Junior Social Media Executive - London, United Kingdom - Pentland Brands

Pentland Brands

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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22 January 2024 Job ID: 174- Design Talent Networks

Finchley, London

Fixed Term Contract

Full Time

Pentland Brands:
Pioneering Brands that Make Life Better

We are Pentland Brands, a global business touching the lives of millions through some of the world's most-loved active and footwear brands.

We own Speedo, Berghaus, Canterbury of New Zealand, Endura, Mitre, Ellesse, KangaROOS and Red or Dead. We're the UK licensee for Kickers and have a joint venture with Lacoste footwear.

We have a rich and remarkable history, of family, of ambition and of innovation, of leading from the front with a legacy of outstanding brands and equally outstanding people.

Of pioneering brands that make life better. Brands that create an emotional connection with our consumers and help keep people on the move. Brands that do good, that form part of a positive business that acts for people and planet.

We celebrate differences and give everyone the freedom to innovate and develop because we know this is an exceptional place to build brands and build your career.

We want you to come to work every day excited about what we can achieve when we have a clear and single-minded focus on being consumer-centric and relentlessly focused on improving our performance.

Always guided by our principles, we not only do a great job, but we also do it in the right way; success is a team game; with clarity and courage; better as standard; in good conscience.

We believe every individual has the power to shape the Pentland of the future, by making sure that every day we're better than the day before.

Join our team of passionate, exceptional individuals, and do the best work of your life.

Design Pool started over twenty years ago, it has nurtured more than 200 young creatives from across four continents - giving them a launch pad into various creative careers.

Previous Design Pool graduates have gone on to find roles in our in-house creative agency, product design teams, and brand teams.

Others have gone on to land positions in sought-after agencies and companies worldwide.

Design Pool was set up to recruit and develop exceptional talent from all design disciplines to work across Pentland Brands.

Design Pool interns are offered up to a 12 month contract in which they work across a diverse range of briefs across the Pentland brands portfolio.

They are trained and mentored in Pentland best practice and computer aided design so that they can fit straight into any brand from their first day.

Design Pool is a place to build and broaden professional networks.

The role is designed to harness talent and use it to be an additional resource to work alongside existing brand design teams, providing stimulation and an extra resource for a design team when needed.

The aim is always for members of Design Pool to be offered a permanent role within Pentland brand.

Responsibilities:

The role:
We're looking for a passionate Social Media Executive to join the Kickers UK brand team.

You will be responsible for creating content and assisting the execution of our social strategy across all platforms with the objective to increase brand awareness, reach and engagement.

You'll work closely with the Creative Content & Community Manager to assist on all social and campaign shoots, creating an array of content across the board that engages and excites our consumers, while further embedding Kickers position within culture.

You'll also have the chance to work with other members of the brand team within cross-functional tasks and projects, a chance to develop PR, Marketing and Commercial knowledge.

If you're content and social media obsessed with a creative flair and want to leave your mark in youth culture, this is the perfect role for you.

Pentland hold the UK license for Kickers and this role will focus on social media and digital within the UK market.

The role will be part of the Kickers Brand Team and report directly into Kickers Senior Brand Manager and dotted line to Katie Greenyer Creative Talent and Network Director.

The role you'd play:

Support Creative Content and Community Manager and

wider brand team deliver brand strategy and activations.

Manage our endtoend organic social content in line with brand strategy, with a particular focus on Instagram and TikTok.
Spearhead, create and curate social content and stories.
Schedule, publish and track content across all platforms.
Support managing and growing the social community.
Own the social media calendar.
Work with crossfunctional teams and stakeholders to understand trends, consumer behaviour, competitor activity and new tech features.
Continue to innovate and disrupt by exploring new opportunities and pushing boundaries, in line with brand strategy.
Ensure all output is on brand and complies with tone of voice and brand guidelines.
Sample management and organisation
Store appropriately and organise all content on internal image portal.

What you will bring: