Social Strategist

We're an award-winning Social Media agency based in the UK. We work with brands including Virgin, Mattel (Scrabble, Barbie, UNO and more), Linda McCartney Foods, Lindt Chocolate, Sixt Car Rental, bp, Avanti West Coast Trains, Toyota and the Royal British Legion, amongst others.

We're looking for a Strategist with a focus on social media strategy to join our lively team in Great Portland Street, London (and at home), working across a number of exciting clients.

Our team is a friendly mix of Strategists, Creatives, Account Managers, Media Planners and Buyers - all with one goal: creating work that wins people's time on social media, in the most exciting ways possible.

Sound good? Read on!

Role overview

This role will be most rewarding to you if you are naturally curious about the developments of the digital world, how people behave on social media, and the opportunities brands have to add value.

You’ll have a strong point of view on what smart social marketing looks like, and as an avid social user, you’ll also have an intimate understanding of the cultures that develop within each channel.

You’ll be action-oriented, adept at identifying key insights and writing succinct, insightful creative briefs. You’ll be able to explain complex ideas simply and compellingly, to senior stakeholders both client and agency side.

You’ll report into our Creative Director, and work with wider agency colleagues to develop thumb-stopping social content.

As a Strategist at Cubaka, you will:

• Translate big brand thinking into social strategies that create culturally relevant, share-worthy ideas
• Be involved in all aspects of planning and evaluation
• Dig for insights within social conversation, engagement and performance data
• Create reports, highlight insights and present findings back to clients, as well as applying these insights in creative briefs
• Manipulate and visualise data from different sources
• Write inspiring, single-minded creative briefs
• Create clear, concise, convincing presentations

As a Strategist at Cubaka, you will bring:

• 2+ years of agency experience with a focus on strategy development
• The ability to keep your finger on the pulse when it comes to trends and tech and be comfortable challenging assumptions
• Experience with mining data for insights that creates unexpected and unforgettable creative opportunities
• A working knowledge of Social Listening tools, campaign evaluation, and social insights and analytics platforms (e.g., Sprinklr, Brandwatch, Google Analytics, Sprout, etc)
• Working knowledge of the metrics used across social

And in return, Cubaka offers:

• Unlimited holiday (oh yes!)
• Free breakfast in the office
• Perkbox
• Auto-enrolment pension, with up to 8% contribution
• Regular socials and team-building sessions
• Annual salary review, quarterly performance reviews
• Choice of company Apple MacBook Pro or PC
• Hybrid office working (approx 2 days in the office, 3 days at home - flexible)
• 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

Cubaka and Brandwidth recognise that managing diversity is a continuous process of improvement and not a one-off initiative. Therefore, we develop and review our diversity strategy on an annual basis to support the achievement of business goals, including ways of addressing the diverse needs of our clients.

As a growing, global company, we focus on fairness and inclusion, ensuring that merit, competence and potential are the basis for all decisions about recruitment, development and appraisals. Cubaka and Brandwidth take pride in keeping up to date with employment law and best practice when promoting equal opportunities and ensuring a diverse workforce.