Job Description

SENIOR SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER - 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 Senior Social Media Manager to join our Sport team on a fixed term basis - Is this your next opportunity?

As Senior Social Media Manager, you will be the key client contact, leading the editorial strategy across multiple social channels (X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok) for a motorsport client. The Senior Social Media Manager will be responsible for overseeing content creation with in-house designers and external creators, and managing a team for content ideation, planning, and publishing. The successful candidate should be able to demonstrate experience in growing audiences across X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube & TikTok and have a deep understanding of the algorithmic nuances of these platforms. They will also have a real interest in platform analytics, and in working with a team of analysts to extract, understand and interpret data to turn into actionable insights.

Attendance at the client’s offices outside of London is required whilst some weekend and out-of-hours work will be needed.

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 gender neutral parental 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 team to deliver strategic objectives and communicating the state of play. Building a really strong, positive, collaborative relationship, built on mutual respect and trust.

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

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

• Line managing the Social Media Exec (day to day workflow and deadlines) and management of a designer to create scroll stopping visuals across the full suite of channels

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

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

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

• Overseeing projects, workflow, and deadlines and ensuring consistent high-quality work.

• Overseeing community management across all channels.

• Developing and maintaining brand tone of voice and visual identity.

• Confidently guiding the client and the wider team through the implementation of strategic recommendations.

• 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.

• Creating regular in-depth insights reports and the presentation of the reports back to the client.
  

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

• Strong knowledge of, and passion for, motorsport is crucial.

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

• Excellent understanding of platform analytics and reporting.

• A strong track record of developing and building positive relationships - becoming a trusted and relied upon advisor.

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

• Planning content output across multiple territories and timezones to maximise reach and performance.

• Experience managing a team of social producers, editors, designers and community managers across 365 day delivery demands.

• Working seamlessly with the client’s in-house team, to deliver the most engaging content.

• Experience managing a team of direct reports to mentor and set up for success.
  

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.