Social Media Manager (Casual)

News Corp UK & Ireland Limited; City Of London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading media company in the UK is seeking a Social Media Manager to help create and publish engaging content on TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat, and YouTube. The role demands a creative individual with strong writing skills who is fluent in internet culture. Responsibilities include managing social channels, driving engagement, executing content strategies, and analyzing data for best practices. This hands-on role is perfect for someone who is organized, collaborative, and has proven experience leading social strategies.

Qualifications

• Chronically online and fluent in internet culture.
• Ideas for how to tell stories visually; willing to try new things.
• Clear, accurate, and engaging writing with strong attention to detail.
• Enjoy being part of a supportive team.
• Excellent time-management with ability to juggle tasks under pressure.
• Familiarity with publishing tools and video/image creation.
• Collaborative and proactive, able to work independently.
• Leading social strategy and execution for a major media brand.
• Meeting or exceeding social revenue and engagement targets.

Responsibilities

• Manage posting and scheduling across social channels.
• Drive engagement and revenue KPIs on platforms.
• Create and execute content strategies to boost reach.
• Ensure content aligns with editorial priorities and brand values.
• Continuously analyze social data for best practices.
• Develop repeatable content frameworks and spot trends.

Skills

Social-native

Creative

Writing Skills

Collaborative

Organisation

Technical Skills

Team Player

Proven experience

Demonstrable success

Tools

Canva

Veed

Premiere Pro

Job description

Overview

Job Description

The Sun is the biggest news brand in the UK, publishing hundreds of stories a day and reaching over 170m unique users digitally every month. Its exclusives set the news agenda and its campaigns have changed the lives of many. Delivering news, entertainment, and sports coverage to millions of readers every day. With a rich history spanning decades, we are dedicated to providing accurate, insightful, and engaging content across print and digital platforms.

The Sun has a mass-market audience and aims to appeal to a diverse audience in the UK and beyond.

Your Team

An iconic, dynamic storyteller with a rich heritage and a global audience in the millions, The Sun is now focusing on an exciting, video-focused strategy to engage new audiences, putting video at the heart of The Sun’s journalism.

Your Role

We’re looking for a Social Media Manager who has their finger firmly on the pulse of what’s trending online.

You’ll help create and publish social-first content within our Originals team making new shows for TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat and YouTube. You’ll help brainstorm, create, polish and publish short-form videos that tap into the conversations people are already having – across parenting, women’s lifestyle and fashion.

This is a hands-on, creative role where no two days are the same. You just need a sharp eye, strong instincts, and a genuine love for storytelling.

Day to day you will

• Manage posting and scheduling across Fabulous’ Original Video branded social channels, ensuring platform-specific tone and optimisation.
• Drive growth, engagement and revenue KPIs across Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube.
• Create and execute platform-specific content strategies to boost reach, followers and community interaction.
• Ensure social content aligns with editorial priorities, commercial goals, and brand values.
• Continuously analyse social data and audience feedback to inform best practices, testing, and innovation.
• Develop repeatable content frameworks (hooks, formats, CTAs, storytelling templates).
• Spot trends, sounds and formats that could inspire future videos.

What we’re looking for from you

• Social-native: Chronically online and fluent in internet culture.
• Creative: You’ve got ideas for how to tell stories visually, and you’re not afraid to try new things.
• Writing Skills: Clear, accurate, and engaging writer with strong attention to detail.
• Collaborative: You enjoy being part of a tight, supportive team where everyone chips in.
• Organisation: Excellent time-management skills with the ability to juggle multiple tasks under pressure.
• Technical Skills: Familiarity with publishing tools and video / image creation (Canva, Veed, Premiere Pro or similar a bonus).
• Team Player: Collaborative and proactive, with the ability to work independently when needed.
• Proven experience: Leading social strategy and execution for a major media brand or publisher.
• Demonstrable success: Meeting or exceeding social revenue and engagement targets.

News UK is one of the leading media businesses in the UK and Ireland. Our newsbrands include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday and The TLS. Our national broadcast brands include talkSPORT, Times Radio, and Virgin Radio UK, with market-leading local stations across Ireland.

Our world-famous brands provide news, analysis, opinion, and entertainment to almost 40 million people each month. Spanning print and digital, audio and video, events and experiences, our brands represent the diverse communities we serve.