Social Media Manager

As a Social Media Manager, you will be responsible for the full spectrum of social media management, from strategy to execution.

Role Type
Full-time
Work Hours
Hybrid
Location
Kuala Lumpur

Description of Role

As a Social Media Manager, you will lead end-to-end social media strategy for our diverse portfolio of clients. You’ll transform business goals into effective, platform-specific strategies, build and manage editorial calendars, orchestrate creator and content programs, and deliver measurable performance. Collaborating closely with cross-channel teams—including creative, paid media, influencer, and e-commerce—you’ll ensure cohesive storytelling and impactful results across the social ecosystem.

Responsibilities

Strategy & Planning

  • Translate client objectives into strategies, including positioning, audience/segment priorities, content pillars, creator/KOC approach, and growth roadmap.
  • Build quarterly content playbooks reflecting current trends and best practices.

Content & Creative Orchestration

  • Own the content calendar together with content teams, including static visuals, short-form video, carousels, how-tos, reviews, before/after, lifestyle storytelling, and UGC remixes.
  • Brief designers, editors, and copywriters on optimal content for social media platform, and built for searchability.

Community & Growth

  • Manage daily community operations including comments/DMs, saves, re-shares, and collection curation.
  • Escalate product and service feedback to clients.
  • Execute growth methods for client social media accounts/posts.
  • Maintain brand safety: moderation guidelines, responses, and escalation paths.

KOL/KOC & Seeding

  • Work with influencer manager to map creator landscape by niche.
  • Manage outreach with influencer manager to brief, track, and approve content.

Measurement & Optimization

  • Analysis, reporting, insights and next actions to clients
  • Provide actionable insights tied to funnel metrics (awareness → consideration → conversion proxies).
  • Deliver clear reports and optimization recommendations to clients.

Cross-functional Enablement

  • Partner with Performance Marketing Team on content boosting/ads planning when relevant.
  • Train internal teams and clients on social media best practices, trends, and performance frameworks.
  • Alert and include in Linktree of respective links needed for brands on their social media page.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, Digital Media, or a related field.
  • At least 2 to 4+ years of experience in social media management (brand or agency side).
  • Proven success in growing and managing brand social media accounts (please share examples with metrics).
  • Strong creative judgment with an eye for storytelling, hooks, and visual craft.
  • Analytical mindset with the ability to translate data into strategic actions.
  • Excellent organizational and project management skills; able to manage multiple brands and calendars concurrently.

    Nice-to-haves
  • Experience with RedNote (XHS) is a plus.
  • Bilingual in Mandarin and English.
  • Familiarity with paid amplification, UTMs, and attribution tracking.