Social Partner / Senior Social Account Manager

eight&four; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Private Healthcare & Life Insurance

25 Days+ Holiday

Job summary

eight&four is seeking a Social Account Director to lead social and content delivery on complex client assignments within the Social Partner team. You will oversee end-to-end delivery, collaborate with Creative, Production, Performance and Strategy teams, and act as a senior client advisor.

You will drive innovation, ensure best-in-class output, and manage large accounts with a consultative, collaborative approach. Hybrid working and strong benefits accompany this role.

Qualifications

• Experience at an Account Director level or equivalent in an agency.
• Background in social and content delivery.
• Proven experience managing large or complex accounts in a leading role.
• Excellent project management capabilities and best-practice delivery.
• Confident, consultative approach with senior clients.
• Strong collaboration across internal specialists and external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Own client relationships on large retained social accounts and develop strong senior client relationships.
• Lead on strategic and creative thinking as a social consultant, partnering with creative teams.
• Oversee end-to-end delivery of large accounts and complex projects, ensuring quality and proactivity.
• Collaborate across disciplines (performance, creative, etc.) to drive proposals, pitches and growth.

Skills

Account Director experience

Social & content background

Large/complex accounts

Project management

Consultative client approach

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

We're looking for a Social Account Director to play a leading role in social & content delivery across complex accounts within the agency.

The role sits within the Social Partner team, which is responsible for delivering high-quality, innovative social content for our clients; through collaborating with our Creative, Production, Performance and Strategy teams. All team members act as key client contacts and responsible for the running of projects, with a key role in ensuring we produce successful and exciting content across platforms.

As a Social Partner / Senior Social Account Manager you will be responsible for overseeing the delivery of complex social content projects, implementing clear processes through collaborating with key functions and seniors across the business, and ensuring we deliver on new business, strategies and significant projects for our clients. You will drive innovation and quality output in your own work and in the teams you work with, and provide a high level of social consultancy and senior client support.

Requirements

Must-Haves

• Agency experience at an Account Director level or equivalent
• Social & content background
• Proven experience managing large or complex accounts in a leading role
• Excellent project management capabilities and an eye for best-practice delivery
• Confident and consultative approach with senior clients
• Strong collaborator able to interface with a variety of internal specialists, and external stakeholders

Nice-to-Haves

• Experience with both B2B and B2C clients
• Influencer experience
• Experience with global clients

Your Responsibilities

Client Relations

• Key client contact on a large retained social account with the ability to develop strong relationships, handle difficult situations with senior clients and drive excellence in our output
• Also client & stakeholder liaison across complex projects and campaigns

Social and content

• Ability to lead and present on strategic and creative thinking and come across as a consultant
• Act as a guardian and catalyst for best in class innovative content, working hand in hand with creatives
• Key strategic content lead, constantly evaluating success of strategy and opportunities for evolution

Account Delivery and growth

• End-to-end delivery of large accounts and complex projects, overcoming obstacles, demonstrating agility, and leading with clarity from a client and internal perspective
• Lead on effective collaboration within your accounts
• Oversight of large teams and accounts to ensure account health, quality control, and proactivity - including acting as the client escalation point where necessary - as well as commercials account growth

Opportunities

• Collaborate with other seniors across the business on proposals, pitches, etc - acting as a connector between various disciplines (e.g. performance, creative, etc)
• Bring a strategic point of view on overall approach, and social content
• Take ownership of commercial targets (working with Growth team member on your accounts) and motivate core team to help deliver against them

Benefits

• Named in Campaign Magazine's Best Places to Work 8 years running
• Hybrid working - 2 day in the office per week
• Private Healthcare & Life Insurance, 25 Days+ Holiday
• Team Mini breaks in the UK and abroad, Regular Socials
• Culture: Open, Engaged & Inspirational