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Senior Social Media Manager

Currys PLC, City of Westminster

Senior Social Media Manager

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Currys PLC, City of Westminster

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted 2 weeks ago, 23 May | Get your application in now before you miss out!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

Job ref: 64debee9d34048dda75b28724bd076c3

Location ref: City of Westminster

Full Job Description

  • Leading on executing the organic Social strategy at Currys - across TikTok, Instagram, Facebook & X, alongside any new channels we may venture into (e.g. YouTube)
  • Managing our amazing in-house team (4 people) - putting growth, development & job satisfaction first
  • Managing our 2 external agencies, with a particular focus on day-to-day & campaign
  • Days will vary, as is the nature of Social, with some being heavily focused on creative & execution, with others involving presenting to senior stakeholders & taking people on your journey for how Social should look for Currys
  • Managing several channels & projects across Social, ensuring the overall smooth running of each - some projects will be owned by yourself, with others owned by a member of the team & overseen by yourself
  • Liaising with other stakeholders within the business, with the Planning teams, senior management, stores & PR team the most regular contact
  • Semi-regular, ad-hoc travel to stores & other shoot locations at short notice, to ensure we're being as reactive as we need to be with our content
  • Managing the Social budget for the year, as well as budget from suppliers that comes in through additional activity requests

    Experience managing organic social media strategy for a brand or agency
  • Experience creating high-performing organic video & static content for brands (TikTok, Instagram, X, Facebook & YouTube)
  • Demonstratable evidence of transformation success within a brand or agency e.g. exponential growth in followers or engagement, new channel launch & success
  • Experience managing & developing a team, ideally within social space
  • Experience managing agencies, budgets and having to make choices between spend options
  • Strong communication skills - able to present to & persuade senior stakeholders on vision, with an ability to unlock more funding for an area
  • Can-do attitude - the world of Social is fast-paced and ever-changing, so you need to be able to problem solve & find solutions to producing & executing content
  • Strong relationship-building & people skills

    At Currys we're united by one passion: to help everyone enjoy amazing technology. As the UK's best-known retailer of tech, we're proud of the service our customers receive - and it's all down to our team of 25,000 caring and committed colleagues. Working as one team, we learn and grow together, celebrating the big and small moments that make every day amazing.
    • We have an exciting new opportunity to join one of the best brands on the planet at social! The Senior Social Media Manager will take on the responsibility of owning the organic social strategy across TikTok, Instagram, X, Facebook & YouTube (plus new growth channels), with the goal of elevating us to new heights & delivering real step-change growth. This role will sit under the Head of Social & PR at Currys and will share responsibilities on strategy, budgets & day-to-day, but will have lots of autonomy.

    We know our people are the secret to our success. That's why we're always looking for ways to reward great work. You'll find a host of benefits designed to work for you, including:
  • Holiday benefits - 25 days of annual leave (plus bank holiday entitlement)
  • Private medical insurance
  • Life Assurance
  • Competitive pension scheme
  • Access to discretionary bonus
  • Hybrid working; our primary Currys Campus is at Waterloo (WeWork)
    • Why join us: Join our team and we'll be with you every step of the way, helping you develop the career you want with new opportunities, on-going training and skills for life. Not only can you shape your own future, but you can help take charge of ours too. As the biggest recycler and repairer of tech in the UK, we're in a position to make a real impact on people and the planet.

Direct job link

https://www.jobs24.co.uk/job/senior-social-media-manager-126882798
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