Senior Editor

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This is an opportunity to shape music culture, by tapping into the unstoppable collective power of fandom. We are building a pan-European team of music and podcast obsessives, to make our client – a world-famous music brand – a loved and authentic presence in the feeds of music fans.

Our task is to deliver creative excellence and brand love with a young adult audience. That means balancing big-brand consistency with hyper-relevant, hyper-local nuance. We need social natives and audio enthusiasts; people who operate on the fringes of platforms and people who can manage multiple client stakeholders. We work fast, so our team has to thrive under pressure. There will be a senior editor like you, supported by project managers who get stuff done, client services who know how to sell an idea, self-starters, self-shooters and social content creators. People who understand the internet-breaking power of the perfectly timed Taylor Swift tweet but can also think big, analyse the data, ask the right questions and take us in the right direction.

About We Are Social

We Are Social is a global creative agency, powered by social insight and social media expertise. We deliver innovative strategic thinking, social-first creative ideas and social media content for the world’s best-loved brands.

For more than a decade, we’ve led the way in social media innovations; from brand and campaign strategy to R&I and cultural insights, platform-native social content, live streams and events, headline-grabbing community management and award-winning social media campaigns.

Requirements

What we are looking for

An audio obsessive, ahead of the trends and conversations impacting music and podcast fandoms online. As excited about the latest Taylor Swift drama as you are about the nichest album launches. Experienced in overseeing an agile content team. Adept at social content creation – from writing and editing copy through to shooting TikToks and making memes. A culture vulture and social native. Platform whizz with a deep knowledge of social best practice and abreast of the latest trends and creators. Highly organised, able to take briefs from ideation and insight through to creation, posting and performance analysis. You thrive in a fast-paced, always-on social environment.

Responsibilities

Day-to-day content lead in-market – ideating, proactively seeking approvals, creating, editing, refining and iterating, always moving at the pace our audience expects, while simultaneously ensuring creative quality in the market team.
Managing publication of long, medium and reactive content calendars
Supporting Associate Editorial Director in the creation of the content strategy and playbook
Offering unique expertise in both music and young adult social culture while overseeing the input of both the content producer and writer
Management of a team of content creators
Working with creatives in support of bigger brand activations and events
Maintaining strategic rigor and content performance

Benefits

25 days holiday, increasing by 1 day for each year of service (capped at 30 days)
Hybrid office and home working (minimum of 2 days a week in the London office)
Private Medical Insurance
Company Pension scheme
Group Income Protection
Optional Dental Insurance
Comprehensive internal and external staff training programme
Cycle-to-work scheme and season ticket loan scheme
Optional sabbaticals after 3 & 5 years
Employee Long Service Awards at 5 & 10 years
Employee Assistance Programme
Social clubs and regular agency events
Free office breakfast and snacks