Social Lead

Rise at Seven | Search-First Content Marketing Agency; Manchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic content marketing agency in Manchester is seeking a Social Lead to manage social teams and drive client campaigns. In this role, you'll oversee the execution and quality of social content across platforms, ensuring all campaigns align with brand standards and KPIs. Ideal candidates have at least 4 years of social media experience and a strong capacity for team leadership and performance optimization. This is an exciting opportunity to lead innovative social strategies in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• At least 4 years’ experience in social roles, ideally in agency or brand.
• Experience with platforms like TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and LinkedIn.
• Ability to manage client relationships effectively.

Responsibilities

• Lead the execution of social campaigns across multiple client accounts.
• Manage a team of social specialists and ensure all content is on-brand.
• Collaborate cross-departmentally to deliver comprehensive social outputs.
• Track performance insights and suggest optimizations.

Skills

Social media strategy

Team leadership

Client communication

Campaign execution

Content creation

Performance analysis

Job description

As Social Lead at Rise at Seven, you’ll drive day-to-day leadership across all social work, the team, and client relationships. You’ll lead the social team to bring bold, insight-led ideas to life across platforms — translating high-level strategy into powerful execution and ensuring content is delivered on-brand, on-brief, and on time. You’ll balance creativity with performance, ensuring every campaign meets Rise’s standards for creative disruption while hitting KPIs.

Focus

Focus : Executional leadership, team management, client delivery

Key objectives

• Oversee campaign and BAU content execution across all social platforms
• Lead and mentor a team of social specialists and creators
• Own client delivery, communication, and reporting for key accounts
• Ensure campaigns meet KPIs, brand tone, and creative benchmarks
• Collaborate cross-departmentally (SEO, PR, creative) to deliver 360 outputs
• Surface performance insights to inform future creative and strategic direction
• Maintain consistency and quality across all published social work

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• Own delivery and execution of social campaigns and content across multiple client accounts
• Lead the management and delivery of content planning, scheduling, and publishing across channels — ensuring everything is on-brand and on-strategy
• Manage a team of execs, creators, and community managers — providing clear direction, feedback, support, and development
• Collaborate with strategists, client services, and craft leads to build impactful social campaigns
• Oversee the briefing of creators and influencers through The Rise Network; track their deliverables and manage timelines
• Liaise directly with clients on social campaign status, approvals, insights, and optimisation recommendations
• Track performance and feedback learnings to continuously improve outputs
• Stay close to platform updates, trends, and competitor activity — using them to proactively suggest new ideas
• Support the Social Director in campaign research, new business decks, and reporting frameworks
• Contribute to case studies, team showcases, and internal show-and-tells to elevate visibility of social work
• Ensure all assets delivered follow the agency’s quality standards and creative benchmarks

About You

You live and breathe social — from reactive trends to structured campaigns, you know how to bring ideas to life with speed, flair, and impact. You’re execution-obsessed, highly organised, and love turning strategy into scroll-stopping content that delivers for clients.

You’re a natural team leader, able to manage people and projects simultaneously while keeping creativity high and deadlines tight. Whether briefing creators, building content calendars, or jumping into a comment section, you’re the one holding it all together and pushing it forward.

You can confidently report on results, optimise performance, and spot what’s working (or not) in real-time — all while managing relationships with clients and internal stakeholders alike.

You have at least4+ years’ experienceworking in social roles (agency or brand-side), with hands-on experience across platforms like TikTok, Instagram, Pinterest, X, YouTube, and LinkedIn. Experience working with influencers, community management, or leading cross-channel campaigns is a strong plus.