Job Summary:

We’re on the look out for a brilliant Social Media Manager to join our team and take our communications to the next level. Our social media provides a window between the people who make our products and those who use them. With audiences in the millions, our online communities have the opportunity to talk to us, engage with us, provide feedback and be involved in the world of Ubuntu. From #opensource to coffee on Kubernetes, launch previews to twitter storms over some cool release swag, our marketing team is committed to creating conversations with audiences all over planet earth.

The ideal candidate is passionate about technology, technology marketing and the use of technology in marketing. They prefer to work in an environment that emphasises ownership of campaigns, collaboration, learning, curiosity and a drive to continually improve oneself / the team / the organisation. They love to problem solve, get hands-on, experiment, measure and use automation to make daily life easier.

As a social media manager you will:

Be responsible for developing and managing social media strategy and advising our community development team.
Deliver regular reporting and analysis, setting KPIs and driving results
Identify all the approachable and hottest social and community resources relevant to our target audiences.
Create, schedule and publish content across multiple social media channels ensuring alignment with the broader marketing, campaigns and editorial plans
Ensure we’re capitalising on social listening insights, regularly sharing with the team and wider business
Use your platform knowledge and creative skills to create boundary-pushing, attention-grabbing social content using the latest affordances on each channel.
Be engaging, funny, responsive and of the moment to create viral and shareable moments.
Bring all of Canonical’s product offering to life creatively, from bare metal, AI, Kubernetes… to chats on diversity and CSR.
Calmly and carefully deal with customer and tech issues, if needed ensuring any problems are dealt with deftly and swiftly, including out of hours, as well as providing training and support for our customer experience
Your daily routine will consist of media planning, copywriting, content management (texts, pictures, videos) and tracking the efficiency

The successful social media manager will have:

At least three years experience in social specific roles or roles with social responsibilities, ideally where you’ve played a role in delivering integrated campaigns
You’ll have experience with social management and listening tools, as well as an understanding of tools such as Google Analytics.
You are both highly creative and meticulously analytical – you know which content works on each channel.
A confident and creative copywriter, you’ll be adept at crafting posts that develop the brand and its personality, as well as able to transform even the driest of statistics into something fascinating.
Experience building and delivering advocacy programs with tangible results
Exceptional interpersonal skills and aptitude for forging trusting relationships across diverse, cross-functional teams
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, strong content marketer
Proven ability to prioritise and differentiate what matters from the noise, meeting deadlines without sacrificing quality
Growth mindset - someone who is not afraid to think big and take on risks.

What Canonical Offers:

Learning and Development
Annual Compensation Review
Recognition Rewards
Annual Leave
Priority Pass for travel
Flexible working option