Channel Manager

Be A Bear | Powered by Spin; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Entertainment budget

Hybrid working

Birthday off

Private medical insurance

Enhanced parental leave

Annual leave 25 days

Festive leave

Work from anywhere (UK/abroad)

TOIL

Pension scheme

Volunteering day

Monthly socials & drinks

Job summary

Be A Bear | Powered by Spin in London is seeking a YouTube-focused digital strategist to manage day-to-day delivery across a portfolio of YouTube and social channels. You’ll lead strategy with clients, own content schedules, and drive performance with the wider team.

You will work in a hybrid London setup (1 day in the office, Thursdays), coordinating with a growing team, and helping identify trends while delivering clear, actionable insights to clients.

Qualifications

• 2–3 years’+ experience in digital, specifically YouTube channel management.
• Passionate about great content, advertising and brand accounts.
• Strong confidence using Adobe Creative Cloud, particularly Premiere Pro and Photoshop.
• Strategic thinker—curious, proactive and willing to test new ideas to drive results.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day delivery of a portfolio of YouTube and social channels.
• Lead on strategy across client channels and create channel plans with clients.
• Own content schedules, publishing, reporting and performance insights.
• Identify opportunities to grow across YouTube, Meta, TikTok, X and Instagram.
• Communicate insights clearly to clients and internal teams.

Skills

YouTube channel management

Digital advertising

Brand accounts

Tools

Premiere Pro

Photoshop

Job description

We’re Be A Bear. A YouTube-first agency, part of Spin Group, and a trusted YouTube partner, meaning direct access to platform resources, insights and new tools before they've even launched. That access gave our clients a head start on YouTube Shorts before most of the industry had caught up.

We believe engaged audiences are the most valuable thing any brand can have, so we start with the community and culture around them, not the platform playbook. That approach has taken us from launching Paw Patrol in Japan to selling luxury watch winders in Germany, publishing Comedy Central clips across LatAm, and running social campaigns for Taiwan's national airline. We work with brands including Paramount, MTV and Channel 5. Different markets, different products, same instinct: understand the real people who care.

We're proud to be part of Spin Group, recently named in Campaign's Best Places to Work, with flexible working and just one office day a week expected.

The Role

Less about us, more about you.

You’ve done this already, but you’re looking for a real challenge now. You’ve grown digital channels in a previous role, particularly in the pop culture space.

You’re confident in your ability to define a strategy and stick to it. You’re as comfortable managing stakeholders (clients) and coordinating with others as you are managing expectations, even when things aren’t going to plan.

You've got to have some experience working with entertainment brands and across multiple social media channels, particularly YouTube.

Here’s what you’ll be doing…

• Managing the day-to-day delivery of a portfolio of YouTube and social media channels
• Working within a growing team of digital strategists
• Leading on strategy across a range of client channels
• Creating channel strategies directly with clients and understanding the nuances of their businesses
• Taking responsibility for everything that happens across the channels you manage, from content schedules and publishing through to claims and reporting
• Maintaining clear accountability and ownership for channel performance and delivery
• Identifying opportunities to grow digital channels across YouTube, Meta, TikTok, X and Instagram
• Using platform analytics to understand performance and inform recommendations
• Reporting performance, insights and next steps back to clients and the wider internal team
• Working with the wider team to identify channel, audience and platform trends
• Communicating insights to clients in a clear, concise and useful way
• Monitoring competitor activity and wider YouTube trends
• Helping to drive high standards and best practice across the team

Here’s what we need from you…

• 2-3 years’ + experience working in digital, specifically experience of YouTube channel management
• Passionate about great content, advertising and brand accounts
• Strong confidence using Adobe Creative Cloud, particularly Premiere Pro and Photoshop
• Strategic thinker - curious, proactive and willing to test new ideas to drive stronger results

Some Specifics

• Start Date: ASAP
• Salary Bracket: 32K-38K dependent on experience
• Hours: 9:30-6:00pm
• Location: Borough, London (hybrid - 1 day in the office, Thursdays)
• Contract: Permanent, Full-Time

The Perks

• Cultural Development Budget: After passing your probation, you’ll receive an annual £200 Entertainment Allowance (pro-rated based on your start date). Use it to inspire your creativity; whether that’s streaming subscriptions, cinema, theatre, concerts, comedy shows, or books.
• Hybrid Working: We embrace flexibility, but value face-to-face connection. You’ll be expected in the office every Thursday for team collaboration, 1:1s with your manager, or client meetings. Outside of Thursdays, enjoy flexible hybrid working.
• Birthday Off: Celebrate your day properly! Take your birthday off as an extra day of paid annual leave
• Private Medical Insurance: Comprehensive healthcare coverage provided through Vitality.
• Enhanced Parental Leave: Tiered, progressive maternity and paternity packages that increase the longer you are with the business.
• Annual Leave: A generous allowance of 25 days per year.
• Festive Leave: Enjoy an extra 3 days off between Christmas and New Year without touching your annual leave balance.
• Work From Anywhere: Swap your scenery with the option to work remotely (within the UK or abroad) for up to one month per year.
• Time Off in Lieu (TOIL): Get your time back. If you officially agree with your manager to work a weekend or public holiday, you'll earn that time right back.
• Pension Scheme: Secure your future with a pension plan where contributions increase the longer you stay with us.
• Volunteering Day: Give back to what matters to you with one additional paid day off per year to support a charity or cause of your choice.
• Monthly Socials & Drinks: Stay connected with regular team socials, in-office events, and a bi-weekly drinks budget.

At Be A Bear,, we foster a vibrant work environment that thrives on diverse perspectives and creative ideas. As strong advocates for inclusion and representation, we actively encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, regardless of race, disability, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, or age. Beyond compliance, we take pride in building a dynamic work environment that fosters creativity and champions inclusion, diversity, and representation.