This position sits in our Marketing & Technology service based in Germany. We combine data, technology, creative content, and paid media to crack brands’ business problems & drive revenue through a variety of digital marketing solutions like ad campaigns, augmented reality, and chatbots. Our clients include ASOS, Just Eat Takeaway, Twitch, TikTok, and The White Company.
JOB PURPOSE:
We’re looking for a Community Manager to join the team to own the German social handles for an exciting gaming client! Your main focus will be building a highly engaged and thriving community on social media through insight, content creation, planning and responding.
A passion for culture and gaming is essential and experience working across multiple platforms is required. If you want to think, talk and write about gaming culture and entertainment all day, then this is a dream role for you. The successful candidate will be excellent at leveraging German cultural moments that resonate with the gaming audience, enabling you to create culturally relevant content through fantastic communication skills as well as remarkable copywriting skills.
Although a core account for this person will be an exciting gaming client, the community manager will also be able to support across different industries / clients / audiences and therefore, this role involves working closely with marketing departments, global social teams and agencies. We need someone who can create brilliant ideas that resonate with highly-engaged audiences. This person needs to be able to take these ideas and execute them across the social channels with ease and flair.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Responsible for the overall output across the footprint of brand channels (Including but not limited to: Reddit, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok & beyond)
2. Creating and reviewing monthly content frameworks for all social channels as well as daily monitoring of social channels
3. Daily responding to fans on social media (not customer service)
4. Liaising directly with brand marketing team to create the social content calendar
5. Writing and scheduling social media posts
6. Providing input with paid social planning
7. Monitoring trends and informing the wider team
8. Briefing designers and managing production deliverables for the market
9. Ensuring brand TOV and overall look & feel are adhered to when developing content
10. Dealing directly with the client for approvals and responding to requests in a timely manner
11. Dreaming up new ways to inspire audiences with creative ideas
12. Being the guardian of the brand in social media
13. Completing work to a deadline and often under pressure
14. Contributing to our creative process by sharing your ideas and experience
15. Maintaining effective, professional relationships with team members and colleagues
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR
16. Native or Fluent in German and German culture
17. Native or Fluent in English
18. Experience in a similar role
19. A passion for gaming and internet culture
20. Finger on the pulse for trends (social, cultural, gaming, music)
21. A brilliant, creative writer
22. Amazing knowledge of social media
23. Excellent written and verbal communication skills
24. Advanced Internet research and problem-solving skills
25. Excellent organisational & time management skills and high attention to detail
26. Strong presentation skills
27. Ability to react quickly within a fast-paced environment
28. Ability to remain focused under pressure and work under tight deadlines
29. Ability to work within a team as well as with clients
30. A love for learning new things
WE OFFER
31. A flexible, hybrid working policy (1-2 days from the office, depending on location).
32. Company pension scheme.
33. Lease bike options / JobRad and 25% subsidy for the Deutschlandticket.
34. Occasional breakfast/lunch at the office, Smoothie Tuesdays.
35. Stay happy and healthy with a contribution to your health through the OpenUp platform;
36. €30 per month - You can use the flexible package for digital food stamps and/or fitness providers/sport clubs/massage studios, internet costs, and/ or public transport.
37. Future Bens - Exclusive access to sustainable, healthy products at attractive deals.
38. Social events, plenty of opportunities to connect with colleagues through organised activities and celebrations.
39. A reputation for doing good. DEPT® has been a Certified and named ‘Agency of the Year’ at both The Lovies and The Webby Awards.
40. Awesome clients. Whether big or small, local or global — at DEPT® you’ll get the opportunity to work with clients of all sizes and across all industries. And we celebrate all of our successes together!
41. The opportunity for possibility. We want to enable you to do what you do best and help you develop your skills further with training, development and certifications.
WHO ARE WE?
We are pioneers at heart. What does that mean? We are always looking forward, thinking of what we can create tomorrow that does not exist today. We were born digital and we are a new model of agency, with a deep skillset in tech and marketing. That’s why we hire curious, self-driven, talented people who never stop innovating.
Our culture is big enough to cope and small enough to care. Meaning, that with people across 30+ countries, we’re big enough to provide you with the best tools, global opportunities, and benefits that help you thrive. While acting small by investing in you, your growth, your team, and giving you the autonomy to solve our clients problems, no matter where you are in the world.
DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION
At DEPT®, we take pride in creating an inclusive workplace where everyone has an equal opportunity to thrive. We actively seek to recruit, develop, nurture, and retain talented individuals from diverse backgrounds, with varying skills and perspectives.
Not sure you meet all qualifications? Apply, and let us decide! Research shows that women and members of underrepresented groups tend not to apply for jobs when they think they may not meet every requirement, when in fact they do. We believe in giving everyone a fair chance to shine.
We also encourage you to reach out to us and discuss any reasonable adjustments we can make to support you throughout the recruitment process and your time with us.
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