5 Digital Strategist jobs in Jeddah

We are a leading, full-service, integrated communications and marketing services agency that delivers industry-defining work and next-generation solutions for brands, businesses, and organizations. In the Middle East, North Africa & Turkey (MENAT region), our network comprises a hyper-connected, award-winning network with a presence in 13 cities—including Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Kuwait, Doha, and Istanbul. Our team includes social media experts, digital specialists, creatives, strategists, analysts, and PR professionals who believe in collaboration to deliver high-value, high-impact communications and business solutions for our clients.

We have been honored with numerous awards, including PRovoke Global Agency of the Decade (2020), PRWeek Global Best Agency in Middle East (2020), PRCA MENA Large Consultancy of the Year (2019, 2021, 2022), and PRCA MENA Digital Team of the Year (2020, 2021). Weber Shandwick was also named to Ad Age’s Agency AList in 2020 and recognized as a Great Place to Work in UAE and Turkey in 2022.

Lead and develop social media campaign strategies to acquire target audiences and support brand and business objectives across the client's social media platforms.

1. Develop agency perspectives on how social and mobile drive brand marketing efforts.
2. Provide insights and direction to guide social media efforts and integrated marketing communication plans for clients.
3. Stay current on social media trends and experiment with new approaches to leverage social media for marketing objectives.
4. Define a strategic vision for social media's impact on client business.
5. Articulate and defend the rationale for social media tools and approaches to the agency team and clients.
6. Ensure strategic alignment across all parties involved in social media marketing efforts.
7. Manage integration of client teams with creative and account management teams.
8. Serve as the key contact and subject matter expert on social media developments.
9. Oversee quality production of social media work across agency and partners.
10. Identify themes across projects to address new challenges efficiently.
11. Provide insights into major brand campaigns for social and mobile optimization.
12. Understand and uncover client motivations and needs.
13. Deliver compelling presentations to influence and inspire stakeholders.
14. Identify and develop new business opportunities.
15. Lead and develop the social team, fostering growth and development.
16. Require 8+ years of experience in social media or related fields.
17. Possess strong communication, problem-solving, and presentation skills.
18. Have demonstrated ability to craft insightful creative briefs.
19. Remain flexible and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
20. Deep knowledge of digital and social campaign development, implementation, and sentiment tracking.
21. Stay informed about current trends in digital and social media.
22. Analyze data to generate insights for effective social media content creation.

Food Passion is a young Saudi collaboration of entrepreneurs in food and beverages, leading a culinary revolution in the Middle East. They are creators of Yaza Saudi Fusion, Brioché Gourmet Eatery, Mudakhan and many other innovative concepts. The company serves as consultants for food and beverage business development and concept creation.

This is a full-time on-site role for a Social Media Specialist at Food Passion in Jeddah. The role involves creating and managing social media marketing strategies, creating engaging content, and implementing digital marketing initiatives to enhance brand presence and engagement. In addition to analysing, reporting and presenting data.

• Social Media Marketing and Social Media Content Creation skills and publishing skills
• Digital Marketing and Marketing skills
• Ability to create engaging content
• Ability to copywrite in Arabic and English
• Ability to follow and understand trends and cultural movements
• Experience in brand building and online community engagement
• Knowledge of analytics tools for tracking social media performance
• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, or related field is preferred
• Design software knowledge and experience is preferred

• Manage Social Media Platforms
• Create and oversee content
• Analyse and report
• Campaign creation and Paid Ads

• Diploma/Degree or Higher
• Passion for Marketing
• Highly creative and autonomous
• Ability to multitask

• Experience in writing online content
• Additional languages
• Strong analytical skills

• Great team of smart people, in a friendly and open culture
• No waste of time in enterprise processes, real responsibilities and autonomy
• Expand your knowledge of various business industries
• Create content that will help our users on a daily basis
• Real responsibilities and challenges in a fast evolving company

Each employee has a chance to see the impact of their work. You can make a real contribution to the success of the company.

A full-time position
Attractive salary package.

Throughout the year.

Discounted Perks in Food Passion group and partners.

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We are a leading, full-service, integrated, communications and marketing services agency that delivers industry-defining work and next-generation solutions for brands, businesses and organisations. In the Middle East, North Africa & Turkey (MENAT region), our network comprises a hyper-connected, awardwinning network with a presence in 13 cities – including Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Kuwait, Doha and Istanbul. Our team comprises social media experts, digital specialists, creatives, strategists, analysts and PR professionals who believe in the power of collaboration to deliver high-value, high-impact communications and business solutions for our clients. By welcoming outstanding and diverse talents to our team, we complement our sector expertise with specialisms such as content, content production, creative design, creative technology, digital platforms, influencer marketing, integrated media, media relations, social strategy and engagement, strategic planning, and video productions. Weber Shandwick was honored as the PRovoke Global Agency of the Decade (2020), PRWeek Global Best Agency in Middle East (2020), PRCA MENA Large Consultancy of the Year (2022, 2021, 2019) and PRCA MENA Digital Team of the Year (2021, 2020). Weber Shandwick was named to Ad Age’s Agency AList in 2020 and Best Places to Work in 2019, in addition to being certified as a Great Place to Work UAE | Turkey (2022).

Role And Client Overview

Lead and create a plan for social media campaigns ensuring target audience acquisition and supporting brand and business objectives across the client’s social media portfolio.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop agency POV on how Social and Mobile drive Brand marketing efforts
• Provide direction and relevant insights to guide Social Media efforts and integrated marketing communications plans for the Client
• Reinforce Social Media expertise; stay current on changes in the Social Media space and experiment with new ways to leverage Social Media to achieve marketing objectives and goals
• Identify a big picture vision for what Social strategy can deliver for a Client's business
• Articulate and defend the rationale for recommended Social Media tools and approaches to the Agency team and Clients
• Ensure that all parties (including Social team, internal Client team, and relevant Partner Agencies / disciplines) are strategically aligned across all platforms to deliver the best Social marketing solutions
• Manage pod (Client teams) integration with Creative Directors and Account Managers
• Serve as the key point of contact and subject matter expert for Account teams and with key stakeholders on Social and Mobile developments to ensure we are providing Clients with the most up-to-date best practices
• Oversee the production of quality Social Media work across all Agency & Agency Partners and ensure that the work developed is at the standard expected by the Agency
• Identify similar themes across projects and Clients to efficiently tackle new challenges and identify clear paths forward
• Provide insight and expertise into major Brand campaigns to ensure that they are optimized appropriately for Social and Mobile
• Take a leadership role in understanding and uncovering Client motivations / needs
• Demonstrate expert presentation skills that help to change minds and inspire others
• Provide direction and vision for new opportunities in order to expand existing business
• Assume responsibility for the growth and development of the multi-disciplinary Social team
• Regularly provide feedback and create opportunities for individual team member growth and development
• 8+ years of experience in social media or a related field.
• Strong communication and problem-solving skill
• Excellent writing, presentation development and presentation skills directed towards internal and client stakeholders
• Demonstrated ability to craft insightful creative briefs that inspires creative teams and clients alike
• Ability to remain flexible / agile and manage numerous projects simultaneously
• Deep knowledge of traditional and digital / social campaign development, implementation and sentiment tracking
• Demonstrated knowledge of up and coming and current trends in the digital and social media space
• Ability to analyze data to unlock insights that will create memorable and effective social media content for the brand and nameplates

• Seniority level Director

• Employment type Full-time

• Job function Marketing and Sales
• Industries Non-profit Organizations

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