READ THIS BEFORE YOU APPLY:
**SALARY IS CIRCA £40K PER ANNUM DEPENDENT ON EXPERIENCE**
**ALL SENIOR SOCIAL SPECIALISTS MUST HAVE A COLLECTIVE 3 YEARS EXPERIENCE WITHIN THE FOLLOWING FIELD(S) TO BE CONSIDERED**
- Doing social media management for musicians, ideally within an agency, artist management company or label.
- Doing social media management for a music focused or musical events focused brand within the music space, ideally at an agency or in-house.
- As a social media freelancer, specifically working within the music or music focused events industry
**NOTE THAT WHILST YOUR CLIENTS WILL SPAN INDIE AND ALT POP GENRES, YOU PRIMARILY WILL BE WORKING WITH DANCE MUSIC ARTISTS AND DANCE MUSIC FOCUSED BRANDS IN THIS ROLE - IF YOU ARE NOT INTERESTED IN DANCE MUSIC, THIS ROLE IS NOT FOR YOU**
--
Hype Lab Job Spec: Senior Social Specialist Job Spec
- What we’re looking for : Senior social specialist
- Where it’s based : Remote working + 2 days in our London office Salary: Competitive, based on experience
- Reporting to : Nick Adler (Social Account Director)
- Minimum Prior Relevant Role Experience : 3 years
Who are we?
Hype Lab was founded in 2016 with a single goal; to build a full-service social agency driven by passion for music and social content.
Since then we’ve established ourselves as a mainstay within the music industry, working with a wide range of labels, artists, DJs, promoters and music brands to achieve their social media goals.
We place a strong emphasis on creating amazing content for our clients, and believe social isn’t about selling but about building a real connection between fan and brand by tapping into audience culture.
The role
We’re looking for a talented individual who can confidently showcase their ability in the social media x music space in a senior social specialist role, working with the cream of the UK’s artist and music brand propositions, with a focus on multitude of popular genres (indie, alternative, alt pop), but primarily dance and bass driven music genres .
Initially, you’ll be nurtured in-house by our experienced management team but ultimately relied upon to service your own roster of musical acts and music brands with finesse, with oversight and support from your manager.
The role provides a huge opportunity to help shape the future of our growing agency and how we service our artists and is an ideal springboard to build a career in the music x social space.
We're looking for someone who can really hit the ground running. We're at a stage in our growth where we're winning new business all the time and need talented social specialists to help us execute and impress our clients, keeping Hype Lab's reputation at the very top of the industry.
Your responsibilities
- You'll be responsible for all day-to-day client management across your patch of artists & music brands.
- You'll work with our design team to create outstanding social content for your clients, taking the lead on creative direction and ideation of all of your projects. Your ideas will be informed by your working knowledge of your understanding of music fandom and social media.
- You'll create all social strategies & manage campaign planning for each of your clients.
- You'll produce monthly reports & run channel management for all social media pages for your clients - we want to know what's doing well (and what isn't) and expect you to respond to those trends in your content creation.
- You'll collaborate with our management & senior leadership teams to develop your ability, knowledge and style in order to delight our clients, every time.
Who are you?
You'll flourish here if you:
- Have a deep knowledge & insight of the music industry (especially within dance & bass music)
- Live & breathe music culture
- You live and breathe social
- Are super organised & proactive
- Can stay focused and display resilience in a fast-paced, high pressure environment
- Are a real creative genius, constantly on the lookout for fresh ideas & inspiration
- Can execute meticulously whilst staying energetic and passionate
- Have a good social media brain, know how the platforms work & can keep on top of trends, changes & challenges
- Can be the driving force behind your clients' success & consider yourself to be an extension of their management team
- Are reliable & personable with a desire to build close relationships with your clients
- Are sociable with a great sense of fun and humour
- Have exceptionally high standards, with zero room for error and a meticulous eye for detail
- Can spot trends within data in order to maximise opportunities to create content our audiences will love
- Love dogs (we have two of them in the Hype Lab family and they're always knocking about the office)
Due to the growth we're currently experiencing as an agency, we're looking for someone who can hit the ground running and start making a real impact right from day one. We ask that all of our Senior Social Specialists have a minimum of 3 years experience in social for either of the following:
- Doing socials for musicians, ideally within an agency, artist management company or label
- Doing socials for a music focused or musical events focused brand within the music space, ideally at an agency or in-house
- As a social media freelancer, specifically working within the music or music focused events industry
In addition, you:
- Ideally have a mixture of artist & music brand experience on social, although this isn’t a deal breaker
- Can demonstrate your ability to generate content ideas for social media with a cultural mindset
- Have a deep understanding of niche genres within dance music & beyond
- Preferably have a wider understanding of bass driven genres from house, bass house, garage, techno, dubstep & tech house as an added benefit
- Can clearly demonstrate you live & breathe social media, and are an active user of all core social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok)
- Have a strong working knowledge of social media platforms, and optimum strategies for leveraging them as a promotional tool
- Are experienced in nurturing relationships and solving problems creatively for your clients
- Tap into audience culture when creating content in order to build a real connection between fan & brand
- Can confidently brief and work with designers to create social media content
- Have excellent copywriting skills
- Clearly and confidently communicate, both in person and online
- Project manage like a boss and juggle lots of spinning plates
Ultimately, we're a young and hungry agency with the belief that every single person who works here has a massive impact on our success. That's why we really look after our employees and offer some great perks in return, to make your work life that bit more enjoyable.
So, what's in it for you?
- We nurture every single one of our employees, meaning this is a place for you to learn, develop and really mould your career within the music industry.
- You'll be part of a young, driven and creative team and, because we're currently going through a really exciting period of growth, you'll be given the opportunity to help us define the company as we get bigger and better.
- Not only do we offer competitive industry salaries, but we also chuck in a load of extra benefits for our team too.
- We work with some of the biggest musicians, labels & festivals in the UK & internationally and develop close working relationships with all of our clients so you could be collaborating with some of your favourite DJ's and Producers and possibly getting on their guest lists!
- On top of 24 days annual leave, the office is closed over the Christmas period for 1-2 weeks meaning you always get a few extra days off for free.
- Bimonthly ‘Recharge Days’ mean you get a day off on us to pursue a passion or simply recharge your batteries.
- A day off on your birthday.
- We offer flexible working hours and most of our team work remotely for most of the time. We only need you in the office two days a week meaning you get the best of both worlds.
- We've got loads of social & 'extra curricular' stuff going on, all on us:
○ Summer & Christmas company parties
○ Monthly team drinks
○ Fortnightly lunches in the office
○ Gaming tournaments on our office console
○ Christmas & birthday presents for everyone!
