Social Media Manager - 6 month contract

Role Overview

Agency and Creative Management

• Brief, direct, provide feedback to, and approve work from social and creative agencies.
• Manage agency workflows, content calendars, deadlines, scopes, and deliverables across multiple events.
• Quality-control agency output for brand voice, visual identity, accuracy, and platform fit.
• Decide when work should move in-house and brief internal designers and videographers when needed.

Strategy and Campaigns

• Implement campaigns for launches, registration pushes, early-bird deadlines, and show days.
• Create targeted content across LinkedIn, Instagram, X, Facebook, TikTok, Snapchat, and YouTube.
• Deliver platform-specific short-form video content and maintain the brand voice in all interactions.
• Direct real-time social coverage during live event show days.

Paid Amplification

• Identify high-performing organic content and amplify it with paid spend to targeted audiences.
• Manage boosting budgets, audience targeting, and A/B testing of creative and copy.
• Coordinate with the paid media team so boosted content complements broader campaigns.
• Retarget engaged social audiences to drive registrations and commercial outcomes.

Community and Insight

• Schedule and publish content while responding promptly to comments, messages, and queries.
• Grow the community year-round and encourage user-generated content from attendees, exhibitors, and partners.
• Work with influencers, industry voices, advocates, speakers, and employees to extend organic reach.
• Track social performance, conduct social listening, and report market and customer insights.

Qualifications

• 4 to 5 years of social media marketing experience with external agency or creative team management.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Hands-on experience with the listed social platforms is essential.
• Experience running boosted and paid social campaigns with budget management and audience targeting.
• Experience with scheduling and analytics tools such as Sprout, Hootsuite, or native tools.
• English fluency is essential; Arabic is an advantage.

Workplace and Contract

• This is a 6 month contract role.
• The role can be performed remotely.
• Relocation or sponsorship support is not provided.