We are looking for a Manager – Social Media Strategy to lead the strategic direction and execution of social media for a diverse portfolio of brands. This is an agency-facing role that requires balancing creativity, brand thinking, client management, and performance-driven execution across multiple accounts.
Key Responsibilities
Client Partnership & Account Leadership
- Serve as the strategic social media lead for assigned client accounts.
- Present strategies, content directions, performance reports, and recommendations to clients with confidence.
- Build strong client relationships while managing expectations, timelines, and deliverables.
- Collaborate closely with account management, creative, influencer marketing, performance marketing, and brand teams to ensure integrated campaign execution.
Creative Direction & Content Excellence
- Lead the creative planning process for Reels, short-form videos, carousels, static creatives, LinkedIn content, YouTube Shorts, and platform-native formats.
- Provide clear briefs and direction to designers, copywriters, video editors, and content creators.
- Review, refine, and approve content before publishing, ensuring consistency in quality, tone, messaging, and visual identity.
- Continuously raise the creative standard across all client accounts.
Team Leadership & Project Management
- Lead and mentor a team of social media executives and strategists.
- Allocate work, review output, and ensure timely delivery across multiple brands.
- Establish structured workflows for planning, approvals, publishing, and reporting.
- Drive accountability while fostering a collaborative, high-performance team culture.
Community & Brand Engagement
- Oversee community management across all social platforms.
- Define brand-specific tone of voice for audience interactions.
- Identify opportunities to participate in relevant conversations, trends, and cultural moments while maintaining brand relevance.
- Build engagement strategies that strengthen brand affinity and audience loyalty.
Performance & Optimization
- Monitor platform performance using key metrics such as reach, engagement, impressions, audience growth, saves, shares, click-through rates, and conversions.
- Translate analytics into actionable recommendations to improve content performance.
- Prepare client-facing reports with strategic insights and future recommendations.
- Continuously test, learn, and optimize content formats and publishing strategies.
Industry & Platform Innovation
- Stay ahead of platform updates, algorithm changes, emerging content formats, and evolving consumer behavior.
- Bring innovative ideas inspired by creator culture, digital trends, AI tools, and emerging social platforms.
- Identify opportunities for experimentation that help clients stay culturally relevant and competitive.
What We're Looking For
- 2-4 years of experience in Social Media Marketing, preferably within a digital marketing, advertising, influencer marketing, or integrated creative agency.
- Proven experience managing multiple client accounts simultaneously in a fast-paced agency environment.
- Strong understanding of content strategy, brand storytelling, audience behavior, and platform best practices across Instagram, LinkedIn, X (Twitter), Facebook, YouTube, and emerging social platforms.
- Experience leading teams and managing cross-functional collaboration.
- Strong client-facing communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
- Excellent project management skills with the ability to handle multiple priorities and tight deadlines.
- Data-driven mindset with experience interpreting social media analytics and translating insights into strategy.
- Highly organized, proactive, and comfortable thriving in a dynamic agency environment.
Employee Benefits & Perks
Flexible Work Culture
We focus on outcomes, not rigid rules. You’ll have the autonomy to manage your work, with a culture built on trust and accountability.
Health & Accident Insurance
Your wellbeing matters to us. We provide comprehensive health and accident coverage to support you when it counts.
Complimentary Meals
Breakfast, lunch, and snacks are on us-so you can stay focused and energized throughout the day.
Sports & Outdoor Activities
- From cricket matches to badminton games and monthly hikes, we keep things active with at least two sports events every month.
- Upskill with Us
- Get access to learning platforms like Udemy and mentorship to continuously build your marketing and growth skillset.
Performance Gets Rewarded
- We recognize and reward great work through regular incentives, quarterly and annual awards, and ongoing appreciation.
- Why should you join us?
- In case you value the opportunity to work on real & challenging Marketing problems
- In case you value high involvement from founders and learning from them
- In case you value having the autonomy to do things your way and not have to worry about experimental failures
- In case you care about working alongside genuine, honest peers who will have your back, no matter what
- In case you value contributing to the organization beyond your call of duty and getting handsomely remunerated for the extra effort
- In case you believe in always learning and want an environment which will invest in your long-term growth
- In case you want to work on the cutting edge of marketing problems using the latest tools and strategies
- In case you are looking for a long-term place where you can grow with the company
- Why shouldn't you join us?
- In case you are looking for a product company, we aren’t one
- In case you are looking for a very structured corporate environment where roles are rigid and limited - we operate as a nimble, bootstrapped company
- In case you are looking for the top bracket pay in the industry - we may not be the right fit
- Working Days: Monday to Friday (Onsite) + Saturday Half Day (WFH)
- Location: Bommanahalli, Bangalore.
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