Social Manager

Akcelo; Sydney; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

flex Fridays

annual ski trips

social events

team office drinks

Job summary

Akcelo is seeking a Social Manager to lead social conversations for premium brand partners. You’ll shape voice, oversee community management, content creation and influencer partnerships across platforms, turning social insight into creative opportunities.

The role requires 3–4 years in social, agency experience preferred, strong writing, and the ability to juggle multiple brands with urgency. Join a team focused on growth, culture and delivering standout brand experiences.

Qualifications

• 3–4 years of experience in social, ideally from an agency background.
• Confident communication skills to engage stakeholders and articulate ideas.
• Experience collaborating with creatives, strategists and producers.

Responsibilities

• Lead all aspects of community for a brand across channels (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X, TikTok, Pinterest).
• Develop social insights and opportunities for ideation and creative executions.
• Sell ideas to clients and foster relationships to build brand equity.

Skills

Social strategy

Community management

Influencer partnerships

Campaign execution

Creative ideation

Written communication

Job description

Akcelo is an independent Brand Experience agency delivering powerful brand experiences that people love. We fuse creativity with experience design to solve business problems and generate white-space opportunities for the likes of McDonald’s, PepsiCo, Tinder and TikTok.

We are looking for a Social Manager who is passionate about elevating and being a champion for the role social can play for our brand partners. Our ideal candidates' interests range from music, food to the latest TikTok trends.

Our Social Manager will understand the nuances of consumer behaviour on social media - what they are talking about, where they’re saying it and how to respond as a brand guardian. You can turn a social behaviour into a genuine creative thought starter or potentially award winning idea. You’re a chameleon that can shift from the TOV of a straighty-180 brand to one that is representative of your audience's worlds.

You live and breathe social media and know about format changes, shifts in channel behaviours and trends before they hit the For You page. Leading all aspects of community for a brand from community engagement, influencer connection and content creation.

With great progression, the chance to work with the latest technology and some of the world’s most famous brands, a normal day in the role of the Social Manager includes:

• Assisting and proactively bringing forward insights/behaviours/opportunities for ideation, jump-off points and creative executions
• Creative at your core - ability to ideate quickly and knowhow around how to produce content
• Culture - You have culture at the forefront of mind are able to find opportunities and trending moments for brands to be relevant
• Client connection - You know how to sell ideas into clients and foster those relationships to build equity and trust in those relationships.
• Reporting For Duty - You are able to distill large amounts of data and information into insightful reports for brand and insights teams
• Understanding your Canvas - You know the different social channels and formats intimately and know how to adopt creative to fit them but also know how to push the boundaries to use them
• Moderation and engagement extraordinaire of owned social channels for different brands including but not limited to Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X, TikTok and Snapchat, Pinterest
• Harness the power of influence - You know influencers & creators, how best to engage them and balance authenticity vs brand integration.
• Work collaboratively with creatives, strategists, social folk and clients to deliver best practise

To be in the running for this great role, you should have:

• 3-4 years of experience working in social either, ideally from an agency background.
• Confident communication skills to energetically engage internal and external stakeholders and articulate your thoughts
• Experience working alongside creatives, strategists and producers to make work that pushes boundaries
• Can run campaigns that leverage influencers in authentic and unique ways
• Comfortability with shooting content for social
• A passion for subcultures and the want to teach people on your own personal insights
• Ability to juggle multiple brands, priorities & tones of voice at once
• Strong written skills & attention to detail
• Comfortability working under a sense of urgency, context switching and being resourceful and proactive
• A positive and solution focussed attitude
• The willingness to grow with and alongside the business
• You love being part of a team!
• An open attitude and excited by change... you are a problem solver
• The passion to champion your team within the agency

Sound like something that you would love to be a part of? Well, take a look at what we provide our team here at Akcelo:

• A workplace that doesn’t just have the word flexibility written in a policy
• A company that really values its people... you will not just be another number!
• Unbelievable employee benefits like flex Fridays, annual ski trips, social events, team office drinks and loads more!
• A workplace that offers learning and development opportunities, an unbelievable work environment with state of the art facilities and loads of perks

Akcelo is committed to nurturing, creating and building a diverse environment. We encourage all applications from diverse backgrounds, identities, beliefs and abilities to apply for this or any role with us.