Social Media & Influencer Executive

Ordnance Survey

Southampton

On-site

GBP 28,000 - 36,000

Full time

7 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and pension

Hybrid and flexible working options

Learning and development support

Free OS Maps access

Volunteering leave

Job summary

Ordnance Survey is seeking a Social Media Executive to join our hybrid team at the Southampton HQ. You will craft engaging, social-first content, collaborate with creators and employee advocates, and grow our communities across platforms to drive awareness and trust in OS products for public sector and consumer audiences.

You will spot trends, plan campaigns, analyse performance and turn mapping and data topics into accessible stories.

Qualifications

Experience managing social media content across multiple platforms.
Proven ability to build relationships with creators, influencers and internal teams.
Strong understanding of social media trends, metrics and audience engagement.

Responsibilities

Create and publish social-first content across platforms.
Collaborate with creators, ambassadors and employees to tell OS stories.
Capture content for events, projects and campaigns; respond to trends.

Skills

Social media

Content creation

Creator partnerships

Analytics

Community engagement

Photography

Video editing

Storytelling

Tools

Hootsuite

Adobe Creative Cloud

Meta Business Suite

LinkedIn Campaign Manager

Job description

At OS, we use location data and intelligence to help people explore and shape the places we live in; from managing climate change risk, helping more people to enjoy healthier lives, to connecting people to public services. This role is pivotal in delivering a social-first approach to customer engagement at OS. As a Social Media Executive, you'll be part of a social media team who are at the forefront of our digital presence, engaging with communities across platforms to drive awareness, trust, and relevance for our business, public sector, and consumer offerings.

About the role

This role is an opportunity to make a genuine contribution to OS's mission. You'll create engaging, social-first content, build relationships with creators, influencers, thought leaders and employee advocates, to grow our community and connect them to Ordnance Survey's products, services and purpose. You'll help shape how audiences experience OS across social. You'll spot emerging trends and cultural moments. Aligning social and creator activity to broader channel objectives across business, public sector and consumer, to help audiences discover, understand and realise value from OS products and services. Working closely with colleagues across OS, external agencies and creator partners, you'll support content planning, outreach, campaign delivery and performance reporting. Combining creativity with commercial thinking, you'll use audience insights and data to optimise performance, strengthen engagement and bring our stories, campaigns and products to life through social-first content and authentic partnerships.

In this role, you could be:

Creating and publishing social-first content across multiple platforms
Working with creators, ambassadors and employees to tell authentic OS stories
Capturing content for events, projects and campaigns
Spotting and responding to trends and cultural moments
Growing community and advocacy programmes, including our OS Champions
Using data and insights to optimise performance
Turning mapping, data and technology topics into engaging, accessible content, Content planning and campaign delivery
Social-first content creation and publishing
Creator, influencer and advocacy partnerships
Community engagement and audience growth
Trend spotting, innovation and social performance insight, OS conducts pre-employment checks for anyone made an offer of employment, including identity, right to work, employment history and criminal record checks (via Disclosure & Barring Services (DBS).

Some of our roles may require additional security vetting. We will advise candidates during the recruitment process if additional vetting may be required for that specific role.

We're looking for someone who can demonstrate the skills and experience needed for this role and who aligns with our principles.

Nice to have

A track record of creating engaging social content
Experience working with creators, influencers and employee advocacy
Strong knowledge of social platforms, trends and audience behaviours
Experience delivering content and campaigns from idea to execution
Excellent communication, organisation and stakeholder management skills
A creative eye and passion for digital storytelling
Photography, video or design skills
An interest in data, technology, innovation, and the outdoors
Confidence creating content both behind and in front of the camera

We embrace a hybrid working model at OS, because we believe in flexibility and balance. You'll be based at our fantastic HQ in Southampton, Hampshire, where you'll spend 50% of your working week collaborating face-to-face with colleagues. It's all about combining the best of both worlds connection and autonomy to help you thrive.

We are Ordnance Survey, Great Britain's national mapping service and a pioneer in geospatial technology. With over 230 years of trusted data, we empower better decisions, deeper understanding, and meaningful connections to the places we live, move through, and care for.

Three principles one direction

Clear the path - Cut the noise. Simplify. Move at pace
Seek the story - Listen. Understand. Speak up
Do what matters - Focus on value

Our principles unite us in delivering our Data & Destinations strategy with more simplicity, more clarity, and renewed momentum for each other and for our customers. They're here to create more good days, and fewer harder ones but only if each one of us plays our part.

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