Social Strategist, North America

🌎 Where: US-based Remote (within US locations)

🤝 Type: Full time salaried role

🚀 Join Us at Social Element! 🌟

Founded 21 years ago, we're a leading, global and independent full-service social media agency with a team of over 260 members. From Diageo to Mondelez to Dr Pepper, we are trusted partners to some of the world's largest brands.

Our winning formula? Building strong client relationships to become the voice of their brand on social media.

Why us? We believe in the power of Genuine Human Connection to drive brand growth, trust, and loyalty. Social media is our foundation, where we give brands the tools to emotionally engage with their audience like never before.

Now, we're on the lookout for a Social Strategist to join our Social Innovation North American team! 💼

Is this you? 👊

You are a social strategist with agency experience where you have contributed and delivered social strategy. You have a keen passion for staying up-to-date on evolving social platforms and trends and are a natural collaborator and communicator when it comes to all things social.

Sound like you? We’d love to talk to you about this position!

What You’ll Do 📅

We're seeking a talented Social Strategist to support with the pitching and delivery of strategic work in key social media areas (social media content, channel, and community strategy).

• • Lead briefs for creative, insights, and client that succinctly sum up needs and inspire strong outputs
  • Lead and create social media audits, reports, content plans, social strategies, playbooks, social media training programs, and thought leadership for clients
  • Support in research for new business plans and pitches
  • Set and advise on KPIs for campaigns, reports, and strategies. Recommend optimizations based on findings and trends.
  • Stay up-to-date with industry standards, community management, and social media through continuous research of trends in social media platforms
  • Plan, execute, and optimize social strategy for key clients, in partnership with Account and Social Media teams
  • Craft persuasive and visually-attractive narratives that simplify data points into actionable next steps
  • Identify trends in social culture and translate them to brand opportunities and/or agency thought leadership
  • Assist in agency education of social trends, partner with other disciplines

About You 👇

• • Strong background in social strategy including content, channel strategy, and community management strategies
  • A true curiosity to understand audiences, business goals, and social platforms both new and emerging
  • Strong relationship builder - both internally and with clients
  • Ability to lead research (through leading analyst teams, conducting own research, using tools), to write and customize a social media strategy
  • Expert communicator and storyteller both visually and spoken. Can turn data into clear, actionable plans
  • Ability to tie social media success to brand business goals and outputs
  • In-depth understanding and knowledge of new and emerging social media platforms (ex. Threads, TikTok), communities (ex. Discord), and the digital space
  • Working knowledge of social media topics including paid media and influencer
  • Strong footing in evolving culture and trends and a POV into the right opportunities for brands and clients to be involved

Requirements

• • 3-5 years of social strategy experience
  • Proven experience in a social media agency is a must
  • Up-to-date and current knowledge of social networks and their opportunities for brands, social tools and social media and cultural trends
  • Strong experience working alongside new business teams in pitches and a proven record of helping unlock additional revenue from clients via strategic opportunities
  • Proven track record of strategic experience and successful partnership with creative, insights, paid, and influencer marketing
  • Experience working for global clients, CPG, and Alcohol is a plus
  • Solid experience with quantitative and qualitative performance metrics and insights

Benefits

Please note these benefits are for US based employees only

🏠 Remote/Flexible working (occasional travel)

🏖️ 33 days of holiday (including the bank holidays)

🎂 Birthday off

✨ Annual Occasion Day off for an important event (eg moving house, getting married)

❤️ 1 Volunteer day off

😷 Paid Sick time off

⚕️ Group Insurance Medical plans with generous employer contribution, including one plan that is employer covered

🤓 Dental and Vision plans

🏦 FSA HSA Options, with employer contribution to HSA on select plans

👴🏽👵 401k with employer matching

🌡️ Employer Paid Long-Term/Short-Term Disability

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Enhanced family friendly policies

😴 Career Break: After 1 year's service, can take between 4 weeks and 1 year unpaid leave.

👩‍⚕️ Wellbeing Support

🏖️ Flexible Fridays (Working half day)

The Hiring Process

🤝 Initial Call with one of Talent Team

✨ First Interview with Senior Strategist + 1 other team member

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Final Interview with Hiring Manager + VP of Project Management Brand Reputation

Social Element Behaviors For Success

Be focused and decisive 🔥

Be brave and inspirational 🦸

Be rigorous in our approach 🕵️

Be considered and inclusive 🤗

Be loud and proud 🔊

Our Diversity, Equality Inclusion Commitment

We welcome applications from diverse and under-represented groups regardless of their background.

We know the confidence gap and imposter syndrome can get in the way of meeting spectacular candidates, so even if you feel you don’t fulfil all the requirements, we encourage you to still apply — we’d love to hear from you! 🙂

We value having divergent thinkers who bring various experiences and viewpoints to the table at The Social Element. We strongly encourage members of underrepresented groups to apply.

We are also able to make reasonable adjustments throughout the full recruitment process so we invite you to identify any additional support that you may require to ensure you are supported throughout the full process.

✍️ How To Apply

If you're ready to make your mark with us, upload your resume and a cover letter explaining your personal/professional experience in creative project management and why you're excited to join our team. Don't forget to include the specified details in your cover letter/video to ensure your application gets processed!

***If you would prefer to submit your application in a different format, please feel free to get in touch with us at talent_tse@thesocialelement.agency and we will be happy to assist you in any way we can. We will be unable to process applications via this inbox.

Excited to embark on this journey with us? We can't wait to hear from you! ❤️

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