Social Media Manager, Good Housekeeping

London, UK (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableMid LevelFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Own social content strategy and measurement to drive traffic, engagement, and memberships with video-first content, data-driven iteration, and cross-platform coordination.

  • Content Strategy: Define a multiplatform editorial plan and on-brand concepts to grow reach, traffic and member conversion.
  • Video Production: Ideate, film, and edit social-first video to hit targets and build identifiable franchises.
  • Insights & Monitoring: Produce actionable reporting, track industry trends and competitors, and translate analytics into content decisions.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Oversee all social media output, primarily across Facebook, Instagram and TikTok.
  • Ensure the brand has a clear multiplatform strategy for on-site editorial and native social content that delivers traffic, revenue, reach, engagement and ultimately new and engaged members.
  • Have creative, on-brand ideas around cover stars, GH events, original social-first video franchises, commercial partnerships, memberships and relevant breaking news to help our social content stand out.
  • Produce regular reporting, using tools such as Dash Social, True Anthem and Google Analytics, to provide actionable insights to help shape the brand’s content strategies.
  • Ideate, film and edit social-first video to help us hit our relevant targets.
  • Monitor competitors and communicate lessons from their successes.
  • Monitor and stay up to date with industry trends, ensuring these updates are shared with the wider team.

Requirements

  • - Managing social media accounts, with demonstrable success in driving engagement, traffic and audience growth, alongside a strong understanding of how publishers operate across social platforms.
  • - Shooting, editing and posting engaging native content, including social video, for a range of social platforms, including deep experience of Meta.
  • - Working with the Meta monetisation programme, with strong familiarity with how it works and the content guidelines.
  • - Having strategic goals for Instagram and an understanding of where it sits in a journey to getting people to become more valuable customers/members.
  • - Good internal communication with stakeholders at all levels – understanding what their priorities are and being able to advocate for your own in an effective manner.
  • - Use of social tools (we use Dash Hudson [Dash Social?] and True Anthem but others are fine), with real experience of getting value from functions such as analytics, competitor analysis, research and planning.
  • - A clear, accurate and creative writing tone.
  • - Delivering in-depth and actionable analysis and reporting across all social media platforms that drives new ways of approaching things
  • - An ability to quickly pivot to new ways of working and strategies as and when industry changes happen across social media platforms.
  • - A competitive approach – a desire to beat the competition, to get posts up first and to smash targets.

Preferred

  • Photoshop, Premiere Pro and After Effects or other image/video editing software experience.

Benefits

  • (Your benefits at Hearst UK are more than just extras—they are tools to help you thrive in every part of life.)
  • Hearst Exclusives - Only for You!
  • - Get adventurous with Good Housekeeping Taste and Beauty Testing Panels - yes, you could be trying the next big thing in beauty, food & drink.
  • - Snag luxe beauty steals at our legendary office sample sales - score big on top brands without breaking the bank!
  • Inclusion, Health & Wellbeing: Feel Your Best
  • - Stay healthy with Specsavers eye care, a company-funded Health Cash Plan, and access to mental health support.
  • - Get active and stress-free with discounted gym memberships and the Cycle to Work scheme.
  • - Embrace flexibility with a Location Flex and Holiday Exchange to take time when you need it.
  • - Take time to give back with a Charity Day and access wellbeing resources whenever you need them.
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Hearst UK is home to some of the world’s most iconic and best-loved brands, including Good Housekeeping, ELLE, Esquire, Harper’s Bazaar, Country Living, Cosmopolitan, Men’s Health and Women’s Health.Our trusted brands, experts and content bring people together, creating powerful audiences of millions through magazines, podcasts, video series and experiences.At the heart of Hearst UK is a growing membership ecosystem. From top-tier through to digital-only propositions, our memberships to date include Good Housekeeping VIP, ELLE COLLECTIVE, Club Cosmo, Bazaar Privé, Men’s Health Squad, Women’s Health Collective, Runner’s World Club and our creative ‘makers’ community, Made Club.With a focus on creativity, trust and innovation, Hearst UK’s diversified commercial offering spans brand partnerships, licensing, commerce and experiential, connecting brands with engaged communities. The Good Housekeeping Institute, Britain’s consumer champion for over 100 years, drives Good Housekeeping’s coveted Tried & Tested accreditation, testing more than 3,300 products in 2025.

Founded in 1922
London, England, GBR
659 employees (338 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
55K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
44.7%
Direct
41.5%
Referral
7.7%
Social
4.2%
Paid
1.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~659

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
245 (37% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
2

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