Content Marketing Executive (YouTube & Social)

Manchester, UK (Hybrid)

£26K/yr – £32K/yrEntry Level1+ years expFull time

Posted 1 month ago

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Job Summary

Own the content engine for YouTube and social channels, turning opportunities into repeatable formats and driving measurable reach with a data driven approach.

  • Content strategy and planning that couples audience insights with trend spotting.
  • Performance analysis and optimization that translates views into higher engagement.
  • Cross-functional collaboration with editors, designers and creators to package both long and short form content.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Support the strategy and growth of our long-form content across YouTube and other social channels.
  • Help identify content opportunities, audience interests, emerging trends and high-performing content formats.
  • Assist with content planning, briefing, scripting and packaging across long-form and short-form content.
  • Work closely with editors to shape compelling long-form episodes and short-form derivative content.
  • Collaborate with designers to create scroll-stopping thumbnails and creative assets.
  • Support YouTube optimisation including titles, thumbnails, descriptions and channel management.
  • Schedule, publish and manage content across YouTube and relevant social platforms.
  • Help distribute content across LinkedIn, TikTok, Meta and other relevant channels.
  • Monitor content performance and identify opportunities to improve reach, engagement and business impact.
  • Analyse content performance, pull insights and apply a data-driven approach to improving results over time.

Requirements

  • 1-2 years of experience in content marketing, social media marketing, creator marketing or a similar role.
  • Strong understanding of YouTube and what drives performance in long-form content.
  • Familiarity with LinkedIn, TikTok and Meta content best practices.
  • Proven ability to manage content schedules and coordinate content production workflows.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to adapt your writing style to different founders, audiences and content formats.
  • Strong organisational skills and attention to detail.
  • Ability to analyse content performance and identify actionable insights.
  • Comfortable working collaboratively with editors, designers and stakeholders.
  • Demonstrable interest in eCommerce, DTC brands, marketing and business growth.

Preferred

  • Experience working with podcasts, interviews or long-form video content.
  • Exposure to YouTube analytics, thumbnail testing or content packaging.
  • Previous experience working with eCommerce brands, agencies or consumer businesses.
  • Understanding of paid social, creator marketing or customer acquisition channels.
  • Familiarity with platforms such as Shopify, Meta Ads, TikTok Ads or Klaviyo.
  • Willingness to travel with the team for content shoots and events.

Benefits

  • 28 days paid holiday including birthday leave, Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve.
  • Long-service holiday scheme: After 2 years’ service, you’ll receive 1 extra day of annual leave for every year of service.
  • Flexible and hybrid working
  • Regular team socials.
  • Work abroad for 1 month a year.
  • Company Private Health and life insurance scheme.
  • Company pension scheme
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We are a multi-award winning e-commerce growth agency that pushes the boundaries of standard marketing techniques.🏆 The Whalies by Triple Whale 2024 Winner - Agency of the Year Official partners of:MetaTikTok Klaviyo

Founded in 2019
Leeds, England, GBR
42 employees (23 in marketing)

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Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
43.1K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
40.2%
Direct
45.2%
Referral
8.4%
Social
4.7%
Paid
1.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~43

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Marketing Team Size
19 (45% of company)
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