No Relocation Assistance Offered
Job Number171817 : Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Who We Are
Colgate:Palmolive Company is a global consumer products company operating in over 200 countries specialising in Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care, Skin Care, and Pet Nutrition. Our products are trusted in more households than any other brand in the world, making us a household name
Join Colgate:Palmolive, a caring, innovative growth company reimagining a healthier future for people, their pets, and our planet. Guided by our core values-Caring, Inclusive, and Courageous-we foster a culture that inspires our people to achieve common goals. Together, lets build a brighter, healthier future for all.
Location:
Woking, UK
Reporting to:
Director, eMarketing
Duration: 12 months, Maternity cover
Expected start: 1 May 2026
Unleash the Power of Social: Shape the Pet Parent Experience Across EMEA
Are you a passionate, digitally savvy social media leader ready to drive brand success across a dynamic, multi:cultural region?
Social media is fast:paced, challenging, and essential to our brand experience. We are looking for a visionary
Social Media Manager
to elevate our presence across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). This is a high:impact role where you will define and execute holistic social and influencer strategies, balance global direction with local cultural nuance, and ultimately build communities of loyal Pet Parents. If you thrive in an environment where you can pioneer Test and Learns and drive measurable efficiencies across markets, this is your next career step.
What You'll Be Doing: Your Impact Areas
This role is a strategic blend of vision, execution, and data:driven optimization, with key focus areas:
1. Social Media Strategy and Execution
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Build the Blueprint:
Develop holistic social media and influencer strategies across EMEA to significantly boost brand reach, engagement, and loyalty, collaborating closely with Global Hills teams.
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Drive the Plan:
Define the regional annual content and activation plan for each platform and set the guidelines for media investments.
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Optimize to Win:
Lead the implementation and continuous optimization of all owned (organic) and paid activities, working seamlessly with centralized agencies and local country digital teams.
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Innovate:
Run pioneering Test and Learns on emerging social commerce spaces, such as frictionless eCommerce, in partnership with our commercial teams.
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Be the Expert:
Serve as the EMEA representative in global digital forums and maintain the EMEA social media playbook.
2. Content and Collaboration
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Streamline and Simplify:
Continuously audit, simplify, and optimize the content creation workflow between Hills, our agency partners, and country teams.
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Centralize with Care:
Assess and implement opportunities to centralize creative assets while supporting local teams in creating country/cultural:specific content where needed.
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Best:in:Class:
Provide guidelines and resources that drive winning content performance across the region.
3. Reporting and Analytics
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Measure Impact:
Oversee Social Media and Influencer monitoring and reporting.
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Prove Value:
Ensure rigorous pre: and post:evaluation of all activities, tracking performance against marketing funnel KPIs, and communicating qualitative, insightful results to the broader marketing team.
4. Social Listening and Insights
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Decode Consumer Behavior:
Partner closely with our social listening agency to deeply understand and decode consumer behaviour across communities and forums.
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Actionable Intelligence:
Translate raw data into actionable
Pet Parents insights