Social Media Manager (Manchester-based)

BWP; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 33,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic agency as a Social Media Manager, where creativity meets strategy. You'll manage diverse clients, crafting engaging content that drives results. With a competitive salary and a culture of appreciation, this role offers the chance to thrive in a collaborative environment. Enjoy hybrid working, personal development opportunities, and a vibrant social calendar. If you're passionate about social media and eager to make an impact, this is the perfect opportunity to elevate your career in a supportive and innovative agency setting.

Benefits

25 days paid holiday plus bank holidays

Extra day off for your birthday

Pension scheme

Company bonus scheme

Bespoke Personal Development Plans

Regular company socials

Wellbeing programme including free counselling

Qualifications

• 2+ years in social media content production and delivery.
• Experience in a marketing or social media agency.

Responsibilities

• Manage multiple clients and deliver engaging social media content.
• Analyze social media data for reporting and strategy adjustments.

Skills

Social Media Management

Content Creation

Client Management

Data Analysis

Creativity

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Marketing or related field

Job description

Salary: £33-36k (depending on experience)

To be a Social Media Manager at an agency like BWP takes something special. Something, I'm sorry to say, not all of you reading this will possess.

You see, to us ‘Social Media Manager’ isn't just a generic title, it means something.

It means you've cut your teeth at Social Media Exec and Senior Social Media Exec level. (Spoiler: If these job titles don't mean anything to you, you're probably not right for us.)

It also means you've been initiated in the wonderful world of agency life, where you're used to working on and communicating with multiple clients with multiple requests and multiple (often conflicting!) priorities.

We don't say this to alienate those of you who haven't had agency experience. We say it because we’re yet to find someone who hasn't been exposed to the agency ways of working that's been able to come in at Social Media Manager level for us and achieve.

And achieve is what we want our Social Media Managers to do. From the moment you start, you will be given clients to manage, colleagues to coordinate, and deadlines to meet.

If any of this scares you then please, turn around now.

Still here? Great, then read on...

Company & philosophy

BWP is an award winning destination marketing agency. We elevate brands with impactful, creative strategies that bring people to places to achieve commercial growth. Our work supports the growth of household name destinations like Trafford Centre, Lakeside Shopping Centre and Livingston Designer Outlet.

This is our website https://bwpgroup.com/. Pretty much everything we do is on there so it’s a good place to start if you are interested.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/aliciadrummond1994/ <---- this is Ali. She leads BWP’s social media team. As well as being mad about marketing, crazy about content and savvy at social, she’s also big into hiring people who will work with clients as if they are in-house and manage their own time effectively. She’s not employed to micro-manage.

Everyone who works at BWP enjoy the standard benefits you’d expect - a competitive salary (in this case £33-36k); 25 days paid holiday plus bank holidays and an extra day for your birthday; and a pension scheme. Plus, we also offer:

• Hybrid working – everyone at the agency enjoys two days collaborating and building strong working relations with colleagues in our Manchester city centre offices and three days working from anywhere.
• Company bonus scheme (discretionary) – if BWP does well, so do you. Our Account Managers can get up to 6% of annual salary as a bonus.
• Bespoke Personal Development Plans and the mentoring and support you need to pave your way to Senior Account Manager and beyond.
• A busy social calendar with regular company socials
• A culture of appreciation, reward, and recognition with monthly and quarterly awards and celebrations.
• Company wellbeing programme including a free counselling service as needed.

(Note: This role is based with our social media team in central Manchester. There will be company socials & trips where you will be asked to visit our head offices in Marlow, Buckinghamshire.)

What are we looking for from you?

We’re only interested in speaking to people whose CVs and portfolios showcase:

• 2+ years relevant experience producing, scheduling and delivering social media content and ideas, with at least 1 year of this being in a social media or marketing agency.
• Creativity. We really value people who think outside the box and are looking for portfolios showcasing unique, creative and engaging content ideas that have met and exceeded clients’ KPIs.

Tick those two boxes? Great. You’ll stand out if you can also prove you are:

• Accurate and detail oriented. We assume you’ll put the same effort into ensuring your CV/portfolio is grammatically correct and typo-free as you put into your social content. You have been warned!
• Able to manage clients. You thrive in a client-facing role, you enjoy building relationships and can talk clients through what you’re doing in a clear, concise & friendly manner.
• A collaborator. You produce your best work working alongside creative teams and can brief and collaborate with content creators to create engaging multimedia content that delivers on KPIs and builds a strong presence on social media.
• Able to understand & interpret social media data. You will be in charge of monthly reporting so it’s important you can summarise and highlight key insights to maximise learning and shape future plans.
• A lifelong learner. You’re passionate about keeping up to date with current social trends and sharing these with the wider team. We want to create unique content and that means staying ahead of the curve and trying new things.

Next steps

If you think you’re the person we’re looking for, please apply with your CV and portfolio or examples of relevant social content you’ve previously created.

If we like the look of your CV/portfolio, you’ll be set a practical task, to show us your skills in creating social media content. This helps us understand not just what you can do, but, just as importantly, how you work.

Impress us with your work and you’ll be invited to have a Teams chat with BWP’s Head of Social and our Senior Social Media Manager.

Impress them and there’ll be one more stage – a more informal chat with some of the wider BWP team. Wow them and the job’s yours!

We aim to respond to all applications within two weeks of applying.