Associate Editorial Director
Associate Editorial Director
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Job Description
Who We Are
We are a global socially led creative agency with unrivalled social media and influencer marketing expertise. With over 1200 people in four continents we deliver a global perspective to our clients in a time when social media is shaping culture.
Were proud to be a multi awardwinning agency with Cannes Lions One Show Webby and Shorty Awards to name but a few. Our most recent work has seen us help Amazon Music Activision and Adidas deliver some of their biggest and most innovative campaigns to date.
As well as creating for clients we help educate the wider Instagram publication The Feed tracks culture at the speed of social. 6500 people registered or tuned into our events last year and our reports garnered more than 20 million views.
The Opportunity
Are you chronically online and hyper curious about internet culture
Are you a strategically minded social media lead who knows how to turn audience knowledge into irresistible ideas
Do you thrive in the intersection of niche memes creativity and deep strategic insight
Want to shape bestinclass content for one of the most iconic global audio streaming brands
Were looking for an Associate Editorial Director to drive creative and strategic excellence across our EU and US content output. Sitting in the global hub team this role covers everything from campaign oversight to developing toolkits playbooks and publishing systems that turn brand strategy into bestinclass social content.
This is a senior role within a fastpaced highoutput account for a major music podcast and audiobook streaming brand. Youll work with global and EU market teams to drive creative excellence implement cuttingedge socialfirst thinking and evolve how we activate across TikTok Instagram and YouTube. Youll work handinhand with creatives strategists and client leads to turn insight into impact and at scale.
Youll need to balance structure and speed setting standards while moving at the pace of culture. Youll bring clarity to complexity shaping decks docs and creative strategies that teams across markets can pick up and run with. Youll lead the charge on finetuning content systems that allow for reactive ideation alongside planning channel growth and platform best practice. A deep understanding of audience behavior content formats and the trends shaping social is essential.
This role requires sharp instincts strong creative judgement and systems thinking. Youll be the goto lead on content and publishing strategy helping markets move fast without losing focus or quality.
Requirements
What Youll Have Delivered Elsewhere
- Built and implemented creative strategies or publishing systems that drive impact.
- Created toolkits templates and playbooks that turned content strategy into clear actionable frameworks for social media managers or creative teams.
- Led socialfirst campaigns from concept to ensuring brand relevance creative cutthrough and measurable cultural impact.
- Turned social platform expertise into publishing approaches that account for format audience and algorithm shifts and community behaviors.
- Worked across departments including creative strategy production paid influencer to deliver integrated bestinclass social work.
- Served as a daytoday content lead reviewing and approving work guiding teams and managing up to clients and senior agency leadership.
- Provided structure and support to content teams helping them deliver consistently high quality work in fastturnaround environments.
What Else Are We Looking For
- A hybrid social strategist and chronically online creative with deep platform knowledge and strong editorial instincts.
- Skilled at translating brand strategy and audience insight into clear replicable social content systems.
- Thrives in complexity. Loves solving for both the big picture and the daytoday.
- Able to lead content teams while keeping editorial vision and tone of voice razor sharp.
- Calm under pressure. Clear communicator. Comfortable managing up down and across departments.
- Experienced in overseeing content planning reviews and publishing cadence across multiple teams and stakeholders.
- Youll know what great looks like on social and how to help others get there.
Benefits
Our Culture and the Nice Stuff
Equity Diversity and Inclusion runs in the water here at We Are Social. We are transparent about the changes that are needed we are focused on making real strides both internally and within the industry and we strive to truly be a workplace that represents supports and advocates for ALL. Our Charter for Change in the UK can be found here which details our focus areas across People Work and Culture in 2025.
If you require any support adjustments or accommodations for any reason whatsoever during the recruitment process please let us know via
So lets get to the good stuff we offer all those things you would naturally expect; 25 days holiday pension scheme & life assurance. But what we love most is connection so we have our WAS Passport and Work From Anywhere schemes which allow you to truly connect to colleagues all over the world!
But whats life around here really like daytoday Well we ask our people regularly what they think about us/their role and here are some of the most common things they say:
- I value my manager we have a good relationship
- We love to get social with the people I work with
- Trusted to get on with the job without micromanagement!
If this all sounds like the place you have been waiting to find then apply now! What are you waiting for
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
