Senior Social Media Manager
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Position Overview & Specifications
ELVIS is a B Corp certified creative agency that works with some of the world's most ambitious brands including ODEON, Dobbies, Cadbury, Milka, Walkers, Merlin Entertainments, OREO, Tate & Lyle and Birds Eye.
We’re a multi-award-winning business with accolades from Cannes Lions, D&AD, CLIO, The One Show, Campaign and The Marketing Society, among others.
Our mission is to use Unexpected and Unforgettable creativity to help people and brands grow in a better way. Not only is this based on the fundamental role that impact and salience play in the most powerful creative work, but it reflects our belief that people and planet matter just as much as profit.
Role overview
We're looking for a Senior Social Media Manager to join our team in London. You will use your passion for all things social media and knowledge of all social media platforms to lead accounts, make recommendations and offer insights into trends, new platforms and brands' social media activity.
You will excel at creativity and enjoy having the freedom to identify and propose social concepts that can grow engagement. You will ensure content is aligned to the brand, and feel comfortable presenting ideas to clients and being their port of call for anything social related.
Reporting to a Business Director and working with the Senior Account Director and Strategist on each account, you will contribute to account plans and strategic responses, providing advice on the role and functionality of social channels and be supported by a Content Creator and Junior Social Media Manager.
As a Senior Social Media Manager at ELVIS, you will:
- Manage social media channels
- Lead organic content planning, ensuring it aligns with brand strategy
- Monitor trends, escalate issues and offer solutions, pull data and insights, create reports and present findings
- Work with account leads and strategists to provide advice on our approach to each account and build creative content plans
- Lead to relationship and flow of information to clients to ensure they're informed and engaged
You'll bring:
- Experience in planning content that aligns with brand strategy and creating content to align with trends
- Experience leading an account - working directly with clients and running a team
- Excellent community management
- Experience leading crisis management and FAQ planning
- An understanding of the legal requirements involved in social media
- FMCG experience
And in return, Elvis offers:
- Excellent salary package
- Hybrid working (one to two designated days in the office per week: three to four days where it's up to you)
- Auto-enrolment to company pension scheme; 3% agency contribution on basic earnings
- Medicash healthcare access (allowances for physiotherapy, dental, eye care etc)
- Digital GP access
- Access to Group rates on Private Medical Insurance, dental insurance and nursery childcare
- Employee Assistance Programme allowing you instant access to qualified counsellors and specialists to help keep you in the best of health, physically and mentally
- Group Life Assurance
- Out of hours financial compensation on qualifying projects
- 2x Company events/parties a year
- Focus on craft, industry and personal development training, and genuine access to the Board
- Charity opportunities within working hours
- New starter lunch & Elvis buddy to help you settle in
Plus, upon completion of probation:
- Unlimited holiday allowance
- Flexible working hours
Why Us
We're a fresh thinking, dynamic and energetic agency, full of inspiring, talented and supportive people. We place great importance on maintaining an excellent working environment and are recognised for our outstanding professional development programme, evident by our Platinum IPA CPD Accreditation.
We believe employee development and reward are key to our continuing success and performance. We like Elvisians to contribute, take responsibility and have a sense of ownership. We encourage them to act like entrepreneurs rather than employees and believe as a result everyone can genuinely make a significant difference to the business.
We are working to create a more inclusive working environment (inside Elvis' offices and more broadly in the Creative Industry), where diverse talent enjoys genuinely equal opportunities for sustainable career progression.
At Elvis, we believe that an equal system takes diversity for granted, and this is our ultimate aim. This is because we believe workplace diversity drives better ideas and results. The best ideas come from bringing together different points of view, or seemingly unconnected sources of inspiration. They're fostered in culturally rich environments that welcome different perspectives.
Candidate Selection & Onboarding Process
Application & Resume Screening
Submit your tailored CV/Resume directly to the talent acquisition portal.
Technical & Competency Interviews
Virtual interviews with the hiring manager and multidisciplinary team.
Formal Offer & Benefits Negotiation
Written agreement outlining compensation, equity, retirement vesting, and relocation allowances.
Onboarding & Corporate Integration
Equipment provisioning, team orientation, and commencement of duties.
United Kingdom Right to Work & Skilled Worker Visa Guide
Employment in the United Kingdom requires legal Right to Work verified under the Home Office Points-Based Immigration System:
Sponsoring employers must hold an active Home Office A-rated Sponsor License and assign a valid Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS). Role must meet the general minimum salary threshold (£38,700) or occupation going rate.
Continuous employment under Skilled Worker status establishes eligibility for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) after 5 continuous years, leading to British Citizenship.
Candidate Preparation Blueprint: Advertising & Public Relations
Based on transatlantic hiring benchmarks for Senior Social Media Manager roles across Next15's corporate sector, successful applicants typically excel across three core dimensions:
Demonstrated portfolio evidence, architecture/system design case studies, or validated professional certifications directly applicable to Advertising & Public Relations.
STAR method competency responses highlighting cross-functional leadership, conflict resolution, and delivering measurable enterprise ROI under tight timelines.
Total compensation expectation aligned within the benchmarked £33,649 - £40,229 bracket, including retirement vesting and health parity.
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