Social Insights Manager

Who We Are

VML, part of WPP, is a leading creative company that combines brand experience, customer experience, and commerce, creating connected brands to drive growth. VML is celebrated for its innovative and human first, award‑winning work for blue chip client partners including AstraZeneca, Colgate‑Palmolive, Dell, Ford, Microsoft, Nestlé, The Coca‑Cola Company, and Wendy's. The agency is recognized by the Forrester Wave Reports, as a Leader among Marketing Creative and Content Service Providers, Commerce Services, Global Digital Experience Services, Global Marketing Services and, most recently, Marketing Measurement & Optimization.

In addition, VML’s specialist health network, VML Health, is one of the world’s largest and most awarded health agencies. VML’s global network is powered by 26,000 talented people across 55+ markets, with principal offices in Kansas City, New York, Detroit, London, São Paulo, Shanghai, Singapore, and Sydney.

WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unite cutting‑edge media intelligence and data solutions, world‑class creativity, next‑generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. For more information, visit

Social Insights Manager

Company: VML

Hybrid working:
Working from home / Sea Containers office, London, SE1

At VML, we are a beacon of innovation and growth in an ever‑evolving world. Our heritage is built upon a century of combined expertise, where creativity meets technology, and diverse perspectives ignite inspiration. With the merger of VMLY&R and Wunderman Thompson, we have forged a new path as a growth partner that is part creative agency, part consultancy, and part technology powerhouse.

Our global family now encompasses over 30,000 employees across 150+ offices in 64 markets, each contributing to a culture that values connection, belonging, and the power of differences. Our expertise spans the entire customer journey, building connected brands that drive growth for our clients. We do this by leveraging our 3 core practices:
Brand Experience, Customer Experience and Commerce. Within these practices, we offer expertise across communications, commerce, consultancy, CRM, data, production, and technology. We deliver end‑to‑end solutions that result in revolutionary work.

We’re looking for a Social Insights Manager to help transform social data into meaningful, actionable insights that support smarter strategy and stronger business outcomes. This role will sit at the intersection of analytics, strategy and social intelligence, helping clients and internal teams understand performance, audience behaviour and emerging opportunities.

You’ll bring a passion for uncovering stories within data and translating complex information into clear recommendations that can influence creative, strategic and commercial decisions.

• Collating, analysing and processing social-first performance and audience data
• Monitoring, measuring and reporting on campaign performance as well as always‑on social activity
• Turning complex data into clear insights, strategic recommendations and actionable next steps
• Creating compelling performance narratives and reporting that translate results into meaningful business impact
• Presenting findings to clients and internal stakeholders in a clear, engaging and consultative way
• Working closely with strategists, creatives, community and account teams to develop insight‑led work for existing clients and new business opportunities
• Building and maintaining social dashboards that streamline reporting and provide clear visibility of performance
• Supporting the development of client‑specific reporting frameworks and measurement approaches across brands and markets
• Contributing to the agency’s point of view around measurement, reporting and defining which metrics matter
• Identifying trends, cultural shifts and audience behaviours that can influence social strategy and campaign…