Social Media Manager

Dentsu Creative Cape Town is looking to appoint a talented Social Media Manager to lead social media across numerous titles for a leading retail brand. The position is based in Cape Town and will report to the Digital Editor.

The focus of this role is to stay on top of best practices and emerging trends across all social media platforms and technologies. They should advise on how content should be created and distributed across all channels to drive growth, reach and engagement. They should balance brand voice and tone, target market and emerging trends to push boundaries and produce world-class work.

Job Description

Key responsibilities

• Stay abreast of current social media trends and technologies and constantly seek opportunities to build brands’ social media presence, proactively initiating solutions based on platform and audience trends.
• Create content plans with fresh, innovative ideas that achieve brand objectives and utilise the latest formats and technologies in innovative ways.
• Write content for all social platforms that aligns with the brand tone and voice, ensuring all copy is delivered within stipulated deadlines and to a high standard.
• Use content produced for print magazines and (working with the print teams) edit and tailor content to be suitable for social platforms.
• Brief designers and work collaboratively to ensure social media best practice is applied to all creative assets.
• Consult with internal teams on social media best practice, in particular with editors and designers, to :

Provide effective solutions for content optimisation;

Community management

Reporting and analytics

Requirements

Location

Cape Town

Brand

Dentsu Creative

Time Type

Full time

Contract Type

Permanent

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