Social Media Associate at Retail Insights

Retail Insights Open · verified Aug 22, 2026

London Junior Social Media

Entry-level Social Media role at Retail Insights. London · no salary stated · we estimate £32,000–£42,000.

Estimated pay

Retail Insights has not published a salary for this role. The figure below is our estimate, not theirs.

£32,000 – £42,000

What the middle half of entry-level social media roles in London paid, among postings that did state a salary.

Worked out from 12 postings that stated pay, median £42,000. Last updated Mar 10, 2026.

Role brief

Growth Roles summary, based on the employer's posting.

What you'll do

Manage newsletter copy, visuals, planning and optimisation for updates, promotions and email campaigns
Grow LinkedIn, test content formats, extend content to YouTube and launch Twitter
Shape the brand’s visual identity across marketing channels through graphic design
Improve the website through design, SEO work and UX optimisation, including new branded formats
Track channel metrics, manage PPC campaigns and share content insights across departments

What you bring

Hold a bachelor’s or master’s degree, or be working toward a university qualification
Have permission to work in the UK
Communicate clearly in speech and writing while building relationships with people
Show ownership, initiative, urgency and a strong work ethic
Organise and prioritise your work, then follow through on commitments

Who this fits

You’ll suit this role if you want ownership in a fast-moving, entrepreneurial setting and enjoy building relationships. No previous work experience is required because training is provided. The role is onsite in London at Buckingham Gate from Monday to Friday, with travel to overseas conferences.

From the employer

Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment, where you gain a tremendous amount of responsibility? Do you want to be part of an exceptional entrepreneurial team with young, motivated and extremely driven people? And are you curious or passionate about people? If so, you might be our next Social Media Associate.

About us

Retail Insights is Northern Europe’s leading retail forum. We are strengthening the retail ecosystem by building a platform for insights, inspiration, and networking, connecting more than 3,000 leaders yearly from more than 15 countries.

Retail Insights is part of United Media (https://www.united-media.com/) which focuses on building large scale industry media and conferences products in sectors such as insurance, HR, private equity, retail, etc. As of today, we have organically launched 8 media companies and acquired one.

What we offer you

As our Social Media Associate you get the unique opportunity to take ownership of our content. You’ll be working in-person in your HQ in London where you will constantly be pushed out of your comfort zone. To ensure a never ending growth curve, we provide you with:

Opportunity of having a real impact - You’ll be getting operational experience in a start-up where both your work and the results are highly tangible and matter to the business.
Inspiration and guidance - A chance to work closely with our high performing team as well as with the CEO and founder of our company.
Unlimited growth potential in our company - we strongly believe in and have a track record of promoting internally.
Travel opportunity: You would be joining our conferences overseas.
Invaluable transferable skills - boost your interpersonal, research, organisation, outreach and project management skills through experience and training.

Your Responsibilities

Responsibilities in this job will vary however, they will be mostly centred around:

Email marketing: Manage copywriting, graphics, strategy and optimisation for our newsletter, product updates and exclusive promotions.
Social media growth management: Manage and grow our LinkedIn - our largest channel to interact with our audience - and frequently test new content formats. We would also like you to help us leverage our content on YouTube and launch our Twitter.
Graphic design: You will be responsible for our visual identity across all of our marketing channels. We will make sure you’re equipped to do this in the best way possible.
Website: Design, SEO activities, UX optimisation. Work with us on improving and launching new formats that reflect our brand identity.
Analytics: To continuously measure and improve our performance metrics across channels. You will be working towards challenging targets and KPIs.
Paid advertising and PPC campaign management.
Synergy: To collaborate with the other departments to identify content worth sharing with our audience, and also to inform them of our brands’ progress.

What we expect from you

Please note that this job does not require any specific previous work experience as training is provided and we are looking to incorporate candidates across different levels of experience. However, we do require you to have a UK work permit. We also expect candidates to have obtained a bachelors or masters degree, or to be working towards obtaining university qualification.

Furthermore, we are looking for candidates who:

Have a relentless drive and desire to be the very best at what they do;
Possess and unparalleled work ethic with a high sense of urgency;
Take ownership of everything they do, are proactive and follow through on commitments;
Are curious about people and love to speak, build and nurture relations;
Are an excellent communicator (especially) verbally and in writing;
Are well-organised and display the ability to structure and prioritise their work.

Startdate

Flexible

The role is onsite, Monday to Friday, based in our offices at Buckingham Gate. It is essential we work at a fast pace and collaborate in person to create market-leading, unmatched events throughout the calendar year. It will be great to have you as part of our team.