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Social Media Senior Account Executive - Associate

The Team

This role sits within freuds’ social team – a specialist team of 15 within Freud Communications. The team exists to service all clients within the agency on both a consulting and paid basis – ensuring all teams are kept abreast of the latest social best practice. Services provided include content strategy and channel planning, campaign activation, visible leadership and paid media management. The team consists of 7 specialists plugging into many integrated accounts on both a retained and project basis, including Mars, Danone, You Can Adopt, Samsung, Millennium and Prosus.

The Role

The team are looking for a corporate-first Social Media Senior Account Executive with strong copywriting skills.

The ideal candidate will have a strong grounding in creating social-first content, managing social channels and building communities and will have ideally gained this working in-house for a corporate organisation or within agency working with b2b/corporate/professional services clients. They will have a good understanding of all elements of social media including the formats and trends. The ideal applicants will be confident in briefing and project managing the development and delivery of content and will also have the confidence to liaise face to face with clients.

In addition, we are looking for someone who will embrace our cornerstones of Love & Work, which require a passion for what we do and an ability to persevere. You’ll have a level of curiosity about the world around you and the spaces in which we operate; ask questions and offer up ideas. In addition, you’ll take an active role in our belonging values – collaborating to achieve common goals, connecting with one another in an authentic way, sharing our perspectives and embracing others, and actively supporting each other and our experiences.

Key Responsibilities

  • Own and deliver social content calendars – creating and publishing across client channels
  • Brief and manage the delivery of social media-first content, most notably with our corporate leaning clients
  • Produce regular reports, identify trends, insights and make relevant recommendations
  • Liaise effectively with client contacts and project managing delivery of campaigns
  • Proactive in staying on top of new trends, formats and social media platforms

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

  • Solid copy writing, proofreading and editing skills, with impeccable grammar and spelling
  • An understanding of the working of large corporate organisations
  • Excellent organisational and time-management skills
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Suite (Powerpoint, Excel etc)
  • Excellent verbal communication skills, and a confident presentation style
  • Fluency in English; additional languages considered favourably
  • 2-3 years social media experience

To Apply

Please send your CV to freudsgroupcareers@freuds.com