Senior Social Media Manager

Overview

M+C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment is a PR and partnerships agency specialising in passion marketing. We connect brands to Australians through the things they love, from sport and music to entertainment and causes. As experts in unlocking Cultural Power, we help brands earn attention, build affinity, and drive action by aligning with the passions that shape culture. We're dedicated, smart, and collaborative specialists who bring creativity, credibility, and cultural insight to everything we do.

The Opportunity

We are looking for a Senior Social Media Manager to join us on an initial 3 month contract to support the agency team in delivering effective, culturally relevant social media and influencer-led campaigns for their clients, with a strong focus on project management.

You will use your social expertise to inform and consult on strategic and creative thinking, supporting the delivery of social campaigns from briefing to execution, and interpret campaign performance data and cultural insights to derive actionable learnings and shape social strategy.

A Snapshot Of What You'll Do

• Lead the end-to-end management of social and influencer campaigns, including (but not limited to) planning, scoping, strategy, briefing, influencer sourcing, creative execution, reporting and optimisation.
• Own the quality of social and influencer creative outputs, consulting and ideating with creative teams to ensure best-practice execution across formats and platforms.
• Ensure social and influencer campaigns are delivered on time, on budget and to target profitability, maintaining high standards across process and output.
• Partner with the Senior Social Director to collaborate on compelling, insight-led strategies, and recommendations to communicate social thinking and drive campaign effectiveness
• Translate data and trends into actionable insights through clear reporting, audits, and social listening - influencing both creative and client decisions.
• Guide influencer and social content creator strategies, from best-practice recommendations to sourcing talent that aligns with brand and campaign goals.
• Build and nurture positive working relationships within the agency - across creative, account management, production and beyond.
• Plus much more

Your Ideal Skills & Experience

• 4+ years' experience in social media and influencer management, delivering campaigns for B2C household-name brands
• Proven track record in executing paid and organic social campaigns - from planning, briefing through to delivery.
• Proven experience independently scoping and project managing social campaigns end to end.
• Proven ability to manage multiple projectsStrong understanding of paid social creative best practices across the funnel, with knowledge of key platforms (Meta, TikTok, Pinterest, YouTube).
• Confident interpreting both paid and organic campaign results against social KPIs.
• Experience conducting social audits - including listening, competitor analysis and identifying cultural trends and opportunities.
• Comfortable ideating social content independently or in collaboration with creatives.
• Skilled in building strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Solid understanding of the creator/influencer landscape in Australia (New Zealand experience a bonus).

M+C Saatchi Group Ambitions

At M+C Saatchi Group, our ambition is to create and curate Cultural Power for our clients. We do this by connecting specialist expertise, powered by creativity, data and technology, to help build famous brands, solve the most complex business and societal challenges.

Cultural Power needs diversity of thinking, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We strongly encourage applications from First Nations people, individuals with disabilities, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, and those of all ages, identities, and life experiences. Our flexible work policies, employee-led diversity networks, and inclusive career development initiatives reflect our core value, 'Walk in Different Worlds,' which drives our D&I mission. If you need any adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know.

A Snapshot Of Our Benefits

• Flexible leave options, including:
  • Flexible public holidays
  • Summer half-days
  • Ability to work from anywhere in the world for up to two weeks per year
  • Dedicated volunteer leave
  • Study leave to support your learning and development
• 12 weeks of paid parental leave available to all parents
• Regular catered staff lunches, plus complimentary breakfast, fruit, and snacks
• Free access to Sonder, a wellbeing and safety app
• Regular in-house and sponsored events to foster connection and engagement
• Learning and development opportunities, including access to internal and external courses
• Annual work-from-home setup allowance to support your remote workspace

What We Value Most

• Walk in different worlds
• Make Uncommon Sense
• Run Towards the Fire (except if there is an actual fire when we run away from it)
• Roll as one
• Be excellent to each other

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