Social Media Executive
- Recruiter
- EMR | Specialist Marketing Recruitment
- Location
- London / City of London, London
- Salary
- Up to £29000 per annum
- Posted
- 14 Mar 2018
- Closes
- 13 Apr 2018
- Ref
- 1629884
- Contact
- Lewis Chaplin
- Discipline
- Marketing
- Specialism
- Community Management & Social Media, Search Marketing
- Business Type
- Brand / In-house
- Seniority
- Executive
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full-Time

One of the UK's largest provider of student accommodation is currently looking for a passionate Social Media Executive to join their growing marketing team in Central London.
This role will be suitable for an extremely organised individual with a strong social background, coming from either agency or client side. Reporting directly to the E-commerce manager, the Social Media Executive will be expected to support the marketing team on developing market leading social media.
Key Responsibilities of the Social Media Executive:
- Manage Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest and Youtube accounts
- Drive sales through social media platforms
- Creating engaging and relevant content for all social media channels
- Identify opportunities for innovative social media marketing campaigns
- Regularly report insights gained from social media to stakeholders
- Provide digital marketing and ecommerce support to the sales and marketing team
- Manage effective, tailored paid-for-social media campaigns thus ensuring an excellent ROI
- Support wider marketing team with social media support at housing fairs, open days and other events.
Knowledge and Qualifications of the Social Media Executive:
- Knowledge and previous experience of managing different social media platforms
- Attention to detail in both writing and numbers
- Good proficiency in all Microsoft Office packages, social media management tools and web analytics
- Basic Photoshop skills
- Ability to communicate effectively to represent the company in a support capacity, act first point of contact to internal staff and external stakeholders.
- Organised and ability to plan ahead, with the flexibility to identify and capitalise on emerging opportunities.
Experience and Skills for Social Media Executive:
- Previous experience in similar role
- A knowledge of writing for web and SEO best practice
- Ability to create engaging content appropriate for the target market
- Desire to continue their learning and development in line with digital market trends
- Ability to proofread marketing material with excellent attention to detail
- Ability to manage multiple projects and deal with ever changing priorities
If you're a passionate social media enthusiast with storng copy and a good eye for detail please apply.