Senior Social Media Executive 

Salary: £28,000 - £32,000 per annum

Location: Hybrid office in London / remote (3 days in-office)

Hours: 9:30 - 5:30

Reporting to: Social Media Manager 

About D&AD:  

D&AD is a not-for-profit creative organisation that stimulates, enables and celebrates creative excellence through world-class awards, masterclasses, inspirational content, events and new talent programs.

Great creative work drives better outcomes, and creative excellence is achieved through a diverse, inclusive, sustainable industry, doing relevant work and being representative of the communities it serves. Therefore, everything we do is designed to support these values and help the commercial creative industries to be fairer, more inclusive, and more robust to make excellent, impactful work.

You’ll participate in a company culture that fosters creativity, collaboration, equity and innovation, with an active social calendar, wellness program, DEI initiatives and professional development support.

The role

D&AD’s Marketing department is looking for a new team member to support on social  media.This is a unique opportunity to work at the heart of the creative industries, alongside some of the world’s best agencies, brands and talent.
The role would suit a candidate with a journalism, new media, or advertising background, looking to build a career in the creative industries.

Reporting into the Social Media Manager, the Senior Social Executive would support the creation and publishing of Social Media content, community management, and assist with the production of website  content. We're looking for someone who's comfortable writing social-first copy, crafting engaging content across a variety of channels, editing photos and videos, and familiar with tools like InDesign. A knack for running a social content calendar, scheduling posts and understanding of analytics is essential too.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensuring D&AD’s Social Media channels have regular, high quality and creative content output
• Creating strong written copy, tailored to D&AD’s various social channels, that have excellent grammar and spelling 
• Managing queries and messages, replying to followers and engaging with our target audiencesWorking with the wider Marketing team to help deliver key messages and support on campaigns and activities
• Ensure the D&AD brand and tone-of-voice guidelines are consistently adhered to
• Editing and formatting images and video for social posts across Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube and LinkedIn
• Uploading and scheduling of posts 
• Staying up-to-date with all developments in Social Media, such as new platforms and features 
• Pitching new creative ideas 

• Planning and executing coverage of live events, with occasional live reporting from events
• Collaborating with other Social Media specialists in the company, such as paid media managers
• Analysing and reporting back on the performance of social content, looking at key performance indicators and content types to make recommendations for improvement
• Working with designers to create exciting, fun content that helps achieve D&AD’s business aims

About you:

·  Passionate about the creative industries, particularly understanding emerging creative talent and their needs entering the creative industry 

·  Excellent interpersonal skills and confident networker and communicator

·  A creative problem-solver

·  Confident using Social Media scheduling tools and analytics

·  An interest in new trends in Social Media

·  Commercially focused

·  A self-starter with strong organisational skills and the ability to work to tight deadlines and deliver projects on time

·  Demonstrate accuracy and good attention to detail

·  Proactive and driven

Benefits

D&AD offers a competitive salary, flexible working arrangements, and a comprehensive benefits package. We're committed to supporting the well-being and professional development of all our employees.

D&AD is committed to diversity, equality, equity, inclusion and respect for all.  Providing a work environment in which all employees are treated with fairness, respect and dignity and which is free of discrimination, victimisation, bullying and harassment.   At D&AD we are interested in every individual bringing their ‘Whole Self’ to work and this includes you! 

In order to comply with the Prevention of Illegal Working, Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act, you will need to provide appropriate documentation that proves that you are eligible to work in the UK.  

Due to the number of applications we receive, we regret that you will not be contacted unless you are shortlisted for an interview. If you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date of your application you should assume that you have not been successful on this occasion. 

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