Social Media Executive (Associate)
The Team:
This role sits within freuds’ social team – a specialist team of 15 within Freud Communications. The team exists to service all clients within the agency on both a consulting and paid basis – ensuring all teams are kept abreast of the latest social best practice. Services provided include content strategy and channel planning, campaign activation, visible leadership and paid media management. The team consists of 7 specialists plugging into many integrated accounts on both a retained and project basis, including Mars, Danone, You Can Adopt, Samsung, Millennium and Prosus.
The Role:
The team are looking for a corporate-first Social Media Senior Account Executive with strong copywriting skills to work across a combination of Corporate and Sports clients.
The ideal candidate will have a strong grounding in creating social-first content, managing social channels and building communities and will have ideally gained this working in-house for a corporate organisation or within agency working with b2b/corporate/professional services clients.
They will have a good understanding of all elements of social media including the formats and trends. The ideal applicants will be confident in briefing and project managing the development and delivery of content and will also have the confidence to liaise face to face with clients.
Responsibilities:
* Own and deliver social content calendars – creating and publishing across client channels
* Brief and manage the delivery of social media-first content, most notably with our corporate leaning clients
* Produce regular reports, identify trends, insights and make relevant recommendations
* Liaise effectively with client contacts and project managing delivery of campaigns
* Proactive in staying on top of new trends, formats and social media platforms
* Embrace our cornerstones of Love & Work, which require a passion for what we do and an ability to persevere. In addition, you will take an active role in our belonging values – collaborating to achieve common goals, connecting with one another in an authentic way, sharing our perspectives and embracing others, and actively supporting each other and our experiences.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise:
* Solid copy writing, proofreading and editing skills, with impeccable grammar and spelling
* An understanding of the working of large corporate organisations
* Excellent organisational and time-management skills
* Proficiency in Microsoft Suite (Powerpoint, Excel etc)
* Excellent verbal communication skills, and a confident presentation style
* Fluency in English; additional languages considered favourably
About Freuds
Love & Work are our cornerstones. We believe they should be entwined with one another. To achieve this blend, we not only choose to work with clients who want to do things differently, but we build teams that are passionate about working on initiatives that they truly believe in.
Our employees are given the opportunity to develop industry firsts whether that be in the form of a documentary, an activation or the launch of a new concept or partnership.
Our alumni have gone on to run their own top 150 agencies and to lead the communications and marketing for well-known global brands. Securing a role with us is a smart and strategic career move.
We look for problem solvers, for creative minds and for individuals who want to change society, influence culture, challenge conformity and push boundaries. We know that without our employees, we wouldn’t be able to achieve what we do.
As our many awards and certifications confirm, we are committed to offering an inclusive environment where individuals from all backgrounds are rewarded on merit, have the opportunity to experience integrated communications in its truest form and work on opportunities that due to our connectivity are unique to Freuds. Our culture ensures a sense of belonging for all and we thrive off our ability to support and utilise a diverse range of thoughts and perspectives.