Senior Social & Digital Consultant, London

The currency of the modern economy is attention. Our client helps brands earn it, using social data and behavioural psychology to predict how audiences will act, then creating the work that moves them. They are hiring a Senior Social & Digital Consultant to lead that work.

About the London social and digital consultancy

Our client is an independent, B Corp certified consultancy group made up of two businesses, one consumer-focused and one corporate, based in central London.

The consumer business is a brand practice built for the attention economy, offering creative and influencer-led work. The corporate business covers B2B communications, reputation and executive and personal brand work, a lot of it on LinkedIn.

They are data-led and behaviour-first, and they operate as a consultancy rather than a delivery agency. They do not sell channel strategies for their own sake. They start with how people behave, use insight and analysis to find the gaps between how audiences live digitally and how brands show up, then build the content, campaigns and programmes that close them. Their work is regularly recognised at industry awards, and their clients range from household-name automotive and hospitality brands to global financial services.

About the Senior Social & Digital Consultant role

This is a hands-on, mid to senior role for someone with consultancy experience who wants to grow, take ownership and lead standout work. You will run client accounts directly, advise clients with confidence and connect the moving parts of a programme, from organic content and influencers through to paid media and asset creation, into results that can be proven.

What you will be doing as a Senior Social & Digital Consultant

• Leading client account teams and running campaigns and projects autonomously, with clear roles, responsibilities and delivery.
• Driving the planning and overall direction of your accounts.
• Making sure the work is informed by data and behaviours, directing insight and analysis with the wider team.
• Consulting and advising clients directly, giving strategic, data-informed guidance and steering briefs towards what success really looks like.
• Connecting social, content, influencers, paid media and creative into one coherent programme.
• Supporting and developing more junior members of the team.
• Spotting and securing growth opportunities within existing clients.
• Supporting new business and pitches where relevant.
• Supporting the wider operational areas that help the consultancy grow.

Social and digital consultant skills and experience

• Agency or consultancy experience, in a small independent environment.
• Proven client servicing: running accounts and projects, dealing with clients directly, and a commercial mindset.
• Strong cross-channel digital knowledge across social and digital (web, SEO, GEO and social search).
• The ability to think strategically, capture the essence of a brief and translate it for the team.
• Confident written and verbal communication, including presenting creative ideas and strategies.
• The ability to handle multiple projects at once and prioritise a varied workload.
• A genuine self-starter who takes initiative and thrives in a flat structure, with confidence but no ego.

Nice to have for this social and digital consultancy role

• Digital out-of-home experience.
• An understanding of corporate PR and comms.
• Influencer work, including shoots and campaigns.
• Paid media and integrated campaign experience.

Why work for this independent consultancy

Their people are close, seriously talented and completely themselves. There is no hierarchy to hide behind and no ego to manage, just people who are confident in their craft and curious enough to keep learning from each other, including from a junior team the consultancy is genuinely proud of. If you like the idea of working somewhere a little bit different, where nobody thinks or dresses quite the same, you will fit right in.

Senior Social & Digital Consultant salary and package

• Salary of £40,000 to £50,000 depending on experience.
• Core hours of 10 to 4, five days a week in the central London office, with flexibility considered case by case.
• A B Corp certified consultancy, committed to business as a force for good.

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