We're looking for a Social Media Manager to join our Marketing Team!
(We're currently accepting applications from across the UK)
If you’re in the trade or have ever tackled a home improvement project, you’ve probably heard of us. We’re the Huws Gray Group and we’re made up of a number of brands, including Huws Gray, Hirebase, Civils & Lintels, The Timber Group, PDM, NDI and Anglia Tool Centre to name a few. Up and down the UK, our branches are serving and supporting our local communities with all their building material needs, but we couldn’t do this without the right people, so why not join us?
The Social Media Manager will have full accountability and responsibility for end-to-end management of our social media, including strategy, platforms and content. Working in one of our Central Support Functions you’ll be part of a team where everyone is putting the effort in to offer brilliant customer service and to get the job done.
Here’s a quick overview of some of the things you can expect to do as a Social Media Manager with Huws Gray:
* Define and align social strategy and structure with the brand and business objectives.
* Co-ordinate content calendar in-line with business priorities, as well as sourcing and producing content, copywriting and reporting on content success against agreed KPI’s.
* Build strong relationships with branch teams and managers to collate, store and schedule local content.
* Collaborate with HR talent recruitment team to harness their communities and drive awareness of EVP, vacancies, Great Place to Work.
* Become an ambassador for the company’s brands to connect and engage audiences.
* Increase brand engagement for existing audiences with high-quality social content.
* Develop visual creative assets in line with brand guidelines.
* Build audiences through content aligned with strategy.
* Improve ROI through consistent on-brand engaging messaging.
* Identify new and emerging channels to ensure our brand identifies with our target audiences.
* Measure and report on insights from social data using monitoring tools.
* Build and implement a paid ad strategy and manage media budget spend, tracking and reporting on ROI.
* Keep up to date with emerging content trends, platform tools etc., to ensure strategy is evolving in-line with the industry.
We know that you are more than just a CV and embracing everyone’s individuality is what makes us great as a team. We can give you plenty of training and equip you with the tools that you’ll need to succeed as a Social Media Manager, but we're looking for an individual with plenty of enthusiasm for Social Media. If you've been working as a Social Media Executive, or working in an agency and looking for the next challenge in an exciting role, this could be for you!
It would be great if you could demonstrate the below skills:
* A minimum of 4 years’ experience in a social marketing role, preferably within retail sector.
* Outstanding written, verbal, and social copywriting skills, with a strong command of grammar, punctuation, and style.
* Videography and photography, editing and animation skills.
* Confident content calendar planning, with a comprehensive view of what is working and proactive recommendations for improving results if necessary.
* Proficient understanding of social media platforms and the UK social landscape, awareness of what’s trending each week, and familiarity with the best strategies for each platform. Ideally, will have existing network of contacts at the platforms.
* Confident at building relationships with internal stakeholders and willing to travel around the branch network to find stories and content.
* Demonstrable experience briefing campaign elements to agencies and creative teams, collaborating closely with designers and video editors to deliver campaign assets.
* Strong analytical skills, to enable data driven insight when planning and producing content.
* Experience using social media management tools for monitoring conversations, brand sentiment and measuring campaign success.
* A track record of delivering innovative, cross-platform ideas that will get noticed, generate engagement, and build audiences.
* Experience in working in a highly collaborative manner with colleagues across several functions and business units.
This role will be based at the head office in Pampisford, within a multichannel team, and will involve (fully expensed) travel to our branches, and the other head office on Anglesey. A full driver’s license is required.
We know you’re thinking ‘this sounds great, but what’s in it for me?’ Let us tell you:
* Competitive rates of pay.
* Company Car.
* 24 days annual leave in addition to recognised public and bank holidays.
* Company attendance and performance bonuses.
* Company pension scheme – in line with auto enrolment.
* Death In Service.
* Career progression and personal development opportunities.
* Being part of a “team” as opposed to just being a number.
* Staff discounts on items purchased from any of our nationwide branches.
Our online application process takes less time to complete than it does to make a good brew, so stick the kettle on and make your application!
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