Social Account Director

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Social Account Director
Large Tech Organisation

Department: Social & Content / Advertising

Location: London

Contact type: 12-Month Fixed Term Contract

Full Time/Part time: Full Time

Reporting into: Client Partner

Social and content has never been more important for clients. Showing up authentically, with intention, across social platforms helps brands connect with their audiences. It helps them to sell and serve better.

This role provides the opportunity to work on a really exciting client that have a portfolio of soft drinks brands. You will have the opportunity to manage key campaigns across the year that will involve working with our strategy, creative and production team to deliver best in class campaigns and content.

This role is perfect for someone that has a wide knowledge of social – they will have experience managing content and campaigns that build brand advocacy as well having an understanding of how to create hard working assets that drive to purchase. The ideal candidate will know how to effectively lead an account, steering processes and ways of working internally, with agency partners and with our clients.

The ideal candidate will have their finger on the pulse across all things social – from what’s trending that could be a good opportunity for a brand to leverage, through to a thorough understanding of how data, strategy, community management feed into the success of a brands social media presence.

Whilst the candidate will have a passion for delivering best in class social campaigns, they will also be required to lead in other areas of the marketing mix, and the idea candidate will have some integrated experience.

We are flexible on whether you have come from an agency or client background, but we think the following are really important for this role:

• Organised and autonomous; you’ll be responsible for motivating the team to do great work, whilst anticipating any areas that may hinder the success of the campaign
• While you will work with an Account Manager to support budgets and timings, you will also be well versed in taking this on and have an excellent understanding of processes and what it takes to deliver social campaigns on budget and on time
• Financially savvy; you’ll need to work with the rest of the agency team to deliver proposals that are within the client’s budgets and ensure successful delivery
• You will be an excellent communicator; providing clear succinct guidance to the internal teams as well as being able to present the work to clients
• You’ll be someone that loves to get stuck into a task, and collaborate with the client and agency teams, and make stuff happen!
• Experience with in the retail sector is not essential but would be helpful

As a Social Account Director you lead large, more complex projects, armed with your experience and proven ability to think and do. You are able to problem-solve and create highly effective and fruitful working relationships with clients and colleagues, collaborating with other Capabilities and Crafts instinctively.

You may also have a solid understanding of strategy and always ensure that you and the team are working towards strategic objectives.

• Has a relationship with mid-level clients that is one of trusted partner, based on proven track record of delivery.
• Is able to confidently lead conversations and problem solve…