Sr. Social Media Strategist

Founded in 2008, we are an international team that works with incredible and globally-recognised clients all over the world, particularly in the US TV industry.

Whether it’s developing our own products, producing engaging social content en-masse, or designing and delivering services to help our clients work more efficiently, our work is varied, exciting and at the very forefront of the latest technology and trends.

Currently, we are a growing team of 175+ people, but still looking for new colleagues who make an impact and believe in the same ideas and values as we do.

If the idea of a fast-paced, dynamic role with tonnes of opportunity for change, responsibility and innovation sounds exciting to you, then read on!

RESPONSIBILITIES

What can you expect?

• Co-lead on a variety of client-facing social media audits, reports, and strategy documents
• Review and feedback on the work of junior team members
• Generate tactical and strategic recommendations for our clients’ social accounts
• Research industry trends and have a point of view on best practices by platform
• Analyse performance data from social media networks and pull out the most valuable insights
• Create visually appealing and cohesively designed presentations for clients
• Serve as a team leader with a strong focus on process improvements and team development
• Training new team members across our tasks
• Become an expert on each of our clients’ unique needs and priorities

QUALIFICATIONS

What’s important for us:

• Previous experience working on social media for major brands
• A deep understanding of social media platforms and their most current tools and features
• Expertise with the Microsoft Office suite, particularly Excel and PowerPoint
• Strong ability to pro-actively generate new ideas
• Strong ability to analyse data and identify most valuable insights
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Strong visual communication and design skills
• Meticulous attention to detail
• High work-ethic and self-motivation

Nice to have:

• Project and/or people management experience
• Client communication experience – focused on parsing client feedback and solving problems
• Experience with collaborative tools for managing workflows and processes, such as Monday, Trello, and Airtable
• Experience with third party social media analytics tools, such as Sprout Social, Sprinklr, and ListenFirst

YOUR WORKING ENVIRONMENT 

Modern Tech Stack

We use the latest tools, hardware and methodologies across our teams. We’re always on the look-out for new ways of working and ensure everyone is setup with enough hardware firepower to excel, Windows or Mac.

Agility & Openness for Ideas

We actively encourage the entire team to share their ideas, with that in mind we regularly adopt and implement suggestions across the company, you’re the specialist here!

Operating with the agility of a high growth start-up, alongside the support you can expect from a larger organisation means we encourage quick decision making and a responsive, adaptive culture.

Outstanding People

We believe that great teams are built by a mixture of personality and skills, we’re an international team with more than 175 people onboard and we’re looking for people with a passion for what they do – just be yourself!

Flexibility

We’re a remote-first company and support 100% remote working for this role. We have flexible working hours so we start our day between 9am and 11am.

Joining us means becoming an integral part of the whole team no matter where we’re physically working, we have a number of initiatives to create a team environment regardless of geographic location.

SALARY

£31,000 – £35,000 per year, depending on experience and skills.

EMPLOYMENT TYPE

Permanent / Full time. Either in our Edinburgh office or remote within the UK.

BENEFITS 

• 33 days’ holiday
• High end laptop – macOS or Windows!
• Top of the range monitors, headphones, keyboard, mouse and gel rests
• Paid training to further your skills
• Annual Flu inoculation
• Team outings and monthly meets

AFTER 3 MONTHS:

• Up to £700 to spend on a chair, desk or any other necessary workspace equipment to kit out your home office.
• £750 budget every two years to choose your own mobile phone + monthly mobile contract paid for
• Enrolment in workplace pension scheme with matched employer contributions
• Money towards glasses with Specsavers

AFTER 1 YEAR:

• Performance Related Pay Scheme giving an annual bonus of up to 100% of monthly salary whenever Storm Ideas is in profit
• Access to the Cycle to Work scheme

RECRUITMENT PROCESS

First, you will receive questions to self-record a video response.

We will then invite you to an interview (60 minutes via MS Teams). During the meeting Robyn, our Social Media Strategy Manager, will get to know you and try to understand if you’d be a good fit for the role, and at the same time answer all your questions. After the initial interview, you may be sent a short task to complete (if you’re open to it).

You may then be asked to have a final interview, where you will meet Duncan, our Chief Content Officer (30 minutes, MS Teams).

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