Social Media Executive

This is a really exciting time for Footasylum as we communicate new brands to our social audience. As a member of the Social Team, you work with the wider team to create strong social platforms for brands under the Footasylum umbrella., You will be responsible for the running of these separate brand channels and building a community of new followers who want to invest in these brands. We are looking for a creative Social Media Executive to lead on the creation and output of brand defining content which has the right tone of voice per brand. You will work closely with the social media manager and also Marketing team to achieve this.
The Team

The entertainment team functions as a part of the larger Marketing department and we work extremely closely with Creative, Ecommerce and the Studio team to bring creators and influencers to the table.

Reporting into the Social Media Manager, you will have weekly meetings to discuss ongoing workload and goal setting. You will also have the opportunity for quarterly meetings to discuss longer term strategy and goal setting.

Our goal is to create an environment in which you can learn new skills, gain experience in existing ones and improve your knowledge of the consumer continually. You will be supported in your journey and will be pushed to take on new challenges and expand your knowledge., We are one of the leading omni-channel retailers across the UK, but more than that we are a brilliant place to work. We value you and your development. We have loads of examples of people moving upwards, across to other departments and given training to excel their personal and professional skills.

Our aim to create a fun environment, where your success is paramount to ours and your are given the right tools, support and platform to achieve your goals.

Diversity

We recognise and value the importance of diversity to help make sure we have lots of different perspectives when we are providing service to our colleagues and customers. We know that this will help us build a great service, which our customers will love. This is great news for our business. Diversity for us is also, importantly, about building happy teams full of people that want to learn and want to be inspired by each other and our different experiences.

Recruitment Process

With the COVID-19 situation beginning to abate, our teams are all working a in a hybrid mix of office and home working, adjusting to this new way of working as best we can - and as such we'll help make the interview process as clear and stress-free as possible, giving you the same opportunity as if we were meeting face to face.

We review applications on an individual basis, and if we feel you would be a good fit we'll invite you for a call or Teams video for an informal chat about the role, and to see if we're a good fit for you.

We value open and honest conversations and collaboration, giving you a chance to learn about what we are doing in an informal and friendly environment. We want to know about you and why you feel that this is the opportunity for you.

Please note, this is not a remote role and our expectation is that you will be able to attend Head Office in a hybrid way, in Greater Manchester.

• A genuine real interest in social media , committed to exploring how Footasylum brands can maintain a first-move advantage on each channel


• Experience in managing social media accounts


• Attention to detail with the ability to be agile and react quickly with emerging trends and content


• Experience in reporting


• Creative mindset


• Good knowledge of UK culture


• Experience creating social media content for brands ideally in the fashion industry


• Impeccable organisation skills and the ability to keep multiple projects moving and ensure deadlines are met


• Ability to act as an ambassador for the Footasylum brand on shoots


• Copywriting experiencing with a focus on story telling whilst understanding tone of voice


• An interest in fashion, trends and pop culture our audience love


• A visual native; keen and critical understanding of creative imagery