London, UK
Senior social media manager
at Kano Computing
Kano Computing is seeking a senior social media manager to join its team in London.
As the senior social media manager you will oversee and grow Kano and Stem Player’s external facing presence on all social platforms. You will be working with multiple stakeholders in the business daily to help understand the stories we want to tell, and working closely with the creative team to realise this. It will be key to quickly get to grips with our brand values and history, as well as design aesthetic, to help relay the companies vision of empowering its users to be creative with technology.
The senior social media manager will be responsible to further develop the ‘voice’ of the company and using that voice to support and lead our growing multi-cultural community. Working with our community (Discord 100k+) as well as existing partners and content creators will be integral to feed momentum to Kano’s position at the forefront of global cultural conversation in the tech industry and beyond. A strong business sense and excellent communication skills will also be very important to get buy-in to projects internally and externally.
The ideal candidate will have a keen eye for design and are passionate about changing the narrative in the tech industry through disruptive social content. Strong critical analysis skills and a keen understanding of the social media landscape will be important to highlight existing trends and how we can break through the noise with engaging content.
Success in the role will rely on the ability to communicate expertly using design led thinking and a business mind, all whilst coordinating amongst multiple stakeholders.
What you’ll do:
- daily handling of social media channels and adapting our content for different audiences (Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Discord, TikTok, LinkedIn and Youtube)
- working with product and creative teams to develop creative marketing solutions, strategies and campaigns
- maintain growth of social account followers (Stem Player IG 115k+, Kano IG 46k+)
- working with finance team to allocate budget for social content based projects
- managing and updating our product asset drives, making sure all assets are easily accessible and primed to be sent to external partners if needed
- grow existing and develop new relationships with external partners, social accounts and content creators
- encouraging and facilitate conversation with our community across multiple social channels
- working with our data team to monitor social engagement and use the learnings to inform new social directions and opportunities
- responsible for the external facing voice for the company, representing our values
Requirements:
- minimum three years’ experience working in a mid social media role
- experience managing and executing successful campaigns with multiple stakeholders
- experience working in a fast moving environment
- knowledge of adobe suite or equivalent creative tools
- excellent copywriting and communication skills
- excellent organisation skills
- graphical layout and typography experience
Nice to haves:
- experience with google analytics and other tools used to monitor engagement
- understanding of web fundamentals (HTML/HTML5,CSS, Vanilla Javascript)
- second language
- degree or equivalent in marketing or business studies
- experience working with international markets