Senior Social Media Manager/lead

We're looking for a Senior Social Media Manager to join our US team in our New York office or hybrid East Coast. Do you want to play a leading role across our US campaigns and clients, managing and delivering industry-leading social media campaigns? Apply now.

THE JOB

• You’ll be a key member of the team in the US, working closely with our global social director, client services team and clients to lead work and build deep long-lasting relationships.

• Working with the team, you’ll be developing approaches to social for clients across the USA. You’ll have a thorough understanding of how to create and manage best-in-class social media strategies, campaigns, content and platforms.

• Create content calendars for both paid and organic assets, and create copy with oversight from the team.

• Work with external and internal creators or designers on creating assets, liaising with clients for reviews and approvals.

• Oversee creative brainstorming, community management, social copywriting, scriptwriting, short and long-form copywriting, reporting. For this, the senior manager will oversee work created by junior content managers and other members of the team.

• Lead social coverage for live events (using smartphone technology), and marketing and junket shoots, briefing and managing high profile entertainment talent

• Consistently sharing updates and features to clients before they find out themselves. You’re  a social native - obsessed with brands, social media campaigns and a key ear to the ground monitoring the latest platform features as they roll out.

• Experience working with and managing creators/influencers, to effectively work closely with the internal Rise team whilst coordinating the activations by leading on client-related communication.

• Immerse yourself deeply into client objectives and target audiences, to enable you to drive short/long performance and brand objectives.

• A deep understanding of how each social platform works, with an understanding of their nuances.

• A key eye for what’s happening in culture, spotting trends anywhere and everywhere to put our clients at the centre of them - where relevant. Producing reactive strategies as a result

• Confident spotting opportunities for clients outside of the existing scope of work, both in the immediate and longer term.

• Assist in the creation and management of monthly and weekly social content calendars to ensure the successful delivery of captivating content.

• Advantageous but not essential: Be able to incorporate best practice social SEO into client content to maximise organic reach, understanding optimising content for long tail searches and keywords for views and rankings.

• Review all content before it goes out the door, assessing and ensuring we’re meeting client objectives and aligning it back to our social strategy.

• Reporting on performance, both long and short term objectives - with the ability to clearly understand and strategically articulate key insights to the team and clients

• Lead on the development of the social media presence for our client, helping grow reach and engagement for their social channels with excellent creative and strategy.

YOU SHOULD APPLY IF YOU’RE…

• People person: we’re comms first, chatter is where we thrive. You should love teamwork and be able to tackle challenges with charm.

• Producer adjacent: social is speedy - deadlines are daily and content never stops. We’re looking for someone who can run their own show

• You’re obsessed with brands, social media and the latest campaign everyone is talking about (most likely on LinkedIn).  Your curiosity is vast about how brands grow and market themselves, using social media as the rocketfuel - alongside wider cross channel digital marketing.

• We’re proud to Rise At Seven! We take real pride in what we do, always striving to create the next award-winning campaign. We’ll expect you to share this same passion.

• You'll have a growth mindset, with an ambition and adaptability to match to take on the ever-changing world of social.

• You'll have a minimum of 4-6 years of experience working in social media (agency-side preferable)

WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU

• A salary of $85-120K depending on experience

• A generous vacation allowance + public holidays

• Vacation loyalty program

• Work from anywhere for up to 1 month

• Your Birthday off

• Christmas and New Year office shut down

• Access to health care cover

• Company 401(k) program

• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave program

• Flexible and hybrid working

• Bucket list scheme - an opportunity to experience a life dream!

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

• Minimum 4-6 years experience
• To apply, please include a portfolio of case study work, content creation or influencer strategies (if possible) along with CV or cover letter
• Someone with a basic understanding of Platform business manager (i.e Facebook business manager, Twitter business, Snapchat for Business)
• Experience creating content for social media: static asset, short and long form video (Reels, TikTok and longer scripted pieces), GIPHY stickers, GIFs, memes
• Somebody with experience building online communities, especially for brands, and that understands fandom communities in social spaces
• Someone with experience delivering social campaigns at a national level
• Experience working in a social/integrated agency

OUR VALUES

• Enthusiastic as hell - we step up, we’re curios, we’re focused

• Sharp as a tack - we’re agile, we’re on the hunt for new ideas, we inspire new thinking

• Experts in our field - we use research and data to back up our ideas, we keep learning, we share our knowledge to empower others

• Proud to be us - we share successes together, we work together to deliver work that makes a difference, we stay true to ourselves

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES

At Rise at Seven we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of their race, religious beliefs, age, sex, sexual orientation or disability.

Sounds like something you want to be involved in? Send your CV, application, and any other supporting documentation to careers@riseatseven.com

REPORTING TO

Social Director