Social Media Manager

Ipswich, Suffolk, UK (Hybrid)

£45K/yr – £55K/yrMid LevelFull time

Posted 3 hrs ago

Job Summary

Own the social strategy and lead a small team to boost brand equity, audience engagement, and business impact through bold content, campaigns, and partnerships.

  • Own and execute social strategy across platforms
  • Lead two social specialists to deliver content, campaigns and influencer partnerships

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • As the Social Media Manager, you will be responsible for leading the development and delivery of a social media strategy that enhances brand equity, grows audience engagement, and supports wider business objectives.
  • Reporting to the Head of Content and leading two talented, travel-loving social specialists, you’ll bring bold ideas, fresh perspectives and a collaborative spirit to everything you do.
  • From scroll-stopping content and standout campaigns to exciting influencer partnerships and meaningful community engagement, you’ll inspire our audiences, grow our social presence and make a real impact on the wider business.
  • As the guardian of our social presence, you will champion content excellence, ensuring everything we publish is on-brand, audience-focused, compliant and product-accurate.
  • Through your leadership, creativity and strategic thinking, you will play a key role in growing our reach, strengthening customer connections and driving the continued success of our brand.

Requirements

  • experience gained either in-house or within an agency environment.
  • strong track record of creating engaging social content and delivering campaigns that connect with audiences and drive results.
  • While experience within the travel industry would be a bonus, it isn't essential.
  • We are looking for someone with creativity, commercial awareness and a passion for all things social.

Preferred

  • Experience managing, mentoring or coaching a small team would be advantageous, as you'll play a key role in supporting and developing colleagues.

Benefits

  • Axa Health medical, Life Assurance, enhanced maternity and paternity pay, discounted holidays and cruises, plus retail discounts and cash back incentives through our Boost Benefits scheme.
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Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines

We believe that there is another way to cruise. A way that is based on five generations of seafaring.Where cabins are called cabins, and ships look like ships.Where the journey is as important as the destination.In our world, smaller is better, and we believe in keeping the experience on board uncrowded, warm and civilised - treating passengers as guests, like the family-run business we are.It would be easy to follow the trends and go with the crowds. But we never willBecause this is our way, The Olsen Way.Our smaller ships carry fewer passengers, so our crew can get to know each of our guests.Each area, venue and cabin has been hand-crafted by our creative teams and our Chairman Fred. Olsen Jnr, to ensure each space is elegantly designed to make you feel relaxed and at home the moment you step on board.There's no comparison to discovering the world on a Fred. Olsen ship.

Founded in 1988
Whitton, Castle Hill, Akenham, Ipswich, England, GBR
1.2K employees (89 in marketing)

Salaries

Posted range

£45K/yr – £55K/yr

Taken straight from the job posting.

The middle of this range (£50K) is 25% above the median base salary for Social Media Manager roles in the United Kingdom (£40K).

Social Media Manager median pay in the United Kingdom

£40K/yr

Most pay falls between £35K and £48K. Based on 76 salaries.

See all Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines salaries

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
45 (4% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
488.3K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$5.7K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
55.3%
Direct
23.6%
Referral
2.9%
Social
3.2%
Paid
6.4%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~1.2K
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Social Media Manager

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines · Ipswich, Suffolk, UK · Hybrid