About Jungle Creations
We are Jungle Creations, an award winning social media agency and publisher. Since our creation in 2014, we have built a community of over 147 million followers on and beyond social. In 2019 we launched The Wild, our publisher-powered social agency, that helps brands unlock social through data and insights, so they can build communities and break into culture.
Jungle Media is the home of our portfolio of award-winning social media brands. We have pioneered some of the world's biggest communities; from Twisted on food and drink, to VT on entertainment, Four Nine on female lifestyle, Craft Factory on DIY and family and Lovimals, Level Fitness and Futurology on pets, fitness and tech. With over 147 million (and counting) followers across all major social platforms, our team of creators, content producers and social strategy specialists know how to create content that gets people watching, talking and reacting. Our brands reach millions of people every single day through our video content, websites, podcasts (and even restaurants).
The Wild is a publisher-powered social and influencer agency born out of Jungle Creations. We saw an opportunity to unlock data & insight from Jungle’s 140M+ global audiences and bring a decade of our social publisher expertise to brands. With a roster of international clients including Red Bull, PepsiCo and Disney, we drive brands to unlock social, build community, and break into culture - on and beyond social.
Role Purpose
We are looking for a Director of Social to lead the cross-platform social strategy for Jungle Creations six media brands with a combined audience of 140m. The Director of Social will be responsible for growing our audiences, deepening the communities and meeting ambitious revenue targets.
Reporting into the Managing Director of Media, the Director of Social will develop strategies and oversee the execution of these for all social platforms - with an ultimate focus on audience growth, engagement, content optimisation and social video views revenue. They will work closely with the Director of Video to input into our programming strategy, ensuring we’re creating world-class social-first content. The Director of Social will also advise Jungle’s agency, The Wild By Jungle, on developing platform strategies for clients.
The Director of Social should have an innate understanding of all platforms, a curiosity for what’s next in social and a passion for leveraging data, insights and creativity to develop a winning social strategy.
The role is most suited to a candidate who is passionate about being a leader, is experienced in growing and managing multiple social platforms, operational with a knowledge of data analysis and how to turn this into action, understands content for social and ultimately, can make measured and balanced decisions about the best interests for the brands and the wider business.
The role requires time management, people management, forecasting, working to financial targets and a strong ability to develop and execute effective strategies.
Key Responsibilities
Background and Experience
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All employees are expected to comply with the company code of conduct, to act professionally with colleagues, treat colleagues and the workspace with respect; It is your responsibility to ensure your behaviour, attitude and appearance always positively reflect the Company and don’t do anything that would bring the reputation of the Company into disrepute or cause a loss of confidence in its work.
Measures of success and key stakeholders:
Employees are monitored with bi-annual KPIs to measure their performance; these KPIs are made up of both skills and behaviour competencies. Jungle is committed to rewarding those employees who consistently exceed their bi-annual KPIs, and will ensure those employees to advance within the business.
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We want you to add to our culture
At Jungle Creations, we aim to ensure our workforce reflects the diverse society we live in. Our different ideas, our different perspectives and our respect for one another enables us to be innovative, creative and build a sense of belonging that actively encourages our people to add to our culture. We want everyone to feel that Jungle Creations is a place where they belong and that is the reason why we look for the cultural add, not the cultural fit.
Our mission
‘We exist to create ideas that get people to thrive online and in the real world’
Our values
This is who we are. These qualities are the things we look for in new Jungle talent, the things we celebrate and reward our people for, and the things clients discover about us and our work.
Whether in a small or large capacity, every one of our departments work in collaboration with each other. Encouraging this total collaboration means our people can team up with ease, and create the perfect environment for idea sharing, creative thinking, and working closely with clients and partners alike.
In a business and world that is forever changing, we pride ourselves on how agile and adaptable we are. Striving to experiment, take risks and be bold, Jungle celebrates how quickly its people can innovate and move with the times, ensuring we are at the forefront of change and the best in industry.
We champion our people, their ideas, and their differences. Our people respect one another and the things that make each of us unique. We aim to support all voices internally and reflect this in the work we do. We actively encourage our people to add to our culture and want everyone at Jungle to feel that they belong.