Social Associate Creative Director

London, UK (Hybrid)

£60K/yr – £73K/yrSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 7 hrs ago

Job Summary

Lead the day-to-day social-first video content delivery across client accounts, directing shoots and mentoring Content Creators while turning trends into engaging concepts.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead the day-to-day delivery of social-first video content across multiple client accounts, focusing on always-on content.
  • Ideate and plan for toplines and full briefs on social-first video shoots.
  • Attend, lead, and direct content shoots, ensuring quality and creativity align with client expectations and platform best practices.
  • Support on Art Direction for larger, camera-shot social campaigns.
  • Guide and mentor a team of Content Creators, elevating their creative thinking and the way they shoot mobile-first content.
  • Translate social insights and trends into creative concepts that spark conversation and drive engagement.
  • Lead the ideation and presentation of creative strategies for client pitches and campaign kickoffs.
  • Work alongside our Creative Director to elevate the creative strategy for our client's creative content.
  • Collaborate with clients to understand their brand vision and translate it into standout social-first creative.
  • Support the growth of the creative department by identifying talent gaps, improving workflows, and contributing to hiring decisions.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in a Social Creative role.
  • A love for social-first content, both reactive TikTok-first and original content series.
  • Excited about building a career within an independent agency that's hyper-social-first.
  • Understand how to translate trends and cultural shifts into social-first narratives.
  • Effective and confident communicator, internally and externally.
  • Curious and adaptable: it’s a fast-moving industry, so you must be driven by constantly soaking up new knowledge to be as innovative and fast-moving within your work.

Benefits

  • Work From Home: we operate a hybrid model where team members come to the office 3 days a week. A lot of our team loves working collaboratively, but they also like the option and balance of working from home.
  • Benefits Package: Our collaboration with Bupa grants you access to a spectrum of health services, discounts, and benefits. And that's not all – enjoy your birthday off and kickstart a healthier commute with our cycle-to-work scheme, all yours upon successfully completing your probationary period.
  • 🕐 Flexible hours: some people are early birds, and others like to start later. We allow people to set their own times, with some people starting at 8am and getting to finish up earlier! We trust our team to get their work done on their schedule.
  • ❤️ We’re committed to equality of opportunity for all. We welcome applications from individuals regardless of their race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, age, gender, or disability status. We want to support diverse and inclusive work environments and are actively looking for people who share our values.
  • 💰 Annual Bonus: Rewarding our team is something we love to do. Everyone who's in the team enjoys a bonus based on business performance and growth!
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The Social Shepherd

2.5 Glassdoor

We're a social-first agency with offices in the UK & US, with a talented team of creative and data-driven marketers.Our core capabilities are Social, Paid, Creative, Influencer, Strategy & Insights.

Founded in 2018
London, England, GBR
74 employees (43 in marketing)
38% recommend to a friend

Salaries

Posted range

£60K/yr – £73K/yr

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£37K/yr

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
39 (53% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
10

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
86.6K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
57.1%
Direct
32.6%
Referral
6.8%
Social
2.3%
Paid
0.9%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~74
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Social Associate Creative Director

The Social Shepherd · London, UK · Hybrid