Social Account Manager

Ogilvy; Remote; ZAR 200 000 - 300 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global creative agency is seeking a Social Account Manager based in South Africa to manage social campaigns and client relationships. The ideal candidate should have a minimum of two years' experience in social media marketing along with excellent communication and project management skills. Responsibilities include overseeing day-to-day activities on social platforms, collaborating with integrated teams, and developing strategic recommendations. Competitive benefits including a flexible working model and professional development opportunities are provided.

Benefits

25 days annual leave + 1 Volunteer Day

Bupa Healthcare

Flexible Working Model

Wellbeing and Health incentives

Qualifications

• Minimum of two years' experience in social media marketing.
• Strong understanding of social media platforms and trends.
• Experience in building productive relationships.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day social campaign activities across brands.
• Shape social recommendations and creative outputs.
• Oversee management of internal creative teams.

Skills

Client relationship management

Social media strategy

Stakeholder management

Trend analysis

Job description

About Ogilvy

Ogilvy has been creating impact for brands through iconic, culture-changing, value-driving ideas since the company was founded by David Ogilvy 75 years ago. It builds on that rich legacy through Borderless Creativity – innovating at the intersections of its advertising, public relations, relationship design, consulting, and health capabilities with experts collaborating seamlessly across over 120 offices in nearly 90 countries. Ogilvy currently ranks as the #1 global agency network for creative excellence and effectiveness by WARC, signifying its ability to deliver creative solutions that drive unreasonable impact for clients and communities. Ogilvy is a WPP company (NYSE: WPP). For more information, visit Ogilvy.com, and follow us on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and Facebook.

Social Account Manager

Department: Social, PR & Influence

Location: London

Contract type: Fixed Term Contract - 12 Month

Full Time/Part time: Full Time

Reporting into: Account Director / Business Director

The Role

As a Social Account Manager at our agency, you will be an essential part of our social proposition, covering the full range of social work. At Ogilvy, our social team are trained and treated as specialists and play a critical role in building strong relationships with our clients, acting as an extension of their teams guiding them through every step of the journey from briefing and strategy, timings and budgets, through to delivery and implementation.

Our client services teams harness their client wisdom helping to shaping social strategic and creative output. Your strategic thinking and creativity will help develop best-in-class ongoing social plans for our diverse range of clients, integrating them into the overall strategy for owned, earned, and paid channels.

We work with some of the biggest brands in the world and pride ourselves on our high standards and award-winning work. We are part of Ogilvy’s PR, Influence and Social Agency and we work in hybrid teams across clients which helps our specialists have a deep understanding of the owned media approach which benefits our creative strategy and client results.

In this role, you will be responsible for the day-to-day running of social campaigns as well as BAU activity, from client briefing, to managing internal creative teams as well as sourcing and handling external creators, all the way through to managing distribution, community management and reporting. You will work collaboratively with media, PR, influence, brand activation, digital, and all other stakeholders – internal and external, to deliver exceptional campaigns for our clients. As part of any role in our team your responsibilities will include staying up to date with cultural/social trends and customers\' views and attitudes.

We are looking for a self-motivated, action-oriented, and ambitious individual with a positive "can-do" attitude who really understands the landscape and the power and flexibility of social campaigns and activations to achieve brand objectives. You will have a keen interest in all things social and be an avid follower of relevant news and trends. You will also have experience in building consistently productive relationships and strong stakeholder management skills.

Key Responsibilities

• The role involves managing the day-to-day social activity across brands from BAU to campaign activity, working with an integrated team to support all brand activity.
• Ability to harness client wisdom to shape social recommendations and creative output to ensure we’re developing best-in-class ongoing social plans for our clients.
• Supporting Account Director in managing client budgets and timings specific to your brands.
• Responsible for management of creative teams including writing task briefs, managing briefings, coordinating ideation, concepting and approvals. Can extend to overseeing production and delivery with support of Account Director.
• Manage the Community Management & Strategy teams on calendar planning and publishing, daily moderation and measurement & reporting. Consistently identifying and implementing areas to improve for our clients
• Align and collaborate with media, PR, influence, brand activation, digital, and all other stakeholders – internal and external – to deliver best-in-class campaigns for our clients.
• Oversee selection and management of client-appropriate creator opportunities and relationships to help deliver social-first content for clients.
• Identify and nurture client-appropriate creator opportunities and relationships to help deliver social-first content for clients.
• Responsible for internal resource management and timing plans.
• Responsible for client status tracking and running weekly status calls both internal and with client.
• Maintain and build successful client relationships, selling in reactive ideas and content streams in quick turnaround and high-pressure situations.
• Support the Account Director, managing a team of Community Managers to keep the day-to-day account work running.

General Responsibilities

• Stay up-to-date with cultural/social trends and customers\' views and attitudes.
• Assist in the development and participation in promoting our social offering across the business.
• Support additional projects as required, such as such as new business pitches, social audits and trend analysis and annual strategy and planning workstreams.
• A passion for social media marketing with a minimum of two years\' experience in the field.
• Self-motivated, action-oriented, and ambitious with a positive "can-do" attitude.
• A keen interest in all things social and an avid follower of relevant news and trends.

Requirements

• Experience in working in one/some of the following sectors: skincare, sports/music/entertainment or finance or ability to showcase an interest in this area
• Experience in both social and influence preferred
• Experience in culture driving campaigns in beauty, music, fashion, lifestyle (Nice to have)
• Strong understanding of social media platforms and trends.
• Excellent communication, project management, and organisational skills.
• Experience in a fast-paced agency environment.
• Demonstrated experience in building consistently productive relationships.
• The ability to remain optimistic under pressure.
• Strong experience in key stakeholder management.
• A creative outlook with the ability to achieve the full potential from projects, keeping abreast of and utilising new industry developments and technology.
• Proven experience of integrating digital and social media in campaign activity.

How we help you Thrive

• 25 days annual leave + 1 Volunteer Day
• Bupa Healthcare
• Enhanced Maternity, Adoption and Shared Parental Leave
• We have a Flexible Working Model with core working hours: 10am – 4pm
• A 1.5:1 Matching Pension Structure
• Wellbeing and Health: Up to £25.00 per month towards physical or online exercise class membership, Unmind membership, LifeWorks tool and annual eye tests and development budgets and Wellbeing incentives and activities throughout the year
• Season Ticket Loan and Cycle to Work Scheme

At Ogilvy, our people are at the heart of what we do: a creative agency that sparks game-changing ideas across culture and business through collaboration, integrity, and a celebration of self-expression.

We believe in building powerful teams with purpose - and we relentlessly curate transformative initiatives that make our commitment to fairness, and equity a reality.

Our ultimate mission is to leave a positive impact on the world, creating a better future for all, while supporting and uplifting the global communities we serve. This is central to our mantra of Borderless Creativity.

Ogilvy is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to particular characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.

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