SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER (SPORT AND LIFESTYLE)

SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER - 6 MONTH FTC

We Realise Potential in Your Story

Based in the heart of Shoreditch, we are a multi-platform production company, social media agency, and digital media network who are currently on a quest to find a Social Media Manager to work across some of the agency’s most exciting accounts in the sport, fitness and lifestyle space.

As a Social Media Manager, you will collaborate closely with wider agency teams to deliver against client objectives through best-in-class social media output. You will be responsible for ideating, planning, and publishing written, graphic and video content across a range of platforms and be in daily communication with clients. A track record of developing strong, collaborative working relationships is therefore vital, as is excellent communication, a positive can-do approach, and exceptional organisation & planning skills.

Ideal candidates will have experience in on-brand social media copywriting, strong editorial decision making and prioritisation, and industry-leading social platform expertise. They will also be able to demonstrate exceptional creative thinking, developing creative content solutions that perform well on social media whilst also delivering to broader organisational objectives. They will also have a strong understanding of platform analytics and be constantly curious about what drives performance.

An interest in sports, particularly motorsport, would also be beneficial. This role is a 6 month FTC.

PERKS OF THE JOB

We are proud to be an award winning, B Corp™ Certified workplace with employee wellbeing at the heart of everything we do. We offer hybrid and flexi-time working, mental health and wellbeing programmes, enhanced family leave, interest free financial support and a digital nomad policy that allows you to work from abroad in two one week blocks a year. Plus all the usuals such as pension contributions, annual leave and office perks like free lunches, socials, and health treatments!

HOW YOU'LL SPEND YOUR TIME

• Ideating, planning and publishing social content (written, graphic, imagery, video).

• Driving creativity across your channel’s output through both forward-planning and reactive workflows

• Writing copy specifically for social media, taking into account brand tone-of-voice, platform tone-of-voice, and platform best practices.

• Managing long and short-term content plans in collaboration with the wider agency and client team, planning proactively and reacting to editorial developments and social trends quickly

• Being the expert across your client channels on the content types/themes most relevant and likely to resonate with the audience and achieve strategic aims

• Demonstrating constant curiosity about what content is performing most strongly, and show ongoing tenacity when it comes to achieving results and pushing for improvements/growth

• Managing the briefing and feedback process with editors and designers to create assets

• Attending client meetings and calls to provide platform specific expertise

• Collaborating with analysts and account management teams on client reports, to provide qualitative insight alongside quantitative data
  

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED
Skills matter, experience is useful, attitude is everything.

• Excellent knowledge of social media platforms such as Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and X. Experience of managing and growing Instagram accounts is particularly valuable.

• Experience of managing content schedules. Responsible for long and short term content plans, planning proactively and reacting quickly.

• Excellent creative ideation

• Basic graphic design and video editing capabilities e.g. clipping moments, revisioning aspect ratio and updating graphic templates using Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop and Premiere Pro)

• Experience of managing the briefing process and feedback cycles

• A flair for writing engaging social copy

• Ability to manage multiple communication channels with colleagues of all levels is a must.

• Excellent attention to detail, spelling and grammar

• Exceptional communication skills

• Exceptional organisational skills

• Ability to work independently but cohesively as part of a wider team

• A can-do, positive attitude. A problem solver and solution finder.

• A passionate, energetic outlook, deriving significant satisfaction from a job well done
  

LITTLE DOT, BIG IMPACT 🔥

We’re probably the biggest studio you didn’t know was fuelling your favourite content. We’ve been one of the top dogs in the digital content space since 2013 (some would say, before its potential was even fully realised). We're proud to work with some of the hottest TV and movie studios, distributors, rights holders, sports federations and brands in the business.

WE ARE COMMITTED

We are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace at Little Dot that reflects our diverse digital audiences and communities we work and live in. We are committed to ensuring every employee feels valued and empowered to contribute their unique perspectives. We welcome candidates of all backgrounds, experiences, and identities to apply to our vacancies, and we strive to create an environment where differences are celebrated, and everyone has equal opportunity to thrive.

USE OF AI IN APPLICATIONS

We value authenticity, and want to get to know you - your thinking, and your originality. While generative AI tools can help refine text, we require your applications to be in your own voice and words. AI cannot be used to generate your responses, and any applications appearing to be entirely AI-generated will not be progressed.

Learn more about us, our values and our commitments please visit our website www.littledotstudios.com for more information.