Social Media Manager

**Who we are**

Magnum is a global organisation representing some of the world’s most renowned photographers. What makes Magnum unique is the diversity of expression within its ranks, from war photographers to satirists and conceptual artists, and almost everything in between. What unifies them is their strong individual authorship and shared vision to chronicle world events, people, places through imagery and narratives - that have redefined history and transformed lives. This includes not shying away from telling the difficult stories.

The organisation is run as a collective structure with a membership that has evolved over the years to encompass the work of almost 100 diverse photographers and estates. We have offices in New York, London, and Paris, and work with press, publishers, advertising, television, galleries and museums across the world.

Magnum also has a vibrant digital platform which we use to connect with our global audience of over 5 million people by showcasing photographers’ work, offering education initiatives, and hosting special commercial events.

**About the role**

We are hiring a full-time Social Media Manager to manage the development and growth of Magnum's organic social media channels, defining the strategy, creating content and planning how to execute and measure our vision for social media. You will oversee the day-to-day operations, ensuring the effective implementation of our vision across social media.

The role could be fully remote or attached to the Magnum’s Paris or New York office.

**What you’ll do more in detail**

Strategy & Implementation
- Develop, refine and execute organic strategy, content calendar and measurements/KPI framework for Magnum's social media channels, with a focus on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, LinkedIn and Pinterest.
- Oversee day-to-day operations across these platforms, from concept to execution, with support from the Social Media Assistant.
- Identify new, unique and interesting opportunities for storytelling and how to capture it for thumb-stopping content.
- Lead community management for social channels, including managing brand tone of voice, to drive conversation and engagement with followers.

Analysis & Reporting
- Plan and execute social media initiatives with precision, employing key performance indicators for measurement.
- Regularly analyze data and provide insights to refine the strategy and enhance the impact of our content.
- Regularly present learnings and recommendations to senior leadership.

Leadership
- Act as a thought partner and collaborate internally across all Magnum teams (B2C and B2B) to ensure osmosis of insights and consideration of other teams' needs and goals into the social media strategy and implementation.
- Continuously monitor industry trends to stay ahead of evolving audience preferences and platform changes.
- Coach, mentor and guide the Social Media Assistant to become a high performing Magnum team member.
- Develop long lasting relationships with the Magnum photographer community, balancing individuals’ needs with business goals.

**Who you are**
- Obsessed with social channels and their nuances - always researching industry developments, creative trends and culturally relevant moments to push forward our social media efforts with speed and efficiency.
- A clear communicator and skilled writer who understands the importance of brand voice.
- Care about results and take responsibility to find solutions. You’re able to measure success and report on what’s working and what’s not so we can iterate and improve on a regular basis.
- A self-starter. You can recommend and initiate projects to experiment with new tactics and platforms with mínimal direction.
- Customer-centric and passionate about community building.
- Naturally inquisitive, deliberate and collaborative team player, which makes you open and eager to engage with feedback.
- Extremely strategic, process-oriented and organized.
- An experienced people manager who is passionate about career development, mentorship and growth.

Minimum qualifications
- 4+ years of directly relevant experience, either agency or in-house working on creative campaigns and leading community and engagement on social media channels.
- Experience in media, publishing, journalism or similar is a plus.
- Ability to partner cross-functionally and work with a wide range of stakeholders.
- Experience working with data and reporting tools such as Google Analytics.
- Experience working with social media tools such as Hootsuite, Later and Meta Business Suite.
- Comfortable working in InDesign or any other graphic design software, ex. Figma.
- Experience working with project management tools such as Airtable and Asana.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills and an ability to influence others.
- Proven track record of delivering high quality social media campaigns in dynamic and fast-paced environments.
- Native English speaker or with excellent prof