Social Media Manager

Sphere Digital Recruitment; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work pattern

Job summary

Sphere Digital Recruitment is looking for a Social Media Manager in London to own social content, communities and strategy across multiple clients. The role is hands-on and social-first, requiring the ability to spot cultural moments and bring ideas to life via scripting, filming and editing.

You will craft content calendars, react to trends in real time, manage communities, and work with Creative, PR and Client Services teams to drive campaigns and insights.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of agency experience across social media.
• Strong content creation for TikTok, Instagram and other major platforms.
• Hands-on creator confident in scripting, filming and editing.
• Excellent writing, storytelling and communication skills.
• Able to react quickly to trends and maintain platform-native content.

Responsibilities

• Create, shoot and edit social-first content for multiple platforms.
• Develop platform-specific content calendars aligned to client objectives.
• Produce reactive, trend-led content at pace.
• Manage communities and engage audiences authentically.
• Develop social strategies with Creative, PR and Client Services teams.
• Use social listening and insights to identify trends and opportunities.
• Monitor performance and turn data into actionable insights.
• Present social ideas and performance to clients.
• Support project scopes, timings and budgets across social work.
• Identify opportunities to grow clients' social presence.

Skills

4+ years agency social media

Scripting & editing videos

TikTok & Instagram content

Analytics & insights

Job description

£40,000 – £45,000 | Permanent | Hybrid (3 days in office) | ASAP

We’re looking for a Social Media Manager to join an exciting agency team and take ownership of social content, community and strategy across a range of brilliant clients.

This is a hands-on, social-first role for someone who can spot a cultural moment, turn it into an idea and bring it to life — from concepting and shooting through to editing, publishing,

community management and reporting.

What you’ll be doing

• Creating, shooting and editing social-first content across TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and X
• Developing platform-specific content calendars aligned to client objectives
• Creating reactive, trend-led content at pace
• Managing communities and engaging audiences in an authentic, on-brand way
• Developing social strategies and campaigns alongside Creative, PR and Client Services teams
• Using social listening and cultural insights to identify trends, opportunities and conversations
• Keeping ahead of emerging platforms, formats, trends and audience behaviours
• Monitoring performance, sentiment and engagement and turning data into actionable insights
• Presenting social ideas, content and performance to clients
• Supporting scopes, timings and budgets across social projects
• Identifying opportunities to grow and elevate clients’ social presence
• 4+ years’ agency experience working across social media
• Strong experience creating content for TikTok, Instagram and other major platforms
• A hands‑on creator who is confident scripting, filming and editing
• Strong understanding of platform trends, native formats and algorithms
• Excellent writing, storytelling and communication skills
• Naturally culturally curious and always aware of what’s happening online
• Comfortable working quickly and reacting to trends in real time
• Confident using analytics and turning performance data into insights
• Able to balance big‑picture creative thinking with hands‑on execution
• Highly organised, detail‑oriented and comfortable managing multiple projects
• Collaborative and confident working across Creative, Social, PR and Client Services
• Proactive, commercially minded and not afraid to challenge or improve an idea
• A genuine passion for social, culture and creating content that people actually want to engage with

The details

Location: London

Working pattern: Hybrid – 3 days in the office

Type: Permanent

Start: ASAP

If you’re a Social Media Manager / Social Content Manager / Social Strategist who loves being close to the content and wants a role where you can genuinely make an impact, I’d love to hear from you.