Social Media Account Director

Leap Talent; England; Hybrid; GBP 48,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading integrated agency in the United Kingdom is seeking a skilled Social Media Account Director to drive the social strategy for major brands. You will lead and manage a team to deliver culturally relevant and measurable content. The ideal candidate has strong agency experience, leadership skills, and a background in retail or leisure industries. The role offers a salary up to £57K, annual bonuses, hybrid working, and several wellbeing benefits.

Benefits

Annual bonus up to 8%

26 days holiday

Development plan from Day 1

Flexible start times

Qualifications

• Strong experience running social accounts day-to-day.
• Solid agency background in social, digital, or integrated environments.
• Experience with retail or leisure brands is ideal.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day social account operations.
• Shape and ensure insight-led strategy.
• Review and optimize all social workstreams.
• Identify growth opportunities and contribute to pitches.
• Develop and support direct reports.

Skills

Social account management

Leadership skills

Strategic thinking

Cultural relevance

Job description

A Social Media Account Director role within an integrated agency that consistently picks up awards for both its creativity and its culture. If you’re looking to set direction, support a high-performing team, deliver social that lands and shape the next phase of their social offering, you’ll feel right at home here.

As Social Media Account Director, you’ll lead the social output for major brands - driving strategy, elevating content, spotting opportunities and making sure your team delivers work that’s smart, culturally relevant and measurable. You’ll also manage two Social Media Account Managers, partner closely with creatives and strategists, and bring clarity, confidence and direction to both clients and internal teams.

Responsibilities of the Social Media Account Director

• Owning day-to-day leadership across your social accounts
• Shaping strategy and ensuring work is insight-led and commercially sound
• Reviewing and optimising all social workstreams
• Identifying growth opportunities and contributing to pitches
• Developing, coaching and supporting your direct reports

About you

• Strong experience running social accounts day-to-day
• A solid agency background (social / digital / integrated)
• Experience with retail destinations or leisure brands (ideal)
• Leadership skills : experience developing, challenging and supporting direct reports

About the agency

Blending insight, creativity and craft, this integrated, award-winning agency partners with big-name brands to deliver social, creative, digital and activation campaigns across multiple channels. Consistently recognised as a Best Place to Work by both The Times and Campaign, they’re known for a culture that’s supportive, ambitious and people-first. It’s an environment where talent is nurtured, ideas are encouraged and people can do their best work.

What’s on offer

Salary up to £57K (DOE), annual bonus up to 8%, hybrid working (3 days onsite), 26 days holiday, development plan from Day 1 (pathway to Senior AD), flexible start times and a suite of additional wellbeing and lifestyle benefits.

The agency is based near Marlow, a short walk from train links.

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