Overview
Ready to make your mark on some of the most visible and engaging channels in retail? With our bold brand strategy and award-winning creative platform already turning heads, we're looking for a Social Media Executive to help bring the sparkle to our social presence. This is an exciting opportunity for a creative, detail-oriented, and ambitious individual to play a central role in delivering best-in-class social content across our multi-category department store. Reporting into the Social Media Manager, you'll take ownership of daily publishing, content preparation, and performance tracking across our core platforms - Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, Pinterest, and YouTube. From fashion and beauty to home, toys, and tech, you'll be at the heart of it all - bringing campaigns to life online, contributing to ideation, and ensuring our content is engaging, timely, and insight-driven.
Responsibilities
* Manage day-to-day publishing across all core social platforms, ensuring content is timely, on-brand, and tailored to each channel.
* Monitor daily performance and lead weekly reporting, surfacing actionable insights to inform planning and maximise impact.
* Contribute to content ideation and creative development, bringing trend-led ideas and briefing assets into production teams.
* Attend shoots to ensure social-first assets are captured, and lead small-scale shoots with guidance from the Social Media Manager.
* Maintain the social content calendar, coordinating updates in response to marketing shifts, product launches, and trading priorities.
* Oversee community engagement, flag sentiment trends, and coordinate with Customer Care where needed.
* Keep on top of cultural moments, creator trends, and platform developments—sharing insights with the wider team.
* 3 years+ in a social media role, ideally within retail, fashion, or consumer brands.
* Confident working with social-first formats like Reels, TikToks, Stories, and carousels.
* Up to date on algorithms, audience behaviour, and evolving content formats.
* Naturally tuned into social trends, pop culture, and creator communities.
* Excellent time management and attention to detail, with the ability to juggle multiple priorities.
* Strong eye for content and storytelling - always thinking of the next big idea.
* Comfortable interpreting analytics and using data to influence decisions.
* Clear and confident in liaising across teams and levels.
* Familiar with scheduling and analytics platforms (e.g., Sprinklr, Later).
About The Very Group
We are The Very Group and we're here to help families get more out of life. We know that our customers work hard for their families and have a lot to balance in their busy lives. That's why we combine amazing brands and products with flexible payment options on Very.co.uk to help them say yes to the things they love. We're just as passionate about helping our people get more out of life too; building careers with real growth, a sense of purpose, belonging and wellbeing.
Benefits
* Flexible, hybrid working model
* Inclusive culture and environment, check out our Glassdoor reviews
* £250 flexible benefits allowance to suit your needs
* 27 days holiday + bank holidays
* LinkedIn Learning access
* Bonus potential (performance and business-related)
* Up to 25% discount on Very.co.uk
* Matched pension up to 6%
* More benefits can be found on our career site
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