account management processes
  • Strong team management and mentoring skills, especially when working with juniors
  • Development of client relations including presenting proposals, strategies, plans and results
  • Exceptional writing skills for social media

 

In addition the ideal candidate will have:

  • Strong organisation skills, ability to project manage and follow timelines
  • A results-driven and creative thinking mindset
  • Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work as a team, and communicate and manage others
  • Agency experience preferable
  • Experience working with social media influencers
  • Experience in managing client budgets
  • Experience with new business proposals and pitching

 

The benefits of working at Prominent

At Prominent, we genuinely care about our people. We want everyone to love what they do and believe it’s our job to support our team members so that they can be brilliant. We are a tight knit team and work hard for our clients and for each other. As well as offering competitive salaries, employees can also benefit from the following:

  • Flexible, part time, office based or hybrid working options available
  • Annual company profit-based bonus
  • Ongoing learning and training opportunities
  • 25 days holiday plus days of between Christmas and New Year and all bank holidays
  • 2x staff socials per year paid for by the company

If you think this is the job for you, send your CV and covering letter to hello@prominentpr.co.uk or get in touch with us for an informal chat.