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FT Live Overview

Financial Times Live (FT Live) is the conferences and events division of the Financial Times newspaper and its group publications. Our mission is to bring our global executive audiences the very latest in knowledge and opinion, and connect them to one another.
 
Chaired by senior FT journalists, the 200-plus core events, strategic forums and digital webinars organised by FT Live every year gather pre-eminent public and private sector decision-makers, visionaries and strategists from the world’s most important economies and industries for agenda-setting debates that cover the key issues of our time.
 
From unique experiences such as the FTWeekend Festival to our senior-level business summits such as the award winning Global Boardroom, FT Live has become one of the FT Group’s most successful and fastest-growing divisions, and is at the forefront of the FT’s accelerated development as an essential, interactive information source across numerous platforms.

Role / Position Overview

As the Social Media Manager,  you’ll lead and manage a team of Social Media Marketing Specialists in the day-to-day planning, execution, and management of social media campaigns across all events and channels (LinkedIn, Twitter, Meta, YouTube, Tiktok). You’ll coordinate and quality-check the team to ensure consistency across all campaign plans and drive performance across our range of KPIs.

You will develop and implement a comprehensive social media strategy to increase brand awareness, engagement, and traffic. You’ll also have ownership of a key set of ‘top-tier’ events and be responsible for their planning, execution, and management across all channels (LinkedIn, Twitter, Meta, Youtube, TikTok). You’ll be accountable for copywriting and bespoke content creation  - from ideation to project team pitches,  to execution (once approved) - as well as analysis and reporting. You’ll be accountable for keeping current with FT Live social media and FT Audience Engagement management standards and guidelines, trends, policies, and best practices; sharing results with key stakeholders. You will work alongside the Specialists to propose and develop A/B testing initiatives and embrace new technologies to advance digital transformation.

Role Responsibility:

  • Report directly to the Interim Head of Digital & Performance Marketing. 
  • Support the Social Media Specialists in the day-to-day planning, execution and management of social media campaigns across all events (including TNW) and channels (LinkedIn, Twitter, Meta, YouTube, TikTok).
  • Coordinate and quality check the team to ensure consistency across all campaign plans and drive performance across our range of KPIs.
  • Ownership of a key set of ‘top-tier’ events and be responsible for their planning, execution, and management across all channels (LinkedIn, Twitter, Meta, Youtube, TikTok).
  • Accountable for copywriting and bespoke content creation  - from ideation to project team pitches,  to execution - as well as analysis and reporting. 
  • Responsible for keeping current with FT Live social media management standards and guidelines, trends, policies, and best practices; sharing with key stakeholders. 
  • Regular analysis and reporting on campaign performance.
  • Stakeholder management – internal and external – informing on current campaign performance as well as future opportunities
  • Liaise with other team members to ensure plans are achievable and on track
  • Identify new areas for growth
  • Work alongside the Social Media Marketing Specialists to guide A/B testing initiatives. 

Required Experience:

  • A passion for news and media and an affinity for the FT’s values of integrity, ambition, curiosity, trust, inclusion, and subscriber focus.
  • Prior experience in social media (B2B) experience (either client or agency experience) in planning, executing, and managing campaigns across LinkedIn, Twitter, Meta, YouTube, and TikTok.
  • Profound ability to strategise and develop plans to achieve long-term goals aligned with our core objectives, metrics, and KPIs.
  • Proven people management experience. 
  • Strong project management with the ability to coordinate and manage multiple projects across different team members simultaneously ensuring that deadlines on each are met.
  • Proficient in copywriting and demonstrates innovative creative skills to produce and deliver content against our KPIs.
  • Analytical capability with experience in using a range of analytics tools, including social listening tools.
  • A ‘test and learn’ approach, comfortable with initiative and the ability to propose new ideas and solutions.
  • Proactive attitude and thrives off working in a fast-paced collaborative environment.
  • A confident communicator and natural collaborator, with experience working in cross-functional teams.

What’s in it for you? Our Benefits

Our benefits vary depending on location, but we are committed to providing best in class perks across all our offices as well as an inclusive environment to develop your career. Examples of our benefits include; generous annual leave allowances, flexible working (including working from home), medical cover, enhanced maternity & paternity packages, subsidised gym memberships and Giving Back opportunities. Full details of our benefits can be found here.

Further Information

The FT is committed to providing an inclusive working environment for all. We are an equal opportunities employer who seeks to recruit and appoint the best talent regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We also promote flexible working and will consider specific requests around flexibility for all roles where it can be accommodated. Please let us know if you require any adjustments as part of the application process or to enable you to attend an interview. If you would like to discuss your requirements, or have any questions, talent@ft.com and a member of our team will be happy to help.

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