Social Media Exec

Location: Greater London

Job Title Social Media Exec

Job Description So, who are we?

IG Group is a FTSE 100 fintech operating across five continents, serving over 1.4m customers and handling billions of dollars in transactions – built on scale, trust, and proof. We didn't pivot to innovation; it's how we've always operated. What that means for the people who work here is real: genuinely complex problems to solve, the technology and resources to tackle them properly, and the kind of scope that's rare in established businesses.

The bar is high – bring a curious and forward-thinking mindset and we'll give you the platform to define what comes next.

Join us at IG – the future gets built here.

Your Team: IG Consumer's social media presence is established and growing across UK and this role exists to take it further. As Social Media Exec, you will support delivery of IG's social strategy across key channels and markets. This is a hands-on role for someone who is passionate about content, organised, quick and eager to drive growth in a fast paced regulated environment.

Your role in the Team’s Success:
This role sits within the Content & Social team, reporting into the Senior Social Media Manager. The team is responsible for how IG shows up across owned social channels — from editorial content to social storytelling — and works closely with Creative, Brand Marketing, PR, Product and Compliance.

What you’ll do:

Key Responsibilities Content & publishing

Schedule, publish and proof social content across channels, following the agreed content calendar and platform guidelines

Support the Senior Social Media Manager in producing and formatting content for campaigns, product launches and always on activity

Help adapt content for different platforms and formats, ensuring assets are correctly sized, tagged and platform native

Shoot and edit short-form video content for social channels (Reels, Tik Tok, Shorts) end to end Support the production of short form native video and simple creative assets for social channels – hands on filming and concepting included

Add captions, motion graphics and on-brand templates to video and static content ensuring a consistent look and feel across channels

Community & monitoring

Monitor social channels daily, flagging comments, mentions and issues that need a response or escalation

Respond to routine community queries in line with agreed tone of voice and escalation guidelines

Keep track of what’s trending on our channels and competitor channels, feeding observations back to the wider team to define strategy and reactive content

Reporting

Pull together regular performance reporting (reach, engagement, growth) from analytics tools to support publishing, content and marketing strategy

Maintain the content calendar and asset library

Support influencer and partner activity – contracting paperwork, briefing documents, content tracking

Team & Stakeholders Work closely with Creative, PR, Brand Marketing, CRM and Compliance to move content through the approval process and deliver campaigns on time

What You'll Need:
Role Requirements Experience in a social media, content or digital marketing role with a genuine interest in social platforms and content

Strong attention to detail, and good written communication skills with an ear for tone of voice across different platforms and audiences

Experience working in financial services or a similarly regulated industry, or a passion for trading & investing

Experience of integrating AI in Workflows or an interest in learning how to do so.

Confident shooting and editing short-form videos, including captioning, sound, templated motion graphics, comfortable owning a cutdown from raw footage to publishing without needing a video editor

Experience using tools like Premiere Pro, Cap Cut or…