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    "description": "<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Position: Social Strategist, Global </span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Location: Kew, West London (HQ) Office-based, with inter-office travel (UK, USA) Reporting to: Managing Director, Sport Global, Footprint: UK (London, Cardiff, Manchester), USA (LA/NYC), </span></p>\n<p> </p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">ABOUT WHISPER</span></p>\n<p>UK-headquartered multi-media production company with production and commercial footholds in KSA and USA, delivering premium sports, unscripted and entertainment content globally.</p>\n<p> </p>\n<p>Whisper is one of the most impactful, fast-growing production companies in the global media landscape: a creative powerhouse with the discipline of a high-growth tech firm.</p>\n<p> </p>\n<p>We’ve scaled from a £1m start-up to an £80m+ global leader, delivering BAFTA-winning sports, unscripted entertainment and premium programming (including Formula One, The Paralympics, prime-time entertainment and documentaries).</p>\n<p> </p>\n<p>We are standardising scalable production models, integrating acquisitions and redefining how entertainment is delivered globally.</p>\n<p> </p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Role Summary </span></p>\n<p>Whisper seeks an ambitious and creative <span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Social Strategist</span> to focus on delivering expert social strategy for a key client.<br><br>You will define and deliver a sporting organisation’s global strategy for social networks and channels. <br><br>You will own platform strategy, channel governance, content ops, audience growth and commercial integration across Europe and USA. <br><br></p>\n<p>You will connect brand ambition, audience insight and platform mechanics. </p>\n<p> </p>\n<p>You will report into the Whisper Managing Director of Sport and act as the senior social channels’ adviser across all markets.</p>\n<p> </p>\n<p> In addition, you will provide advice on Whisper’s overall business social strategy across the whole of the group.</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Key responsibilities</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Build a cohesive global approach with clear channel guides for TikTok, Instagram, X, YouTube, Facebook, LinkedIn, Snapchat and new platforms</li>\n<li>Be instrumental in creating a new and bold brand strategy that has far-reaching impact across all social platforms</li>\n<li>Develop culture‑savvy storytelling that cuts across borders and time zones, shaping how people encounter the organisation’s content on social. Focus on USA, EUR, UK.</li>\n<li>Grow reach, loyalty and community health through integrated organic, creator and paid activity tailored to market and segment.</li>\n<li>Tie performance to commercial value and partner with Commercial and Distribution to translate results into sponsorships and partnerships.</li>\n<li>Embed social‑first, insight‑led practices that raise creative consistency, cultural relevance and measurable output.</li>\n<li>Develop an understanding of wider client business goals and distil them into actionable social strategies that drive audience growth with key groups.</li>\n<li>Work closely with analytics tools and insights teams to report back on strategy in action, iterating approaches in a fast-moving landscape across platforms</li>\n</ul>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Success measures</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Significant year‑on‑year lifts in followers and - engaged audiences by platform and territory.</li>\n<li>Higher engagement rate, average watch time and completion.</li>\n<li>More referral traffic and conversions to owned and partner destinations.</li>\n<li>Clear, positive ROI at channel level for paid and creator investments.</li>\n<li>Playbooks delivered and adopted on time across regions and production teams.</li>\n</ul>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Experience and skills</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Multipleyears running social/channel strategy and operations at scale across a number of markets.  Senior leadership background preferred.</li>\n<li>Editorial feel and creative judgement tuned to fan culture, with strong commercial sense.</li>\n<li>Hands‑on experience operating global handles and rolling out multi‑market programmes. USA consumer content understanding is highly desirable.</li>\n<li>Deep platform fluency in formats, signals, trends and tone and understanding of how to adapt them per channel.</li>\n<li>Advanced command of TikTok, Instagram, X, YouTube, Facebook, LinkedIn, Snapchat and emerging networks.</li>\n<li>Expert in social’s role in integrated campaigns and always‑on ecosystems, connecting audience insight to creative opportunities, delivering measurable growth.</li>\n<li>Contributed culturally sharp, social‑first thinking that won work or propelled priority initiatives.</li>\n<li>Experience in social reporting tools, turning insights into actionable strategic outcomes.</li>\n<li>Proven experience in social strategy, with an interest in or exposure to brand building, and a curiosity about how social thinking contributes to long-term business impact.</li>\n<li>Comfortable and effective in presenting strategic ideas to both clients and internal teams.</li>\n</ul>\n<p> </p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Reporting &amp; Team</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reports to: Whisper Managing Director, Sport</li>\n<li>Key partners: Chief Brand Officer, Head of Content, Senior Executive Producer, Social and Digital Leads</li>\n</ul>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Working Arrangements &amp; Rewards</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Base: Kew HQ; frequent travel to USA, Europe and other offices as required</li>\n<li>Work pattern: Office-based majority; flexible/hybrid arrangements subject to role needs.</li>\n<li>Compensation: Competitive, commensurate with experience; performance-related bonus and participation in company incentives where applicable.</li>\n<li>Benefits: Standard corporate benefits (health, pension, leave) aligned with senior marketing roles.</li>\n</ul>\n<p> </p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">WORKING ARRANGEMENTS &amp; REWARD </span></p>\n<p> </p>\n<p>Location: Kew, London Work Pattern: 5 days per week (4 in office / 1 WFH)</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>1 year FTC, starting ASAP. </p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>Annual Leave: 25 days plus bank holidays</p>\n<p> </p>\n<p>Compensation &amp; Benefits</p>\n<p>Base Salary: Dependent on experience</p>\n<p>Bonus: Standard company bonus, to be discussed</p>\n<p>Benefits: Comprehensive health, dental, pension and travel allowances</p>\n<p> </p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">CANDIDATE APPROACH &amp; APPLICATION</span></p>\n<p> </p>\n<p>To apply, submit your CV and a short cover note (max one page) outlining:</p>\n<p> </p>\n<ul>\n<li>One social campaign you led that scaled internationally and the metrics/impact.</li>\n<li>Your approach to balancing global brand standards with local market activation.</li>\n<li>Experience working in Pan-European and US markets (if any).<br></li>\n</ul>\n<p><br>Application closing date: 5th June 2026</p>\n<p> </p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><em>Join us. 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