Senior Social Media Manager (Italian Native)

SENIOR SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER

LONDON (Hybrid Working)

A benchmarked salary between £40,046 to £46,721 based on your level within our progression framework. You can read more about our approach to performance, salary, and progression here.

👋 Who we are

Born Social is a full service social media agency designed for the new era of advertising.Our client list includes household names like Guinness, Primark, Ford, Mars and ASDA as well as the next generation of big brands like Nando’s, Seedlip and Peloton.

As a proud B Corp we work hard to attract, retain and develop the best social-first talent and create a culture where individuals can thrive. We’re a team of over 150 people across the UK & US and growing!

We’re looking for a Senior Social Media Manager who's an Italian native to lead the local market social strategy for Ford in Italy. You'll bring the strategy to life by building community, ideating and creating content, all routed in Italian market knowledge and insights. You will work closely with our Ford Europe account team to deliver content, community management and local activations.  

✏️ What you'll be doing:

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    Copywriting: responsible for ensuring copy reflects the brand's TOV and mirrors social-first best practices, either through direct delivery or through leadership of Social Media Managers 
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
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    Community Tactics: defining the role of community for getting into culture by identifying reactive and proactive community management opportunities. Ensuring all tactics suggested ladder up to the overall account/campaign strategy.
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
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    Content ideation and platform strategy: working with our Strategy, and Creative teams to translate the creative direction into specific best in class, social-first content.
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
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    Client Communication: building meaningful relationships with our clients in market - through regular meetings and establishing their trust in us as social media experts through industry-leading output.
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
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    Delivery and Distribution: overseeing and advising on the distribution of all organic content. Using your sophisticated understanding of the platforms to critique the quality of delivery from Social Media Managers.
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
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    Creators: owning the translation from strategy to Creator distribution tactics. Identifying key opportunities to partner with Creators and working closely with Social Media Managers to execute effectively.
    
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    Reporting: collaborating with Media Planners and Social Media Managers to ensure we are capturing the performance of organic output and drawing insights from the data. Translating these into relevant actions for future content.
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
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    Social Media Manager Leadership: responsible for the leadership of Social Media Managers, ensuring they are developing professionally and personally through leadership of weeklies, monthlies and performance reviews. Supporting and contributing to the hiring of new Social Media Managers when required. 
    
  
  

👀 Who we're looking for:

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• You're a London-based Italian native (who speaks fluent English too!)
  
• You have 3-5 years of experience working in social media, agency side
  
• You love brands and social media: you're fascinated by brands, how they market themselves, and use social media to do this. You are naturally curious about the developments of the digital world and excited by its potential.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• You are a creative thinker: able to work both independently and collaboratively on ideation for content across social
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• You have pride in your work: we treat our client's brands as our own and are meticulous about our approach. You will take real pride in what you deliver and always strive for perfection
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• You have real drive and ambition: you'll be constantly adapting to the ever growing world of social, and we need people who have the mindset of growth as well as the ambition to get there
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

✌️ Our values:

Our values aim to pinpoint the magic ingredients for us at our best. We look for people who share our values and can add to our culture.

See Challenge as Opportunity... is about our attitude and to be very clear, this is not a value of optimism, nor is it about loving every challenge.

Say It Simply... is how we communicate. Think of the basic rules of communication - honest, clear, confident.

Do What You Say... is the crux of our reputation and longevity. When you join Born Social, our trust is fully given. It is yours to lose.

Make Each Other Better... is about our culture of collaboration and commitment to development. We are only as good as the people around us so we all take responsibility for developing each other, as well as ourselves.

Consciously Contribute...is bigger than all the others.It ensures we grow right. It broadens our focus beyond Born Social and cements our commitment to doing what’s just, not what’s easy or immediately self-serving.

💙 Everyone's welcome:

We celebrate different ideas, perspectives, and backgrounds here at Born Social. As an equal opportunities employer, we believe in the power of an inclusive and representative team. We welcome applications regardless of race, religion or belief, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, political affiliation, family, or parental status. We don’t simply comply with the Equality Act, we go further and take pride in building a stronger and more creative work environment, committed to inclusion, diversity, and representation.