Senior Social & Content Account Lead

Burson; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Burson is seeking a Senior Account Executive, Social & Content in a hybrid London role. You will manage day-to-day client workstreams, coordinate cross-functional teams and deliver social-first content for top brands across LinkedIn, Facebook, X, Instagram and TikTok.

A strong agency background, superb writing, and proactive project management are essential. You'll support performance reporting, paid campaigns and content development while mentoring juniors and contributing to new business

Qualifications

• Experience delivering social media content for multiple platforms (LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X, TikTok).
• Strong understanding of social platforms, formats, trends and best practice.
• Agency experience in communications, PR, social media, digital or content.
• Experience managing day-to-day client relationships and coordinating projects.
• Strong copywriting, editing and proofreading with high attention to detail.
• Excellent project management and ability to juggle priorities and deadlines.
• Experience creating client materials: presentations, status reports, calendars and performance reports.
• Familiarity with Sprout Social, Sprinklr, Canva and CapCut.
• Understanding paid social activation: setup, management and content development.
• Proactive, collaborative, solutions-focused with clear client communication.

Responsibilities

• Take day-to-day ownership of assigned client workstreams, managing timelines and approvals.
• Build day-to-day client relationships, prepare agendas, update progress.
• Coordinate content development across design, editing, creative and social specialists.
• Contribute to content planning, editorial calendars and new ideas.
• Write, edit and proofread social media copy and client communications.
• Develop recommendations for assets, messaging and content structure across platforms.
• Maintain WIPs and calendars, keeping activity organised and on schedule.
• Monitor platforms and trends, bringing proactive ideas to the team and clients.
• Support social performance reports and translate data into actions.
• Assist in paid campaign setup and content development across channels.
• Collaborate with the global team and support junior colleagues.
• Contribute to new business brainstorming and agency initiatives.

Skills

Social media strategy

Copywriting

Project management

Client management

Content planning

Team collaboration

Data interpretation

Campaign optimization

Content creation tools

Trend spotting

Tools

Sprout Social

Sprinklr

Canva

CapCut

Job description

Burson is seeking a Senior Account Executive, Social & Content in a hybrid London role. You will manage day-to-day client workstreams, coordinate cross-functional teams and deliver social-first content for top brands across LinkedIn, Facebook, X, Instagram and TikTok.

A strong agency background, superb writing, and proactive project management are essential. You'll support performance reporting, paid campaigns and content development while mentoring juniors and contributing to new business