Social Media Manager – Chobham, Surrey

£35,000 - £38,000 plus benefits

Our client is a highly successful digital and creative agency, and they are recruiting for a Social Media Manager who will lead the day-to-day planning and delivery of social media campaigns across multiple clients, with a strong focus on content performance, strategic thinking, and account growth.

The Social Media Manager role requires a confident communicator with the ability to balance creativity, data insight, and commercial awareness. You’ll manage 2 team members and work closely with wider account teams to ensure our social work delivers clear value to clients.

Key Responsibilities

Campaign Planning & Strategy

• Develop and implement social media strategies for client accounts, aligned to their wider marketing objectives.
• Translate briefs into engaging and effective content plans across relevant platforms.
• Stay informed on platform updates and best practices to ensure strategic recommendations are current and impactful.

Client Management

• Act as the day-to-day client lead for social accounts, building trust and proactively identifying ways to add value.
• Present content calendars, performance updates, and strategic recommendations with clarity and confidence.
• Collaborate with Account Managers to integrate social media within broader marketing activity.

Team Leadership

• Line manage and support the team (currently 2 reports), providing structure, feedback, and development opportunities.
• Contribute to a positive, high-performing culture within the social team.
• Support resource planning, briefing freelancers or internal collaborators where needed.

Performance, Insight & Reporting

• Oversee social media performance tracking and reporting across platforms (Meta, LinkedIn, TikTok, X, etc.).
• Use data insight to refine future activity and improve content effectiveness.
• Maintain an eye on KPIs tied to client goals, providing clear explanations and recommendations.

Content Oversight

• Review and approve content created by the team, ensuring tone, creativity, and relevance are consistently high.
• Where necessary, create and schedule content using tools such as Meta Business Suite, Sprout Social, or Hootsuite.
• Ensure all content aligns with brand guidelines and platform best practices.

Required Skills & Experience

• Solid experience in a social media management role within agency.
• Demonstrable success planning and delivering multi-platform social campaigns that drive engagement and results.
• Strong knowledge of paid and organic social tactics across Meta, LinkedIn, TikTok, X, and emerging platforms.
• Confident managing client relationships and presenting ideas and results with clarity.
• Experience coaching or mentoring team.
• Strong copywriting skills, with an eye for both creative and detail.
• Familiarity with social management tools (e.g. Sprout, Hootsuite, Meta Suite) and reporting dashboards.

Desirable

• Experience working across multiple sectors or managing multiple client accounts.
• Involvement in social campaign planning with paid media teams or content designers.

Benefits include 25 Days holiday a year (holiday must be taken between Christmas and New Year), Free Parking, Onsite Yoga and Private Healthcare.

Bluetree Recruits Ltd is an Equal Opportunities Employer and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy. We offer equal opportunities to all candidates regardless of race, religion, gender, sexuality, disability, age and other protected status as required by applicable law. We can only consider applications from candidates who are eligible to work in the UK.

Bluetree offers a referral fee of £200 for candidates placed with our clients who successfully complete their probation period.