Social Media Executive

Birmingham, UK (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableEntry LevelFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own Rexel UK social presence across LinkedIn, Instagram, and Facebook with the goal of brand awareness and measurable engagement.

  • Own social content calendar and channel copy to fit each audience and moment.
  • Bring the employer brand to life on Instagram from strategy through day-to-day posts.
  • Coordinate campaigns, partnerships, promotions and product launches to drive social impact.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Manage and grow Rexel's social presence across LinkedIn, Instagram, and Facebook, with a focus on brand awareness and driving measurable engagement.
  • Bring to life the new Rexel employer brand Instagram, from strategy to day-to-day content designed to showcase life at Rexel from the inside out.
  • Write sharp, on-brand copy tailored to each channel and audience.
  • Build and manage content calendars, keeping multiple stakeholders and deadlines on track.
  • Support campaigns and activations across partnerships, promotions, product launches and key moments in time.

Requirements

  • Exceptional communication skills (both written and verbal), including strong editing and proofreading skills.
  • Demonstrate creativity, curiousness and inventiveness, by staying on top of social trends and bringing fresh creative ideas to life.
  • Experience managing brand social media accounts across LinkedIn, Instagram, and Facebook
  • Experience using social listening and analytic tools

Preferred

  • Where applicable, support paid social activity on Meta and LinkedIn (desirable but not essential)
  • Experience managing brand social media accounts across LinkedIn, Instagram, and Facebook

Benefits

  • Contributory pension scheme
  • Life assurance
  • Bonuses: Performance Related Bonus scheme
  • Time Off: 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays, increasing throughout the years too!) You can also buy and sell holiday and enjoy enhanced parental leave. Your Birthday off each year, after 1 years service
  • Support & Development: Extensive learning opportunities from day one. 
  • Health & Wellbeing: Free virtual GP service, Healthy Mind Champions, and more! 
  • Perks: Staff discounts, exclusive holiday offers and free financial support and education 
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Rexel UK Ltd

Rexel is the UK’s leading distributor of electrical products and solutions. Established for over 90 years, we have a huge amount of expertise in the industry. We’re also part of the Rexel global group, so we have the solid foundations of a worldwide organisation supporting us in the UK. Our 200 branches nationwide mean that the average journey is only 20 minutes to your nearest branch. We offer national, regional and local account management, and a flexible multi-channel service, with the option to place orders via phone, trade counter or online 24/7, and 30,000 products available for ‘click & collect’. We source only quality products from leading manufacturers to provide reliability and value for money. Our Newlec own-brand range of over 2,500 products, offers quality and value for money, and is consistently available across all of our branches. Our expert teams understand the products and the challenges faced by our customers, and our investment in training for all of our people keeps those standards high.

Birmingham, England, GBR
948 employees (22 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
113.1K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$741
Traffic Source Mix
Search
58%
Direct
36.4%
Referral
4.2%
Social
0.7%
Paid
0.6%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~948

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
22 (2% of company)