Job Description

You are a Social Media Account Director with 8+ years of agency experience looking for a new opportunity to take responsibility for the strategy and growth of household name retail destinations.

You thrive in a collaborative working environment and have the skills to ensure your team deliver social campaigns that are on time, on budget and exceed clients' expectation.

You are passionate about ensuring your direct reports work at the top of their ability and have the mentoring skills to develop, upskill and progress them towards excellence.

We are a Marlow-based Integrated Marketing agency on the lookout for a strategic and creative Social Media Account Director. Someone who lives locally, leads by example and delivers results.

If we sound like a good fit for each other, read on...

What is BWP and why should I work for the agency?

BWP is an award winning destination marketing agency. We elevate brands with impactful, creative strategies that bring people to places to achieve commercial growth. Our work supports the growth of household name brands and destinations like Trafford Centre, Lakeside, Eldon Square and Braehead.

This is our website https://bwpgroup.com/. Pretty much everything we do is on there so it's a good place to start if you are interested.

All our employees enjoy the standard benefits you'd expect - a competitive salary (in this case 45-57k); 25 days paid holiday plus bank holidays and an extra day for your birthday; and a pension scheme. Plus, we also offer:

Bespoke Personal Development Plans and the mentoring and support you need to pave your way to Senior Account Director and beyond. Hybrid working -enjoy three days collaborating and building strong working relations with colleagues in our Marlow offices (Monday, Wednesday & Thursday) and two days working from anywhere. Company bonus scheme (discretionary) - if BWP does well, so do you.??Our Account Directors can get up to 8% of annual salary as a bonus. A busy social calendar with regular company socials. A culture of appreciation, reward, and recognition with monthly and quarterly awards and celebrations. Company wellbeing programme including a free counselling service as needed.

What do Social Account Directors at BWP do?

Your role is to:

Oversee your team and your clients to ensure that we deliver excellent work, that is on time, on budget and exceeds client's expectations. All without over servicing accounts or projects. Analyse, evaluate and review workstreams to push for continuous improvements and spot new opportunities for growth. Drive the strategic direction and development of your client accounts and support the team to win new ones.

What are we looking for from you?

We're only interested in speaking to people whose CVs and portfolios showcase:

8+ years relevant experience

of being the day-to-day lead on social media accounts; developing - and delivering - social media strategy; and growing client value.

Agency experience -

at least 6 years working in a social media or marketing agency.

Retail- and/or destination- marketing experience

- your CV and portfolio showcase a plethora of social campaigns for retail and leisure destinations and brands.

People management experience.

You have experience of managing direct reports; developing, upskilling and progressing your team; and ensuring they work at the top of their ability.
Tick those four boxes? Great. You'll stand out if you can also prove you are:

Creative.

We really value people who think outside the box and are looking for portfolios showcasing unique, creative and engaging content ideas that have met and exceeded clients' KPIs.

A collaborator.

You produce your best work working alongside creative teams and can brief and collaborate with content creators to create engaging multimedia content that delivers on KPIs and builds a strong presence on social media.

A lifelong learner.

You're passionate about keeping up to date with current social trends and sharing these with the wider team. We want to create unique content and that means staying ahead of the curve and trying new things.

Next steps

If you think you're the person we're looking for, please apply with your CV and portfolio or examples of relevant social content you've previously created.

If we like the look of your CV/portfolio, you'll be set a practical task, to show us your social media skills. This helps us understand not just what you can do, but, just as importantly, how you work.

Impress us with your work and you'll be invited to have a Teams chat with BWP's Social Strategist.

Impress them and there'll be one more stage - a more informal chat with some of the wider BWP team. Wow them and the job's yours!

We aim to respond to all applications within two weeks of applying.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: 45,000.00-57,000.00 per year

Benefits:

Company events Company pension Health & wellbeing programme Work from home
Application question(s):

Are you currently working in a marketing agency? Will you now or in the future require sponsorship for employment visa status? Does your application include a link to your portfolio? (If not, will you be able to supply examples of your work when asked?) This role requires you to work some days in our office. Will you be able to reliably commute to our office in Marlow 3 days/week?
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Marlow SL7 1DB