Social Media Manager Melbourne, Australia

Easygo; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-the-job learning

Career progression

Referral bonus

Parental leave

Parental transition support

Employee assistance

Wednesday massages

Free coffee

Breakfast & events

Office amenities

Job summary

Easygo, headquartered in Melbourne, seeks a Social Media Manager to lead a content team and own the brand's social strategy across global channels. You will guide five Content Coordinators and craft bold, boundary-pushing work for campaigns and live events.

You’ll collaborate with Design, Product and Partnerships to localise content and land in multiple markets. A fast-moving tech environment offers strong growth and industry impact.

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience managing social media for consumer brands.
• Strong command of the Adobe Suite, including editing, effects, colour grading and audio mixing.
• Ability to clarify briefs, manage expectations and resolve challenges.
• A viewer or creator of streams.
• Respect for both art and science behind social media algorithms.

Responsibilities

• Own the brand's content strategy and output metrics.
• Manage and develop five Content Coordinators across multiple markets.
• Ideate, storyboard and produce content for hero, hub and help categories.
• Protect brand reputation and apply tone of voice consistently.
• Maintain Marketing Calendar and cover online and offline events.
• Meet SLAs when supporting broader marketing activity.
• Produce team and business reporting to improve performance.

Skills

Social media strategy

Team leadership

Content ideation

Brand voice

Localization awareness

Tools

Adobe Suite

Job description

Are you ready to get the Easygo Edge?

Lead the content team behind one of the fastest growing platforms in streaming. As Social Media Manager, own the strategy, set the tone and decide what goes live across KICK's global social channels, where half a billion hours are watched every month. Manage and grow five Content Coordinators, call the creative shots and turn attention into audience. If online culture is second nature to you, this is your role.

What you’ll build with us:

Hands-on and high visibility, this seat sits at the heart of KICK's marketing engine. Steer a talented crew to create bold, boundary pushing work for campaigns, launches and big moments. Partner with Design, Product and Partnerships to take new features from brief to localised content that lands in every market. Work directly with the major networks and be on the ground for the biggest events in live entertainment.We know that innovation ignites when we build and create together, in person. This is a full-time opportunity at our Melbourne office. You’ll work right where it all happens, surrounded by our fearless crew shipping high-impact work.

Who are we?

Headquartered in the beautiful city of Melbourne, Australia,KICK is built by gamers, for gamers. Our platform may be new, but we're already making waves by partnering with some of the biggest names in streaming!

We’re not just another live streaming platform though - we’re a community of gamers, creators, and fans who are passionate about building something incredible together, and we’re already seeing the results of our hard work: Our platform is quickly becoming one of the fastest growing forces in the industry. Fast forward to today, we have more than 100 million users and recently celebrated 1 billion watch hours, and we are just getting started.

Our founders have spent the last two decades playing video games together and fueled by their extensive knowledge, experience, and deep love for tech, they have turned their passion into a number of thriving entertainment and gaming brands. This passion for gaming, has led to KICK being recognised as an industry disruptor and the ones to watch, making us the ultimate destination for gamers and creators alike.

The impact you’ll make:

• Own the brand's content strategy and output metrics
• Manage and develop five Content Coordinators across the English, Arabic, Japanese, Portuguese and Spanish markets
• Ideate, storyboard and produce content - spanning Hero content for go-to market moments, Hub content that taps into what's trending and Help content that answers the questions people are already asking
• Protect brand reputation and apply KICK's tone of voice consistently
• Maintain and adhere to the Marketing Calendar and cover online and offline events
• Meet service level agreements when supporting broader marketing activity
• Produce team and business reporting that improves performance

Your track record:

• 5+ years experience managing social media for consumer brands
• Work that demonstrates a strong command of the Adobe Suite, particularly editing, effects, colour grading and audio mixing
• Experience that demonstrates an ability to clarify briefs, manage expectations and resolve challenges
• A viewer or creator of streams
• Respect for both the art and science social media algorithms demand

Bonus points if you also have:

• A functional command of adjacent software such as Figma
• Experience working in a fast moving technology company
• An understanding of the nuances of localisation
• The ability to travel outside Australia

Here are our benefits and perks:

Sharpening your edge

• The ultimate sandbox. Exciting, on-the-job learning opportunities.
• 1 in 3 of our people level up their roles every year. If you deliver, you move.

Competitive pay and bonus scheme

• Market-synced pay that respects your craft and location.
• Performance-based bonus recognition based on your impact (up to 20%).
• Help us build our crew and get paid for it with our high-value referral bonus. Because great people know great people.

Other perks

• 18 weeks paid parental leave for primary carers
• Smooth Parental Return: Ease back into work with 12 weeks of transition support, including fully paid Fridays off during your first three months back
• Access to Employee Assistance Program
• Wednesday massages
• In-house baristas serve you free coffee, fresh juices and smoothies.
• Daily catered breakfast and regular company-wide events.
• Snack walls and drink fridges on every floor.
• Fun, modern office spaces. Pool tables, table tennis, gaming consoles and an F1 simulator.

We play fair. We hire fair.

True to our value of ‘Play fair’ we always hire fair. Our work and our brands are fuelled by our diverse culture. We hire for talent and grit. But we never discriminate. Your race, religion, nationality, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, marital, veteran, or disability status won’t affect our hiring decision, or your trajectory here. Come as you are and get the Easygo edge.