Senior Social Digital Strategist

At VML, we are a beacon of innovation and growth in an ever-evolving world. Our heritage is built upon a century of combined expertise, where creativity meets technology, and diverse perspectives ignite inspiration. With the merger of VMLY&R and Wunderman Thompson, we have forged a new path as a growth partner that is part creative agency, part consultancy, and part technology powerhouse.

Our global family now encompasses over 30,000 employees across 150+ offices in 64 markets, each contributing to a culture that values connection, belonging, and the power of differences. Our expertise spans the entire customer journey, offering deep insights in communications, commerce, consultancy, CRM, CX, data, production, and technology. We deliver end-to-end solutions that result in revolutionary work.

Who we're looking for:

We are seeking an experienced Senior Social / Digital Strategist to join our Africa OU to coordinate the integrated delivery of ground-breaking work.

As a Senior Social Strategist for Studio X, you will help define how social shows up strategically for the Coca Cola Company brands you represent across Africa. This will be a role that sits at the strategic heart of our Africa level campaigns.

What you'll be doing:

• Be the voice of social strategy for the Coca Cola brands you represent for continental Africa, supporting the Studio X leadership team, End-to-End teams and client services in delivering groundbreaking and effective social strategy for our clients.
• Hold a deep understanding of the various platforms available to reach our audiences and help shape our clients’ social ecosystems.
• Help clients meaningfully connect with their communities by identifying key insights (audience, brand, culture, platform) and developing subsequent strategies.
• Partner with integrators and broader capability teams to proactively identify opportunities and ensure a joined-up approaches to delivering effectively against client business objectives.
• Assemble strategy into presentation materials and be comfortable presenting for senior level clients.
• Conduct on-site and remote workshops for Coca Cola category clients to optimise their social strategy.
• Flexibility in strategic approach, covering the following core competencies:
• Influencer strategy.
• Work with the end-to-end and insights teams to better understand audiences and brand activities on social media from a data perspective as well as add a strategic layer to monthly reports for key clients.
• Inform KPIs and define measurement solutions to clients.
• Work with client services and creative teams to inspire and guide ideation and to make sure the creative deliveries are in line with approved strategy.
• Work with the broader social team across the continent to ensure strategies are implementable, unearth additional insights, and optimise where required.
• Demonstrate what ‘good’ looks like for social strategy, ensuring we have a solid range of strategy frameworks and learning to drive our work and defining best practices and best in class case studies.

What you'll need:

• 5+ years of Proven 4+ strategy experience in a social media agency, integrated agency, or for a well-known platform or brand.
• Experience working for top draw brands and with senior stakeholder or in a senior client facing role.
• Strong experience working alongside other teams delivering fully integrated marketing solutions.
• A passion for Social with fully up-to-date knowledge of social networks, social tools and social media trends.
• Solid experience with quantitative and qualitative performance metrics and insights.