Social Media Manager (12 month FTC)

Company name: Nestlé UK&I – Carnation®

Job title: Social Media Manager (12 month FTC)

Location: Gatwick, West Sussex – Hybrid

Salary up to £36,000 depending on experience + potential bonus + excellent benefits + additional 12 flex days on top of 25 days annual leave

 

Are you a foodie with a passion for social media? We’re looking for a creative and strategic Social Media Manager to join our team who can whisk up some excitement on the Carnation® social channels!

 

👋 About us:  

We like baking. A lot. Our Carnation® products have brought a little sweet deliciousness to kitchens for over a century! Whether we’re baking, topping or mixing, we’re all about making family desserts easier than ever. On social media, we want to entertain and build our baking community.

 

🥣 Responsibilities: 

• Lead and execute Carnation®’s social media strategy across Instagram, TikTok, Pinterest, Facebook, X, YouTube, etc.
• Create engaging social content that boosts our brand’s online presence and adds value to our community.
• Use social listening to jump on both social and food trends to keep Carnation® relevant.
• Harness the power of community management to drive engagement and brand love.
• Collaborate closely with wider teams such as our in-house Content Studio, Consumer Services, Brand, Digital & eCommerce.
• Discover and manage relationships with creators across both paid and organic campaigns.
• Proactively address potential issues to safeguard our brand’s reputation.

• Regularly report on social performance metrics and track progress against KPIs.

 

 

🧑‍🍳 Experience: 

• 2 years+ working in social media, either in agency or in-house.
• Strong understanding of paid, owned & earned social strategy.
• Skilled at creating engaging content, particularly on TikTok. Send us your portfolio if you’ve got one, we’d love to see your work!
• Experienced managing social communities for brands and driving engagement.
• Well-versed in jumping on trends as they’re happening.
• Proficient using social media tools for reporting and social listening, and comfortable reporting back to key stakeholders.
• Experienced collaborating with influencers and other brands.

 

🙌 Benefits:  

• Competitive Salary & benefits package including bonus scheme
• 25 days holiday + flex leave
• Hybrid working, with 1-2 days a week in our Gatwick office.
• Flexible working scheme
• Pension scheme

 

 

Closing date is 26th April 2024.

 

We will be considering candidates as they apply and we will occasionally close job advertisements early in the event we receive sufficient applicants, so please don’t delay in submitting your application.

 

At Nestlé, our values are rooted in respect – for our employees, our customers, and our consumers. That’s why championing diversity and inclusion is so important to us; when we embrace different perspectives and give everyone the chance to be the best they can be, we can think in new, creative ways that grow and enhance our business. We are committed to equal opportunity for all, and we may collect relevant data for monitoring purposes during our candidate registration process. Be yourself, everyone else is taken!