Job description
VMLY&R is looking to recruit a mid-senior Content Director to join our dynamic and fast-paced team, working on one of South Africa’s biggest fashion, home and beauty retailers. Our content director is the bridge between strategy and implementation – ensuring that content delivers on the overarching digital strategy and resonates with audiences of different shapes, styles and locations. Content direction
- Fashion and beauty trend research and forecasting: relevant for the South African market and individual target markets for different labels
- Generate strategically aligned ideas in brainstorms with team members
- Plan shoots for social media content to reach specific objectives. This includes:
- Shot lists: What are we shooting and how
- Channel plans: Where is the content going and when
- Copywriting: Write copy that is fresh, on-brand and right for the social media platform
- Develop editorial guidelines based on best practice, research, strategy and analytics
Platform expertise
- Optimise content based on learnings from reports and the social media community
- Stay abreast of social media trends, formats, algorithms and platform updates
- Have a good understanding of social media analytics and media
- Get to grips with social commerce and how content (social, newsletters, blogs, influencers) drive sales
Collaboration
- Liaise directly with clients and develop a relationship of trust and collaboration
- Collaborate with strategy, creative, media and data teams to update social media playbooks based on best practice, analytics and strategy
- Brief social media managers to create content plans that are strategically aligned and are of high quality
Engagement
- Co-create engagement/conversation plans for influencers and live events
- Identify relevant tactical opportunities and briefs data and creative teams accordingly
Mentorship
- You will be responsible for working with social media managers to create and execute high-quality content plans
- You will need to guide and train them in the art of content and editorial direction
Requirements
- Minimum of five years' experience in a similar position
- An eye (or two) for fashion and beauty and an overall sense of style – Someone with a fashion/beauty editorial background
- A hunger for trends, always looking at things differently and seeing innovative approaches to social content
- A natural storyteller – Can simplify complex strategies and tell a compelling story
- Attention to detail – From visuals and copy to time and targets, the content director is responsible for bringing ideas to life in a strategic and high-quality way
- Team player - This is a highly collaborative role that requires teamwork, patience, good time management and the ability to motivate and inspire team members
We are always looking for the best talent to join our team of passionate thinkers. If you're ready to make work that lives in people's lives, we might be the place for you. Details of all advertised jobs are available on our LinkedIn page. Email CV to Vml-sa-careers@vmlyr.com