Creative Social Strategist (full or part-time)
Eleven Miles, one of the UK's leading independent performance creative agencies, is looking for a Creative Social Strategist to join its rapidly growing social and influencer marketing team.
As a Creative Social Strategist, you will play a key role in developing and executing innovative social media and influencer strategies that drive brand awareness, engagement, and action. You will be part of the social team, but work closely with the creative team, the wider planning team, and content creation teams to deliver impactful social-first campaigns. You’ll have strong channel understanding, a bit of a master at the art of presenting to clients and be part of building our growing reputation for brilliant social work.
You’ll have an in depth understanding of social media platforms, including the principles for organic vs paid vs influencer, and are able to think bigger picture, to shape strategies that pull those different levers, to ultimately deliver on the clients objectives
Ideally you’d also have good agency experience. But critically you’ll have lots of experience of managing briefs, building confidence with clients, a keen eye on delivering bang for buck when it comes to social campaign planning and a healthy passion for all things social media.
Roles & responsibilities
Build strong client relationships: Cultivate and maintain relationships with senior clients, educating them on the potential of social and influencer marketing.
Develop strategic social media plans: Create comprehensive social media strategies aligned with overall marketing objectives, outlining the role of social content and influencers.
Lead creative development: Oversee and guide the creative development of social assets and content, providing clear and concise briefs to the internal creative team.
Drive innovation: Inspire and educate the team on emerging trends and innovative social and influencer opportunities.
Optimise performance: Monitor and analyse social media performance metrics to measure campaign effectiveness and identify areas for improvement.
Foster community engagement: Manage and grow our social media communities through active engagement and community management.
Identify and manage partnerships: Develop and maintain relationships with influencer partners and social platforms to identify and capitalise on new opportunities.
Manage team effectively. You will have a social media manager as a direct report, for whom you will be responsible for overseeing their day to day client project work, and supporting them in their social career development.
Knowledge, skills and attributes
Digital Expertise: Strong understanding of social media platforms, algorithms, and tools.
Analytical Skills: Proven analytical and problem-solving abilities.
Creative Thinking: Creative mindset and ability to think outside the box.
Communication Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Client Relationships: Ability to build strong relationships with senior clients and lead effective interactions.
Data Driven. You'll put performance, data and learnings at the heart of our pitches, projects and work to continually deliver tangible results for our clients
Growth Mindset. You’ll be an instrumental part of the growing social team, Contributing to new business and onboarding new business wins in social and influencer - you'll have an ability to write strategic decks that solve the clients problem through social media.
Industry Knowledge: Deep knowledge of digital and social media, including emerging trends and opportunities.
Strategic Thinking: Experience in communications planning and developing impactful marketing campaigns. For example, identifying the audience, platforms, content pillars, example creative, KPIs to form social strategy decks.
Passion for Digital: Genuine passion for social media, digital marketing, and innovative content strategies.
Perks & Benefits
You’ll be working at one of the top creative agencies in the UK.
Some of the best brands in the world will trust you to help them grow.
You get to work with a really nice bunch of hardworking people.
25 days holiday – minimum. Plus your birthday off.
Bank holidays off (obvs – you’re welcome).
Beer/wine Friday (every Friday) + the most incredible snack game you’ve ever seen.
Dedicated annual training & conference budget.
Summer Bash, Christmas party and other social events.
Contributory pension.
And so much more.
Apply Now
Apply today with a CV, cover letter including current salary and why you think we can’t live without you. If you have a question about this role, reach out to the team at talent@elevenmiles.com.