Senior Social Media Executive

Job Description:

Purpose of the Role

Working with the communications and marketing teams, you’ll grow our brand presence and leadership voices across social platforms. This role will oversee content planning, publishing, community engagement, and social reporting, while collaborating with internal stakeholders to align activity with our broader marcomms plans. The right candidate will be as comfortable writing concise engaging content as they are filming interviews on the fly at events, flexing to the needs of the business. The Senior Social Media Executive will join dentsu’s UK&I communications function, reporting into the Senior Director of External Communications. 

What you’ll do

• Content planning and publishing: Oversee day-to-day planning, writing, creation, scheduling, and publishing of content across required platforms (LinkedIn, TikTok, Instagram), ensuring alignment with marcomms activity.
• Stakeholder and leadership support: Collaborate with internal stakeholders and leadership on their social strategies and content, drafting messaging aligned our GTM and their personal voice.
• Social storytelling: Maintaining engagement with thought leadership throughout its lifecycle, making sure every external content piece brings value and sparks conversation.  
• Cross-team collaboration: Partner with PR, marketing, events, and creative teams to keep the social calendar updated and ensure timely asset delivery.
• Platform optimisation: Upload and manage content effectively, leveraging all platform features (e.g. tagging, SEO, native formats). Working with various media formats: audio snippets, videos, stories, social media cards, live event broadcasts, etc.
• Performance reporting: Develop and circulate incremental reports on organic performance, sharing insights on creative, messaging, and audience engagement.
• Brand monitoring and social listening: Track brand mentions and relevant content trends, plus competitor activity, and include findings in actionable reports. 
• Paid campaigns: Work alongside working and new business teams to develop paid campaigns aligned to our prospecting strategy. 

What you’ll bring

• Strong experience in B2B social media management, ideally with experience working in a large matrix organisation
• Strong knowledge of social and creative software suites, including Sprout Social and Adobe Express, including video editing skills
• Deep knowledge of LinkedIn for driving business results
• Strong writing skills and ability to simplify technical language
• Excellent organisational and multitasking abilities, capable of managing multiple campaigns and initiatives at once

What we offer

This is a permanent role. The team is based from our London office on a hybrid working basis (two days per week in the office). 

At dentsu, we care deeply about our people. Our flexible benefits package supports your health, wellbeing, and financial future with company-funded private medical insurance, virtual GP access, and an employee assistance programme. Enjoy 25 days of annual leave plus extra days for your birthday, wellbeing, and volunteering. From discounted gym memberships and retail perks to electric car leasing and travel insurance, dentsu empowers you to thrive both at work and in life.

About Dentsu

Dentsu is an integrated growth and transformation partner to the world’s leading organisations. Founded in 1901 in Tokyo, Japan, and now operating in approximately 120 countries and regions, we bring together the power of a global network of leadership brands to deliver impactful, end-to-end growth solutions.

Through our client promise, Innovating to Impact, we drive growth through integrated services across Media, Customer Experience Management (CXM), and Creative. Our business transformation (BX) mindset, combined with a focus on experience transformation (EX), drives sustainable growth for brands, people, and society.

Our commitment to innovation, collaboration, and diversity enables us to continuously evolve, pushing boundaries while delivering measurable impact in a fast-changing world.

Inclusion and Diversity

At Dentsu, we embrace diversity and inclusion, valuing the unique perspectives and contributions of every individual. We believe that diversity fuels creativity and innovation, benefiting our employees, partners, and communities.

We welcome applications from all individuals, regardless of race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, marital status, or any other protected characteristic. Beyond recruitment, we strive to create an environment where everyone feels respected, supported, and empowered to bring their authentic selves to work.

We recognize the importance of work-life balance and are open to discussing flexible working arrangements for all roles. If you need reasonable adjustments due to a disability or medical condition during our recruitment process, please contact us at accommodations@dentsu.com, quoting the reference number of the role that you are applying for. Your needs will be handled with respect and confidentiality to ensure an inclusive and accessible experience.

Location:

London

Brand:

Dentsu

Time Type:

Full time

Contract Type:

Permanent