Social Media Executive

Boundless Consulting; Dubai; On-site; AED 67,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Boundless Consulting in Dubai is seeking a Social Media Executive to manage daily social media tasks, publish content, monitor campaigns and coordinate with external agencies.

The ideal candidate has a degree in marketing, journalism, or new media, at least 1 year of relevant experience, and strong Arabic and English communication skills. You’ll work in a fast-paced environment and collaborate across teams to optimize client campaigns.

Qualifications

• Degree in marketing, journalism, or new media.
• At least 1 year of relevant work experience in interactive marketing or media.
• Proven experience across key social media sites.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams and external agencies.
• Familiarity with one or more social media listening platforms.
• Ability to work in a self-directed, fast-paced environment.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in both Arabic and English.
• Highly proficient computer skills.

Responsibilities

• Execute daily tasks of social media strategy across identified platforms (Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Blogs, RSS); publish content, enhancements, and respond to questions and comments.
• Strategically monitor and report on relevant social media.
• Research and develop ways to enhance media distribution and monitoring capacity.
• Provide input into the development of the client’s social media strategy.
• Keep up-to-date with latest technologies and tools to identify new opportunities.

Skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

Time management

Social media strategy

Education

Degree in marketing, journalism, or new media

Tools

Social media listening platforms

Job description

About the job Social Media Executive

Opportunity #347

The Client:

A live communications agency, that provides fully integrated services enabling excellence in Advertising, Events, Public Relations, and digital and social media. They work on amazing campaigns work with high-profile government and private sector corporations globally and are looking to hire a Social Media Executive.

Key Responsibilities:

• Execute daily tasks of social media strategy across identified digital platforms (i.e. Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Blogs, and RSS etc.); including publishing content, performing enhancements and modifications’ coordinating prompt responses to questions and comments over social media platforms.
• Strategically monitor & report on relevant social media.
• Research and develop ways to enhance media distribution and monitoring capacity.
• Provide input into the further development of client’s social media strategy.
• Keep the organization up to date with the latest technologies; including researching and evaluating a variety of online social media tools to identify new opportunities.

Requirements:

• Degree in marketing, journalism, or new media.
• At least 1 year of relevant work experience is a must – preferably in interactive marketing or media.
• Relevant & proven experience across key social media sites.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams and external agencies.
• Familiarity with one or more social media listening platforms.
• Ability to work in self-directed, fast-paced environment.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in both Arabic and English is a must.
• Highly proficient computer skills.

Preferred Attributes:

• Creativity; the ability to think innovatively about technology and its applications for communicating specific kinds of messages to internal and external audiences.
• Sound judgment and an ability to make quick decisions in a fast moving environment.
• Skill in managing relationships and requests wait tact, diplomacy and persuasion.
• Strong time management skills (including the ability to manage tasks concurrently).
• Team spirit plus the ability to work independently.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to multi-task and priorities own work.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Superb attention to detail.
• Self-starter, self-motivated and self-directed analytical.
• Respect of deadlines.
• Decisive.