Service

Digital

Salary

Competitive

Location

Trafford Park, Manchester

Employment Type

permanent, hybrid

Senior Social Media Manager

As a Senior Social Media Manager, you are responsible for leading the delivery of high-quality social media work across a portfolio of client accounts, while acting as a senior presence within the Social team. The role combines strong execution, strategic input, and confident client handling, alongside supporting team development and contributing to agency growth.


This role operates with a high level of autonomy and initiative, requiring clear judgement, confidence, and consistency in decision-making. The Senior Social Media Manager is expected to uphold agency standards across all work and act as a reliable point of support for both junior team members and the Head of Social.

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01

Client Responsibility & Delivery

● Owns and leads social media delivery across multiple client accounts, ensuring work is consistently high quality, on brief, and on brand.

● Manages day-to-day planning, content delivery, and campaign execution, balancing priorities effectively across accounts.

● Ensures tone of voice, messaging, and creative output align with agreed strategies, KPIs, and brand guidelines.

● Handles client communication with confidence and clarity, building trusted relationships and responding to feedback constructively and proactively.

● Identifies opportunities to improve performance, output, and effectiveness across accounts, proactively suggesting optimisations and new approaches.

●Maintains oversight of timelines, budgets, and resourcing, flagging risks early and
implementing solutions.

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02

One Agency Media Social

Leads on multiple social media accounts, including One Agency Media’s own channels, treating each as a client in its own right.

Ensures content is delivered on time, to brief, and aligned with the agency tone of voice and positioning.

Works closely with the team to establish and maintain clear processes, timelines, and responsibilities for planning, content creation, approvals, and delivery.

Ensures structure and accountability so agency social output is consistent, strategic, and high quality.

Acts as the senior point of ownership for agency social, flagging issues early and proactively finding solutions when timelines or quality are at risk.

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03

Senior Team Contribution

Acts as a senior figure within the Social team, setting a strong example through behaviour, delivery, and professionalism.

Supports and guides more junior team members through feedback, collaboration, and knowledge sharing.

Works closely with the Head of Social, providing dependable support and contributing to team direction and problem-solving.

Operates with maturity, confidence, and composure, particularly in high-pressure situations.

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04

Influencers & Collaboration

Participates in influencer-led projects when required, collaborating across briefing, coordination, and delivery.

Collaborates effectively with Creative, Strategy, and Account teams to ensure joined-up delivery and consistent standards.

Integrates social thinking into wider campaign planning, ensuring content and strategy are fully aligned.

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05

New Business & Agency Growth

Supports new business pitches, working alongside the head of social to shape social thinking, content approaches, and pitch narratives.

Contributes platform expertise, insight, and forward-thinking ideas to strengthen proposals and support agency growth.

Identifies opportunities to expand social services within existing client accounts.

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06

Approach & Expectations

Uses initiative to move work forward without needing constant direction.

Leads with solutions: approaches challenges with considered solutions where possible, escalates appropriately, but aims to resolve issues at their level first where feasible.

Communicates clearly and confidently with clients, peers, and leadership.

Balances independent ownership with collaborative teamwork across multiple accounts.

Maintains a calm, organised, and solutions-focused approach, particularly when managing a varied workload.

Represents the agency professionally and consistently in all internal and external interactions.

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