Social Media Account Manager Role

By: Richard Michie

We’re looking for a Social Media Account Manager to join The Marketing Optimist. We’re growing fast and we’re looking to add an experienced social media marketer who wants to expand their strategic marketing skills on some really interesting and diverse clients.

This is the ideal role for someone looking to take the next step in their career to a more strategic role.

You’ll be able to understand customers needs regardless of the client being B2B or B2C and be able to create marketing campaigns that create interaction, build community and ultimately sales.

A creative thinking, ideas person who knows their way around all the marketing tools available and can communicate directly with clients to create and build a lasting relationship.

The role

  • Social Media Strategy and Creative using Organic and Paid Social Media
  • Experience with Google AdWords and Analytics
  • Reporting and client feedback using a range of tools
  • Taking clients marketing from brief to fully running campaigns
  • Helping implement campaigns individually and as part of the wider Marketing Optimist team
  • You have the support of our Social Media Executive and be responsible for the social media campaigns for clients

The ideal candidate

  • 2 years agency experience in digital marketing
  • Really strong written and visual communication skills
  • Strong project management skills
  • Excellent eye for detail
  • Comfortable in speaking to clients and managing workloads and expectations
  • Able to demonstrate creative thinking, planning and process
  • Happy to manage their own workload
  • Highly proficient IT skills
  • Full clean driving licence

What’s on offer?

  • Competitive Salary – £25,000 – £30,000 pa
  • Fully remote flexible working
  • Varied fast-moving projects
  • 22 days starting holidays
  • Your birthday off
  • One duvet day per year
  • Pension contributions
  • Additional training to continue further development
  • Encouragement to progress within the business
  • Office space in central Leeds when required

Who are The Marketing Optimist?

We offer businesses a one-stop agile marketing solution that delivers results and business insight based on long-term marketing strategy. You’ll become part of our client’s marketing team, being involved from the very beginning and getting to know a client’s business and then coming up with marketing strategies to help them build their business.

We have a wide client base not just in Yorkshire but right across the UK, Europe and the US. Our clients are varied and interesting and the projects we help with are fast-moving and very involved.

Above all else, we are looking for someone with the same ethos as us. We pride ourselves on delivering exceptional marketing campaigns while being very down to earth, collaborative and fun.

To apply send your CV and links to your social media profiles to [email protected] with the subject line – I want to work for The Marketing Optimist.

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