Grounded in a talent-centric mindset, Maker Lab is a marketing agency designed to build decentralised technology-led agency teams, rooted in collaboration with clients from the ground up. Maker Lab’s cross-functional teams of multidisciplinary specialists are embedded into client teams across digital marketing competencies — from measurement & analytics to content production.
Role Summary
Maker Lab seeks a B2B Social Media Lead to drive brand advocacy and community for a major tech client in APAC. The role requires strategic planning, regional campaign execution, AI tool adoption, and cross-functional leadership to deliver impactful social engagement.
Role
- Program Management & Regional Strategy: Plan, refine, and execute regional/market specific social strategy and campaigns for APAC which includes supporting flagship global and regional events, micro-campaigns, employee advocacy, and influencer programs.
- AI & Emerging Tech Adoption: Pilot and incorporate emerging AI platforms, and interactive social tools to streamline workflows, optimise content production, and stay ahead of platform trends.
- Operational Excellence & Reporting: Drive team reporting efforts, including quarterly reports, biannual reports, and year-in-review newsletters; monitor OKR pacing; and establish easy-to-follow structures and templates to eliminate bottlenecks and optimise team operations.
- Paid Social Management: Oversee paid social amplification strategies, operations, and reporting, managing media agency workflows via regular Work-In-Progress catchups.
- Stakeholder Alignment & Advisory: Work closely with regional stakeholders across APAC as trusted counsel, elevating team visibility across cross-functional groups, including Brand, AI, Developer, PR, and Studio, and taking charge of high-stakes projects when needed.
- Content & Developer Engagement: Lead content development, curation, editorial calendars, and developer engagement social activities across channels.
- Market Nuance & Brand Sanctity: Exercise due diligence to ensure activities are fit-for-market, capture local nuances, and preserve the sanctity of the client’s brand across copy and creatives.
- Team Leadership & Mentorship: Manage and mentor a remote team, creating a supportive environment with structured onboarding, daily standups, and peer pairing, while empowering team members to own regional initiatives.
- Crisis & Reputation Management: Monitor trends, social listening insights, and platform updates, while managing brand safety and partnering with PR on crisis management when needed.
You
- Education: BA/BS degree or equivalent experience.
- Industry Experience: 12+ years of experience in tech, marketing, or a related industry with a proven track record in social media strategy and management.
- Platform & AI Knowledge: Strong understanding of social platforms, emerging AI tools, and audience behaviour.
- Strategic & Creative Thinking: A strategic and creative thinker who can navigate the ever-evolving social landscape and leverage AI and emerging tech for marketing.
- Strategy Execution: Proven ability to develop and execute social strategies that drive engagement and growth.
- Data-Driven Mindset: Comfortable analysing metrics and turning insights into actions to close OKR gaps.
- Stakeholder Management: Able to positively influence diverse stakeholders and galvanise them on the social agenda and mission of the brand.
- Regional Collaboration: Ability to work with local and geographically dispersed stakeholders to deliver clear instructions and directions.
- Project Management: Solid project management experience, with an ability to bring both order and attention to detail.
- Tool Expertise: Experience with social media publishing tools like Sprinklr and familiar with platform setup for Google Cloud use cases.
- B2B Background: Background in the B2B or technology space is preferred.
- Tool Proficiency: Proficiency with social media management tools such as Buffer, Hootsuite, and Sprout Social, alongside analytics platforms including Google Analytics and Meta Business Suite.
- Communication Skills: Exceptional verbal and written English communication and presentation skills.