Social Media Manager

OLIVER Agency; England; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 34,000; Part time

Job summary

OLIVER, part of The Brandtech Group, is seeking a Social Media Manager in Bournemouth to lead content strategy for client brands and manage daily account activity. You will create platform-native content, monitor conversations, and apply insights to improve results against objectives.

You’ll work with multiple stakeholders, balance deadlines, and guide colleagues on best practices. Strong copywriting, analytics, and influencer experience are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience managing brand social channels, in-house or agency.
• Ability to translate brand voice into engaging content.
• Strong English writing and storytelling skills.
• Experience with influencer campaigns and collaborations.
• Proficiency with Canva for content creation.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted workflows to speed ideation.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver social media strategy for client brands across channels.
• Manage client accounts, creating native platform content following brand guidelines.
• Write engaging copy for organic posts and social conversations.
• Build and maintain a rolling content calendar and schedule posts.
• Monitor feeds and trends to identify timely opportunities.
• Guide colleagues on platform best practices and formats.
• Support influencer, creator and brand ambassador campaigns.
• Apply generative AI to ideation, content development and efficiency.

Skills

Social strategy

Copywriting

Analytics

Platform knowledge

Canva

Gen AI tools

Influencer campaigns

Content calendar

Tools

Social listening tools

Analytics tools

Job description

Established in 2004, OLIVER is the world’s first and only specialist in designing, building, and running bespoke in-house agencies and marketing ecosystems for brands. We partner with over 300 clients in 40+ countries and counting. Our unique model drives creativity and efficiency, allowing us to deliver tailored solutions that resonate deeply with audiences.

As a part of The Brandtech Group , we're at the forefront of leveraging cutting-edge AI technology to revolutionise how we create and deliver work. Our AI solutions enhance efficiency, spark creativity, and drive insightful decision‑making, empowering our teams to produce innovative and impactful results.

Role: Social Media Manager

Location: Bournemouth, United Kingdom - part-time

About the role:

You’ll develop and deliver the social media strategy for Client’s brands and manage their accounts day to day. You’ll create platform‑native content, monitor conversations and cultural trends, and use social listening, analytics and audience insight to keep improving results against agreed objectives. You’ll work with multiple stakeholders, balance competing priorities and deadlines, and guide colleagues on platform best practice.

What you will be doing:

Content

• Develop and deliver the social media strategy for Client's brands, growing online presence and keeping the brands consistent across all relevant channels.
• Manage Client's social accounts, creating and curating content that is native to each platform and follows brand tone, visual identity and content guidelines.
• Write engaging copy for organic posts that turns brand personality into conversation.
• Build and maintain a rolling content calendar, then schedule and publish across Client's accounts.
• Monitor social feeds, conversations and platform trends to find relevant opportunities for the brands to take part, including reactive and time-sensitive content.
• Apply and advocate platform best practice, guiding colleagues so content suits each channel, format and audience.
• Support the development and delivery of influencer, creator and brand ambassador campaigns in line with the strategy.
• Use generative AI and other emerging tools responsibly to support ideation, content development and workflow efficiency.

Reporting and analytics

• Define KPIs and benchmarks, track delivery against annual content and social media KPIs, and prepare regular reports on results, trends, successes, risks and opportunities.
• Analyse performance using platform analytics, social listening and audience insight, and turn findings into clear, actionable recommendations.
• Test and refine content formats, messaging, publishing approaches and engagement activity.
• Work with multiple stakeholders to plan, prioritise and deliver against competing deadlines.

What you need to be great in this role:

• A strong understanding of social platforms, audiences, content formats and platform‑specific best practice.
• Copywriting skill and the ability to turn brand personality and tone of voice into engaging social content.
• The ability to spot cultural, social and platform trends and turn them into timely, appropriate content.
• Analytical skill, with the ability to interpret performance data and make evidence‑based recommendations.
• The ability to manage multiple projects, priorities and deadlines, and to respond quickly and carefully to time-sensitive conversations.
• Experience managing brand social channels in‑house or in an agency, including strategy, content calendars, and moving content from planning through to publication and optimisation.
• Experience with social media management and listening tools, and with using analytics and audience insight to improve activity.
• Experience presenting ideas, plans, strategies or performance reports, and developing or applying tone‑of‑voice and social guidelines.
• Professional proficiency in English.
• Experience in the property sector.
• Experience supporting influencer, creator or brand ambassador activity.
• Experience creating content in Canva.
• Advanced use of Gen AI tools relevant to social content to improve creative output and efficiency.
• Experience designing AI‑assisted workflows for yourself and sharing effective AI tool usage with colleagues.
• Agentic thinking for complex, multi‑step challenges.
• A strong understanding of AI capabilities and limitations, with rigorous human oversight.

Our values shape everything we do:

• Be Ambitious to succeed
• Be Imaginative to push the boundaries of what’s possible
• Be Inspirational to do groundbreaking work
• Be always learningand listening to understand
• Be Results‑focused to exceed expectations
• Be actively pro‑inclusive and anti‑racist across our community, clients and creations

Our recruitment process does not employ artificial intelligence for selection. We use AI to support efficiency and consistency, not to replace human judgement. Candidate evaluation and selection are conducted without AI‑supported screening or decision‑making. We are committed to a fair, thoughtful, and equitable experience for every candidate.

OLIVER, a part of the Brandtech Group, is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive working environment where all employees are encouraged to reach their full potential, and individual differences are valued and respected. All applicants shall be considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, neurodivergence, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by local laws.

OLIVER has set ambitious environmental goals around sustainability, with science‑based emissions reduction targets. Collectively, we work towards our mission,embedding sustainability into every department and through every stage of the project lifecycle.