SENIOR SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER (MATERNITY COVER)

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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 Senior Social Media Manager to join our Agency Team for a major motorsports client. This is a rare and exciting opportunity to join an exceptional team and to play a pivotal role in the social output of one of the world’s biggest sports brands - are you in?

As the Senior Social Media Manager, you will be the main day-to-day point of contact for the client and will be responsible for leading a team of social producers and channel managers to deliver first-class output across a wide array of digital channels, globally. You will be responsible for maintaining exceptionally high standards across all content as well as leading and collaborating with the broader account team, including strategy, social, insights, video production, commercial partnerships and more. Content ideation, planning and social publishing all fall under your purview.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience of having worked with/for a major sports rightsholder or agency. You must also be able to demonstrate experience in growing audiences across major social platforms, including X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube & TikTok and have a strong understanding of the algorithmic and content nuances across these platforms. We’re looking for someone who is excellent at building relationships, communicates effectively, and brings a lively and can-do energy to the table to the benefit of their team!

An understanding of and an interest in motorsport is also a must, as is a willingness to work regular weekends throughout the year to cover the live sporting action. This will also include irregular out-of-hours work as races take place all over the world.

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 

• Owning regular dialogue with the client and stakeholders to communicate the state of play and to ensure output consistently meets high expectations. Building a really strong, positive, collaborative relationship with the client, built on mutual respect and trust is absolutely vital.

• Delivering the execution of the global social media strategy in line with strategic objectives.

• Ensuring all required commercial content is delivered across platforms.

• Overseeing planning and maintaining of weekly and monthly content calendars across multiple channels and accounts.

• Directing the team of social producers, channel managers, editors, designers and community managers and leading the team when it comes to ideation, creation and publishing of content.

• Working closely with the Account Management lead and Senior Content Strategist to ensure wider strategic objectives are being considered and delivered against.

• Managing upwards successfully to ensure any issues/challenges/bottlenecks are communicated and resolved quickly.

• Ensuring continual best-practice in content ideation, creation and publication across YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, X, TikTok, WhatsApp and Snap.

• Overseeing projects, workflow, deadlines, community management across all channels, and ensuring consistent high-quality work.

• Monitoring performance of content using platform analytics and working closely with the analyst team to gain insights into channel and content performance, utilising those insights to drive improvements/growth.

• Contributing to quarterly reporting and the presentation of those reports to the client, ensuring that all recommendations are followed up and implemented.
  

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

• Strong knowledge of motorsport and experience in working in live sporting environments.

• Exceptional knowledge of social media platforms (Facebook, X, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok) and publishing content to these platforms.

• Excellent understanding of platform analytics and reporting.

• Experience with working in crisis communications is highly desired.

• Strong track record of ideating and briefing content optimised for platform best practice.

• Seasoned at developing and building positive relationships - you are a trusted and reliable advisor.

• Basic video editing and graphic design skills are beneficial. Knowledge of working in Asana or similar project management tools is also a benefit.

• Line management skills and experience, and ability to work with various teams.

• Excellent communication skills and ability to work under pressure in a fast-moving environment.

• Strong ability to plan ahead and liaise with stakeholders while coordinating with internal teams.

• Ability to be a real team player, with a can-do, positive attitude.

• Great problem solving skills and exceptional attention to detail.

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.