Location: Manchester

Type: Permanent

Industry: Soft Furnishings

Job Ref: TGN4332

The Company:

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Social Media & Ecommerce Assistant to join an established and successful soft furnishings company working with leading High Street Retailers including John Lewis, Tesco & Next. You will work with the Marketing, Website & Sales teams. You will have freedom and autonomy over digital campaigns, as well as social advertising, and influencer outreach/management.

Benefits:

• 25 days per year plus statutory bank holidays
• Finish at 3pm on a Friday
• Hybrid working available (3 days in the office)
• Store Discounts
• Casual Fridays
• Laptop/Tablet
• Company events

Duties include:

• Developing and managing the social media strategy.
• Optimising digital activity.
• Supporting activities such as SEO and content optimisation.
• Measuring key performance metrics, audience engagement, reach, cost per click, service quotas, bounce rate, and ad spend to evaluate return on investment (ROI).
• Managing social media channels delivering planned content, reactive responses & trending posts.
• Keeping abreast of industry trends as well as regulations, changes, and developments to social media platforms to ensure compliance.
• Social listening to monitor brand mentions, and competitor activity and identify hot topics to feed into our wider marketing strategy.
• Building relationships with key influencers including customers, bloggers, partners, online media etc.
• Providing analysis and data as needed to support with business decisions for key markets.
• Assisting and approving the content plan for the company blog and the B2C newsletter.
• Becoming a key member in the Ecommerce project, sharing your knowledge and expertise.
• Develop a strong brand presence in our key markets.
• Manage all social media platforms, ensure social campaigns run smoothly from start to finish.
• Working with influencers & supporting the e-commerce team.
• Review the current approach & deliver an ambitious Social Media strategy.
• Other duties as required.

Skills required:

• Have 1-2 years experience in a similar role.
• Preferably educated to degree level.
• Organised with excellent time management skills.
• Able to work under pressure in fast paced environment.
• Confident and clear communication skills, both written and verbal.
• IT skills – Excel, Word, PowerPoint.
• Have a flair for creativity.
• Have a car/license to travel to different locations & shoot for content.