NEW ROLE: Social Media Executive
Location: Herefordshire
Travel: UK and international, hybrid working
Salary: £28,000, full time
Experience: 1 - 2 years
About Us
We are a certified B Corp social media agency, committed to creating outstanding content for some of the UK’s and the world’s biggest food and drink brands, from challenger startups to global FMCG giants. Our work is fast-paced, highly creative, and focused on storytelling through photography, video, and motion graphics.
Role overview
We’re looking for a Social Media Executive to join our team and support the day-to-day delivery of social content across a mix of food and drink brands.
This role is ideal for someone who lives and breathes social media, has a strong eye for content, and enjoys combining creativity with organisation. You’ll play a key role in keeping channels active, engaging and on-brand, from community management and caption writing through to content creation support, trend spotting and maintaining our digital content library.
Working closely with the wider social and creative teams, you’ll help deliver thoughtful, social-first work that reflects each brand’s tone of voice, identity and audience.
Key responsibilities
Manage day-to-day community engagement across client channels, including monitoring comments and messages, responding where appropriate, and escalating issues when needed
Help build positive, engaged online communities through timely, thoughtful and brand-aligned interaction
Stay up to date with platform updates, social trends and emerging formats, sharing relevant insights with the team to strengthen content output
Create and adapt high-quality social content across platforms, including captions, story and reel content (working with the creative team)
Write compelling, brand-aligned messages and comments that reflect each brand’s tone of voice
Filming and featuring in brand content where relevant (at the studio, on location and in various locations)
Contribute ideas for collaborations, influencer activity, content series and social-first brand moments
Support the planning and delivery of content across a range of food and drink client accounts
Organise and maintain the digital content library, ensuring assets are easy to access, clearly labelled and up to date
Work closely with the Social Media Manager and wider team to ensure all content is consistent, relevant and aligned to strategy
Support the team with ad hoc social, content and reporting tasks where required
What we’re looking for
A strong understanding of and interest in social media, content and digital culture
Experience managing or supporting social media channels, ideally for brands
Strong copywriting skills
A confident, creative candidate with great communication skills
Good understanding of platform best practice across Instagram, TikTok and Facebook
A creative eye and an understanding of what makes content feel native to platform
Ability to create or adapt simple visual and motion assets where needed
Excellent organisation and attention to detail
Confidence managing multiple workstreams and priorities
A proactive mindset and willingness to contribute ideas
Strong communication skills and a collaborative approach
Experience with editing tools such as Canva, Capcut and Edits
Happy to travel (primarily within the UK)
Ideal experience
Experience in an agency, brand or content-led environment
Experience working across food, drink, hospitality or lifestyle brands
Familiarity with community management and social publishing workflows
Awareness of influencer marketing, creator-led content and social trends
Reporting line
Reports to: Social Media Manager
Who this role would suit
This role would suit someone early in their social media career who is creative, organised and tuned into social culture. It’s a great opportunity for someone who enjoys both the creative and operational side of social and wants to build experience across a range of food and drink brands in an agency environment.
As It Should Be
28 days holiday including bank holidays
A lovely team to work with
Robust communication platforms to enable efficiency and collaboration across the team
Interesting clients and brands and excellent ways of working
On Top
Enhanced sick leave up to 5 days
Your birthday off
1 Extra day’s holiday per year of service for up to 5 years (after first 12 months)
Enhanced parental leave
Flexible working policy
Health Cash Plan
Why Join Us?
Work with some of the biggest names in food and drink, from startups to FMCG giants
Be part of a fast-paced, highly social team
Work in a dynamic agency environment with the latest equipment
Opportunities for UK travel
Ready to apply? Submit your portfolio, CV, and cover letter today to phia@theseedgroup.co.uk