Senior Social Media Manager

Realise Talent; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sports experiences

Social events

Incentive schemes

Career growth

Job summary

Realise Talent Ltd. is recruiting a senior, hands-on lead to shape social strategy and activation across a portfolio of brands, blending culture with performance.

The role requires a strong passion for brand marketing, a deep understanding of social platforms, and the ability to drive ideas from concept through delivery, working across organic, paid, content and sponsorship integration. You will lead delivery, guide teams to high standards, and partner with stakeholders to ensure campaigns

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading organic and paid social campaigns
• Experience with influencer marketing within an agency
• Background in sponsorship or brand activation is advantageous
• Strong understanding of platform behaviours and trends
• Proven ability to translate rights into social-led activations
• Data-driven approach to shaping strategy and content
• Ability to lead teams and manage stakeholders at all levels
• Ambitious with the desire to grow and shape the agency’s social offering
• Passion for sports and entertainment industries

Responsibilities

• Lead social strategy and activation across client accounts
• Build insight-led, culturally relevant channel strategies (organic and paid)
• Develop content ideas for earned, owned and paid social
• Integrate social into wider brand and sponsorship campaigns
• Lead paid social planning, optimisation and reporting
• Use data to shape strategy and improve content performance
• Lead social workstreams from strategy to execution
• Provide direction to internal teams, creators and partners
• Manage stakeholders confidently up and down

Skills

Social strategy

Campaign delivery

Influencer marketing

Paid social

Sponsorship integration

Data-driven decision making

Team leadership

Stakeholder management

Cultural trend spotting

Job description

Location: Central London (Hybrid - 3 days in office)

The Company

A fast-growing, award-winning sports marketing agency operating at the heart of sponsorship, brand activation and culture.

In just six years, they've gone from ambitious start-up to a significant industry player - picking up major agency awards along the way and building a client roster that spans challenger brands and household names across sport, entertainment and beyond.

They're independent, values-driven and the momentum is only building. A recent run of new client wins and high-profile campaign work is driving real growth, and they're now scaling their team to keep pace with demand.

The culture is one they're genuinely proud of - recently recognised as one of the top places to work in the industry - built on personal growth, creative ambition and a team that's all in together.

The Role

This is a senior, hands-on role for someone who can lead social strategy and activation across a portfolio of clients - shaping how brands show up across social in a way that's culturally relevant, creatively ambitious and built to perform.

You'll bring a genuine passion for brand marketing, culture and creativity, with a deep understanding of how social sits at the heart of modern campaigns - across organic and paid, content and performance, channel strategy and sponsorship integration.

This is a role for someone who combines creative thinking with a strategic mindset - ideas that aren't just engaging, but effective - alongside the operational excellence to lead delivery and guide teams to a high standard, at pace.

Responsibilities

• Lead social strategy and activation across a portfolio of client accounts
• Build insight-led, culturally relevant channel strategies across organic and paid social
• Develop content ideas that work natively across platforms - earned, owned and paid
• Integrate social into wider brand and sponsorship campaigns, translating rights and IP into compelling social-led activation
• Lead paid social planning, optimisation and reporting alongside performance teams
• Use data and insight to shape strategy and improve content performance
• Lead social workstreams from strategy through to execution
• Provide clear direction to internal teams, creators and partners
• Manage stakeholders confidently, both up and down

Who Are You

• Significant experience pitching and delivering campaigns across organic and paid social, along with influencer marketing - ideally in an agency environment
• A background in sponsorship or brand activation is a strong advantage, with an understanding of how social connects into wider rights and partnership campaigns
• A deep understanding of platform behaviours, formats and trends
• Strong instinct for what performs across social, earned, owned and paid channels
• Experience integrating social into wider brand or sponsorship campaigns
• Comfortable using data and insight to shape strategy and improve content
• A clear, confident communicator who can lead teams and manage stakeholders at all levels
• A challenger mindset - pushes for better, tests ideas, takes smart risks
• Culturally switched-on, staying ahead of trends and knowing how to act on them quickly
• Ambitious, with a genuine desire to grow and help shape the future of the agency
• Genuine knowledge of and passion for the sports and entertainment industries, which runs through everything the agency does

Why Join?

• Lead social strategy for a portfolio of well-known brands at a genuinely fast-growing agency
• Operate at the intersection of social, culture and sponsorship activation
• Be part of a culture built around personal growth, creativity and doing things properly
• Recognised as one of the best places to work in the industry
• Real opportunity to grow your career and shape the future of the agency's social offering
• Sports experiences, socials, incentive schemes and more throughout the year

We are an equal opportunity employer.

We value inclusivity and diversity, believing it creates a better working world.

We love to see applicants from all different backgrounds and hire based on skills and potential, not solely on prior experience.

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