The Role We are searching for an experienced Social Media Manager to add to our highly-talented team at wearegrip. As a Social Media Manager, you will work closely with the Senior Social Media Manager to ensure our clients have a leading online presence in their respective fields.
You will be responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations on a number of our client accounts, working with the admins to ensure client strategies and content best practices are executed across all platforms. You will also play a key role on our agency channels, leading planning, ideation and publishing off content to help increase the brand presence of wearegrip and provide best-in-class guidance to world-class athletes.
This role will involve working closely with our internal design and marketing teams to ensure our clients’ goals are met through the promotion of products and merchandise via social media.
The ideal candidate for this role would also have experience with mobile content capture, as we aim to have you attend shoots with our clients at select dates throughout the year, creating social-first audience that will engage their current and potential new audiences.
Your role will be varied and will see you cover race weekends from our London office, publishing live coverage of the action, and ensuring our planned strategies and narratives are communicated effectively on social media.
We are wearegrip, a London based creative agency who work with some of the most exciting drivers in Formula 1. Our goal is to build some of the most distinctive personal brands in sport which capture the attention of fans, teams and partners around the world.
Working hand-in-hand with each driver we create and manage all aspects of their personal brand across social media, branding, marketing, merchandise, content creation, digital and more.
When you join wearegrip, you'll be working at the heart of our multi-skilled fast paced start-up and will immediately have the opportunity to begin shaping your future within our highly motivated and talented team.
Overseeing daily operations on client and company social media channels
Ideation, planning and publishing of content across channels.
Report building for both internal and external purposes
Working with the Senior Social Media Manager to develop and execute content strategies
Line management of account administrators
Ensuring website sessions remain at a high level for our clients
Supporting the planning of merchandise campaigns to promote new clothing collections.
Capturing, creating and editing mobile-first content for social channels when required.
You live in London and can work from our office in East London at least four times a week.
The ideal candidate has three years of experience working in social media for a sports organisation or agency
You keep up to date with emerging social media trends and have a deep understanding of platform best practices, particularly Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, Threads and LinkedIn
You have excellent English copywriting skills and you're as comfortable writing engaging longer form content as you are writing short captions.
Experience with the promotion of products and merchandise via social media
You have a creative mind that continually looks to find new ways to be unique in the ever-changing world of social media.
You have the ability to work individually or collaboratively to create engaging social content.
Experience with social media scheduling and analytics platforms
You have graphic design and video editing skills
Good project management skills and the ability to manage your own workload.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Not essential but always a bonus:
Flexible working hours and work from home days whenever necessary.
~"Work from Anywhere" Wednesdays, mandatory working out of office day every week.
~ Competitive salary based on experience.
~20 days annual leave plus shutdown period over Christmas and New Year.
~ Apple MacBook and phone with the required software.
~ Budget for personal skills training and development.