Social Strategist - Associate Director (SAD)

The Team

This is a hybrid role sitting across both Freuds’ social andstrategy teams – who work closely with all divisions across the business. Theteam exists to service all clients within the agency on both a consulting andpaid basis – ensuring all teams are kept abreast of the latest social bestpractice. Services provided include content strategy and channel planning,campaign activation, visible leadership and paid media management. The social teamconsists of 14 specialists who integrate with PR and talent teams accounts onboth a retained and project basis, including Mars, Danone, EY, Prosus, You CanAdopt, McCain and the UK government. The strategy team supports the widerbusiness across a breadth of consumer and corporate clients.

The Role

The Social Strategist will play a pivotal role in leading thedevelopment of strategic plans tailored to meet each client's objectives andneeds for both social media-led campaigns. You'll stay at the forefront of thelatest trends, insights, and best practices in the strategy development.Collaborating closely with account teams and clients, you'll gain a deepunderstanding of the business goals, target audiences, brand strategy andvalues, translating this knowledge into compelling campaigns that resonate withtheir customers and drive tangible outcomes. Beyond developing influential andinnovative campaigns for high-profile clients, rooted in culture, you'llcontribute your insights to shape the agency's creative output. Yourrecommendations and inventive solutions will pave the way for clients toamplify trends and topics effectively.

As a mid-level member of the team, you'll guide and support juniorteam members in their professional growth, fostering an environment ofcollaboration and agility. Your ability to lead, inspire, and collaborate withothers will be integral to thriving in this ever-evolving industry.

Key Responsibilities

Play a lead role in the development of tailored strategic plans that align with clients' unique goals across all leading social platforms (TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn), incorporating the latest trends and best practices.

Collaborate closely with clients to grasp their business, target audience, and brand ethos, and formulate campaigns that resonate and yield results.

Conduct in-depth research and analysis to pinpoint emerging trends, influencers, platforms and topics that can enhance compelling content and campaigns.

Partner with internal teams beyond social - PR, talent, strategy, data and creative, to ensure campaign integration aligns with overall brand strategy.

Build your profile as a thought leader both within the agency and the industry at large, sharing insights, trends, and best practices with teams and clients.

Contribute to new business pitches and proposals, infusing creative and strategic ideas to differentiate Freuds Group.

Stay updated on the latest trends, technologies, and tools in strategy and social media marketing, applying this knowledge to enhance campaign performance.

Develop influential and innovative social strategies for high-profile clients, deeply rooted in culture and deserving of attention.

Provide strategic counsel and inspiration across a range of consumer and corporate brands.

Collaborate with planners, creatives, and creators to collaboratively address challenges and deliver exceptional work.

Recognise opportunities for clients to harness and amplify trends and topics.

Enhance the agency's creative output through insightful recommendations and inventive problem-solving.

Embrace our cornerstones of Love & Work, which require a passion for what we do and an ability to persevere. In addition, you will 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.

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Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

A strong integrated creative strategy thinker, who understands the earned media landscape – who isn’t intimidated by a fast timeline and loves a good debate with creative and client leadership.

Strategic leadership across both brand, product and reputation-led campaigns for high profile b2c and b2b clients.

Experience at creating non-traditional culture-led strategies and partnerships for brands e.g. across tech/sustainability/sport/music.

Nurturing and patient, but clear and demanding. You’ll be the kind of person who wants to get the best, and gives clear direction and feedback to achieve it

Exude charisma and dynamism, both in presenting, winning client confidence and through being a connector within the agency and network

Data literate and able to understand client’s business results and issues, as well as being well practiced in leading an effectiveness culture and building new models

Experience working on a major global brands and organisations

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