Social Media Executive
Marketing
Permanent
London, White City
Hiring range: £27,000 - £30,000
Please note: This is to assist candidates in assessing their suitability for the role. The range does not represent a longer term salary commitment for the role.
For more information please emailTalkingCareers@itv.com
Your work matters to millions.
Shaping culture is in the DNA of ITV. So, it’s not surprising that you’ll find us in every home in the UK, our productions are famous all over the world and we’re at the forefront of the digital streaming revolution.
When you join us, you enter a fun working environment. With opportunities to learn, to grow and make a real difference. Small enough that your impact’s felt in the business, but big enough that your impact reaches millions of people.
Come develop your skills, change TV and the course of your career. Don’t just watch it. Be part of it. Join ITV.
Your impact sends ripples.
The role
This role plans and delivers activity for the ITV and ITVX accounts, across multiple social media platforms, either embedded in a matrix marketing team or delivering other platform or audience needs, to drive marketing outcomes.
Key Responsibilities
- Work alongside other marketing, media and creative roles to deliver a marketing plan which drives desired outcomes.
- Use specialist social media expertise and knowledge to enhance the strategic plans provided by the media strategists.
- Act as the social media expert within each pod (if embedded), offering advice, learnings and ideas to drive performance and innovation.
- Publish assets across a range of Social platforms, ensuring the right message reaches the right audience at the right time.
- Work closely with creatives to ensure content is high quality, on brand, compliant, appropriate and performant on social media platforms.
- Monitor performance and feedback learnings back to the wider social media team to paint an ongoing picture of what activity is performing best, to drive optimisation across the other pods.
Skills you’ll need (minimum criteria)
- An ability to define and deliver social media activations for marketing, working towards clear outcomes and KPIs.
- Strong understanding and curiosity towards the social platforms and the types of content that work best on each
- Excellent editorial judgement and sensibilities.
- Excellent copywriting, spelling and grammar skills
- Good at understanding and interpreting data to aid decision making
Other things we’re looking for (key criteria)
- Confident communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Organised and able to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
- Flexible and able to adapt to changing circumstances
- A can-do, collaborative, get-things-done approach.
- A genuine passion for ITV programmes, film and TV.
ITV is for everyone.
ITV strongly encourages applications for this role from disabled people. As a Disability Confident Leader, if you meet the minimum criteria for a role and you have declared that you are disabled, we’ll guarantee to take you to the next stage* (minimum criteria above).
We're happy to discuss any support/personalisation you may need during our application and selection process as part of our reasonable adjustments. Drop us a line if you require anything at talkingcareers@itv.com.
- There may be a few exceptions where we are not able to take all eligible candidates to the next stage due to the volume of applications.
Because those who make an impact deserve to be rewarded for it.
ITV offers some great rewards and benefits including:
- Flexible working with a range of options
- Generous holiday allowance, plus you can buy more
- Annual bonus opportunity
- Competitive pension contribution
- Save as you earn - with an opportunity to buy ITV shares
- Wellbeing and volunteering days plus a wide range of opportunities to help you live a balanced and healthy life
More about our benefits
Please note, on occasion we may receive a very large volume of applications which means applications for a role may close earlier than the referenced closing date. We’d encourage you to apply as soon as possible if interested.
Closing date: Tuesday 22nd October
