Social Media Editor

PC Gamer is the global authority on PC games, a market leader with over 25 years of heritage. Operating in both print and online, our team is dedicated to bringing its readers around-the-clock informative and entertaining coverage of every aspect of their hobby, including class-leading buying advice for games and hardware.

We’re looking for a Social Media Editor to be responsible for the creation, scheduling, distribution and optimisation of Social Content - Video, Pictures and Links - with a focus on Facebook, YouTube, TikTok, Twitter and Instagram.

What you’ll be doing

As Social Media Editor at PC Gamer, you’ll grow and manage a large and positively-engaged social media audience across multiple platforms. You'll help ensure that our activity drives referrals to the PCGamer.com website, engagement with the PC Gaming Show, and any other specific content and commercial objectives we have, including engagement with Branded Content and affiliate links.

You'll manage multiple Social channels in the PC Gamer suite, including (but not limited to) TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, Flipboard, Twitter & YouTube, be scheduling content, working with the Social Video Editor and Editorial team to ensure that the right content is being created and be setting the tone of conversation on our channels, making them positive forums for discussion and the sharing of ideas. You'll identify trends and topics that are popular with our audiences, using this to inform tactical activity, and feeding back to our editorial teams

Experience that will put you ahead of the curve

Expertise in managing and creating content for Social Media platforms, making use of all tools and functions available - ideally for a media brand.
Proficient in Photoshop (or other graphics software) for making thumbnails and experience of working with social media scheduling tools.
A passion and in-depth knowledge of PC gaming (multiformat gaming knowledge also preferred).
Experience using Ecommerce or buying guide content to drive affiliate sales.
Video editing experience with Adobe Premiere.
Ability to deliver short piece-to-camera videos for Instagram Stories, Facebook Reels, TikTok etc.

What's in it for you…

We have a number of awesome perks available to our staff. We offer huge opportunities to learn and develop, whether through professional qualifications, exposure to incredible business projects or informal lunch & learns, hosted by your colleagues. We have a fantastic culture where we really do care about our people and want everyone to succeed. Varied roles mean you’re not pigeonholed in to one finite area but get the opportunity to develop a wide range of skills and experience

And to top it all off, not only do we offer unlimited holiday because we trust you to manage your workload and time but we also offer a share in our success whereby every member of staff receives a profit pool bonus at the end of our financial year.

* Internal job family level E6.

Please note, the salary for this role is up to £28,000.