Southampton
We are Wiser, an award-winning Employer Branding & Early Talent agency. We build employer brands to guide the best in the biz into their dream career with our clients. We’re a home for people who think big and expect more; where creative and recruitment meet to change the way people think about work, not to mention having the only rainforest in Farringdon. Our creatives use design, product, film, strategy and marketing to capture what makes companies great and showcase it in the market. Our recruitment teams introduce the right people at the beginning of their career to set these companies apart. We believe that people will do their best work when they're in a space that enables it. And that's what we've shaped at Wiser — a culture where everyone can be real and back themselves, surrounded by high performers who take ownership of their career and make moves, no matter what their background. To find out more about us, take a look at our website wearewiser.com or check us out on Instagram @wearewiser. ROLE Wiser’s award-winning social team is expanding globally, at a rapid rate, with exciting new projects and clients to kick off in 2026. As a Social Lead, you’ll be responsible for running and elevating social delivery across Wiser’s highest-value and most strategically important accounts. This is a senior, client-facing role, sitting above Senior Social Media Manager, where you’ll lead complex social contracts, own senior client relationships, and set the standard for excellence across the Social team. You’ll combine hands-on strategic leadership on key accounts with responsibility for quality, direction, and people development, ensuring our most important work is delivered confidently, creatively, and consistently. What You'll Be Doing • Leading social strategy and delivery for Wiser’s highest-value and most complex client accounts, • Acting as the senior day-to-day client lead, owning relationships, expectations, and outcomes, • Setting clear social direction that aligns with wider brand, marketing, or employer brand objectives, • Ensuring all work delivered on your accounts is insight-led, high quality, and commercially sound, • Overseeing and signing off team social output, maintaining a consistently high bar across strategy, content, and performance, • Identifying risks or issues early and taking action to keep delivery on track, • Coaching others on strategic thinking, client leadership, and creative judgement, • Collaborating closely across the entire business to deliver integrated, social-first work, • Supporting pitches and new business for high-value opportunities, • 7+ years’ experience delivering social media for brands, ideally in an agency setting, • Proven experience running senior, high-value client accounts end to end, • Strong strategic capability, with the ability to connect social activity to broader business objectives, • Confident senior client presence, comfortable advising, influencing, and constructively challenging stakeholders, • High standards for creative and strategic quality, with strong attention to detail, • Experience line managing or significantly mentoring others, • Comfortable operating autonomously and making decisions without constant oversight, • Deep understanding of social platforms, formats, and trends, and how they drive impact, • A Happiness team whose role is to make Wiser the best place to work possible. Whether it’s keeping the office stocked up with snacks, sending you a care package when you’re poorly, or planning the next Wiser party, they make the office a much happier place, • A culture calendar full of options - from black tie to sports day, book club or run club, there’s something for everyone., • We’re pretty proud of the space we have here - from phone booths to walking pads, all the way to a rainforest for focus-time… whatever vibe you need, you can find it here., • The W breakfast - our Happiness team makes sure everyone starts the day right with a hotel-worthy breakfast spread. Fancy coffee tap and unlimited fizzies on offer too., • On top of your holiday allowance, the office also closes for up to 2 weeks over the festive period so we can all recharge before coming back in the new year., • Wiser Bank Holiday - a beloved Purple People tradition in the form of an extra day off in October each year to celebrate our first ever million-pound-month (Yep, it happened in 2022 and we still celebrate), • Moving House Day - one of life’s most stressful events made easier by an extra day off., • Work from Anywhere allowance - everyone has a number of days to work from home or wherever they fancy. Whether it’s staying home on to snuggle your cat or working from Greece for a week in the summer, WFA is the answer, • Learning & development - our monthly ‘Wiser Way’ days give you the chance to choose from a selection of training modules taught by our leaders. Whether it’s how to craft the perfect deck with our Creative Director, how to speak confidently about commercials with our CFO, or get some tips on managing for the first time with our Head of People, the schedule has something for everyone, • Therapy - with 5 therapists to choose from, each year you can get up to x3 therapy sessions subsidised through Wiser to take either here in our own secret Log Cabin, externally or online (you pay £20 a session and we cover the rest), • Vitality Health Insurance - full coverage once you’ve passed probation. From necessities like the dentist, doctors and opticians, to mega rewards like Champneys, gym and travel discounts, it’s a winner., • Apply (Go on... do it), • Intro call with the Talent team, • Video call with the hiring manager, • Tour of the gaff & a task