Social Media Executive

Ocean Florida; Romford; On-site; GBP 28,000 - GBP 36,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading travel management company is seeking a Social Media Executive to enhance brand awareness through engaging content and strategic management of social channels. The ideal candidate will have at least 2 years of experience and possess fantastic communication skills. Responsibilities include developing a social media strategy, creating high-quality content across platforms, and analyzing performance metrics. The position offers benefits such as private health care, travel discounts, and opportunities for professional growth.

Benefits

Discounted personal travel

Private Health Care

Profit Related Pay

Employee Assistance Programme

Access to free financial advice

Enhanced family-friendly policies

Day off on your birthday

Qualifications

• Minimum two years' experience managing social media accounts.
• Understanding of video techniques and social media best practices.
• Capable of producing content for different platforms.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement social media strategy.
• Create and curate engaging content for platforms.
• Monitor trends and engage with the online community.

Skills

Creative thinking

Communication skills

Social media management

Content creation

Analytical skills

Multitasking

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Canva

Job description

About The Role

To help us grow Winged Boots’ brand awareness and clients, we are looking for a social media executive to manage Winged Boots’ social channels, elevating our online presence and taking creative control over our posting schedule, working within the marketing team and alongside our head of content. The main responsibilities of this role are:

• Develop and implement a comprehensive social media strategy to boost brand awareness, engagement, and traffic.
• Create and curate high-quality, engaging content for Meta and LinkedIn.
• Monitor social media trends and incorporate relevant topics into our content.
• Write, edit, and publish posts that reflect our brand’s voice and style.
• Manage the social content calendar, ensuring timely delivery of posts.
• Work alongside our retail stores to grow their following and assist with social posts and account management.
• Create and manage trade accounts across all platforms
• Engage with our online community by responding to comments, messages, and mentions promptly and professionally.
• Track and analyse social media metrics to evaluate the success of campaigns and strategies.
• Provide regular reports on social media performance and community engagement.
• Use data-driven insights to optimise content and strategies.
• Collaborate with the marketing team to align social media efforts with overall marketing goals.
• Coordinate with the sales and product departments to ensure a cohesive social media presence that reflects booking trends, core products and on-trend destinations and hotels.

Who should apply?

You will be a great fit if you are creative, have fantastic communication skills and can work to tight deadlines. The following are also requirements for the role:

• You have a minimum two years’ experience running a brand’s social media account.
• You are a quick thinker who is passionate about social media, marketing and growing a brand.
• You think outside the box and are confident pitching ideas.
• You have strong communication skills both verbal and written.
• You have the ability to produce content across different platforms.
• You are zealous about creating original and creative content for any audience.
• You have a good understanding of video techniques and social media best practices.
• You’re independent and capable of managing your own workload while confidently meeting deadlines.
• You have a keen eye for accuracy.
• You’re a strong multitasker, a team player and comfortable within a fast-paced environment.

Beneficial skills

• Experience in the travel industry – particularly the luxury market
• Experience working with influencers and running social media competitions
• Experience in designing visually appealing graphics and videos using tools such as Adobe Creative Suite, Canva and similar programmes.

About Us

Winged Boots is a personalised travel management company that provides luxury leisure holidays and corporate travel to worldwide destinations. With an extensive portfolio of destinations, properties, and itineraries available it’s our promise to give each of our clients an unparalleled service from the very beginning to the very end.

Winged Boots makes up one third of Ocean Holidays, which is currently on of the UK’s largest growth travel company (based on ATOL rankings pre and post COVID). It sits alongside sister companies Ocean Beds, the largest worldwide provider of Florida vacation home rentals to the global travel trade and Ocean Florida the largest direct to consumer Florida specialist in Europe.

From the Caribbean to the Indian Ocean, Winged Boots has an expert in each region of the world that will customise every aspect of the clients’ trip to the highest of standards. There are many benefits that you can expect in return for your dedication and your commitment to making our customer’s dreams come true:

• Discounted personal travel and a dedicated staff travel agent that will organise your holiday.
• Private Health Care after probation passed, WPA - discounted gym membership at Nuffield Fitness & Wellbeing Gyms & Fitness First, Spabreaks.com & Yourgolftravel etc.
• Profit Related Pay
• An Employee Assistance Programme which provides confidential information, advice, and support 24 hours a day. This includes advice on health, relationships, money, career, retirement, and many other areas of support.
• Access to free professional financial advice
• Enhanced family-friendly policies
• One Ocean Forum – a group of employees representing the interests of all employees.
• Long service awards
• Honest, transparent, and two-way communication via regular newsletters and regular virtual and in-person Town Halls
• Cost of test and contribution towards glasses
• Life Insurance
• Additional holiday days based on length of service
• Day off on your birthday
• 2 x ‘Do the Right Thing’ days (dedicated charity days)
• Reward Gateway Employee discount platform that gives easy access to savings at hundreds of retailers
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Smart Tech after probation

Who we are

We’re a team of passionate, award-winning travel specialists from a wide mix of backgrounds, excited about delivering the best customer experience possible through our 3 niche travel brands. Our company culture promotes growth, inclusion and diversity and we’re continuously striving to ensure Ocean Holidays is the best place to work!

Customer experience is at the forefront of everything we do, and we pride ourselves in being able to consistently deliver some of the best service in the UK.

Our commitment to equal opportunities. For us, diversity is a business imperative – one that must be embedded into every aspect of how we operate in order to drive success. Simply put, we believe an encouraging and inclusive environment makes sound business sense. We are a customer experience-driven business, and a diverse workplace means that we not only build a healthy culture of diversity and tolerance but can also serve our clients with empathy and understanding. Conscious inclusion encompasses social, cultural and cognitive differences and cultivates an ethos of belonging, connection and shared purpose. It is the integration of this philosophy that allows us to create meaningful experiences for our employees, drive better business practices with our vendors and clients, and ultimately lead with purpose.