Head of Social Media - UK / Denmark / Netherlands Based

JR United Kingdom; Colchester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consumer goods organisation is seeking a Head of Social Media to drive the strategic vision across EMEA. This pivotal role will lead social media efforts for a transitioning brand, ensuring effective engagement, performance tracking, and innovation within multiple teams. Candidates must demonstrate strong leadership in a multi-brand environment, with expertise in both organic and paid social strategies.

Qualifications

• Strong track record in senior social media leadership.
• Experience in managing organic and paid strategies.
• Able to grow high performance teams across regions.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for social media strategy across multiple brands.
• Trend analysis and platform innovation.
• Engage with brand and creative teams for cohesive storytelling.

Skills

Social media leadership

Content performance analysis

Community management

Paid media planning

Data-driven approach

Job description

Head of Social Media - UK / Denmark / Netherlands Based, colchester

Client:

Location:

colchester, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

Job Views:

2

Posted:

04.06.2025

Expiry Date:

19.07.2025

Job Description:

Nigel Wright Group is delighted to be working with a growing consumer goods organisation that is transitioning from a consumer product brand to a consumer lifestyle brand. Nigel Wright is leading the search for a newly created Head of Social Media role for the EMEA region. The role will sit on the marketing leadership team and will report to the EMEA Marketing Director as one of four Heads of department.

This is a rare and exciting opportunity to help shape the journey of a multinational consumer brand in it journey to becoming an iconic lifestyle brand which will truly differentiate it from its competitors across EMEA. The individual could be based from one of three locations in North East England, West of Copenhagen in Denmark, or Breda in the Netherlands.

Role Profile:

• Overarching responsibility for social media strategy across multiple brands, including the four core strategic brands. All brands are owned by the company directly.
• Content planning and performance analysis.
• Paid media oversight.
• Community management and engagement.
• Trend and platform innovation - staying ahead of emerging trends, algorithms and platform updates.
• Effective cross functional engagement and influencing with brand, content and creative teams to ensure a cohesive storytelling approach across all social platforms.
• Analytics and performance tracking.
• Leading a team spread across multiple remote locations in Europe.

Person Specification:

• A strong track record in a senior social media leadership role across EMEA, managing both organic and paid strategies.
• A strong understanding of social media platforms, algorithms, content formats and audience engagement strategies.
• Experience managing and growing high performance teams in a multi-brand, pan-European environment.
• Expertise in paid media planning and execution.
• A data driven approach to content performance and optimisation.
• Three potential locations that the individual could be based in the UK, Denmark or Netherlands - North East England, Copenhagen, Breda

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Created on 04/06/2025 by JR United Kingdom