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Working closely with Brand Communications, agencies, creators and cross-functional partners, you’ll own the day-to-day social delivery plan, ensuring content is planned, briefed and executed effectively.\nYour Responsibilities\nTranslate the agreed Social and Brand Communications direction into clear quarterly and monthly delivery plans\nOwn and maintain an integrated social calendar across always-on content, campaigns, creator activity and earned-first opportunities\nBring Social into campaign and tentpole planning early, defining briefs, deliverables, timelines and asset requirements\nLead the day-to-day delivery of King’s owned social channels, with an initial focus on Candy Crush across Facebook and Instagram, ensuring activity is consistently planned, produced and delivered\nSupport social activity across other King titles and partnerships as Central Marketing priorities evolve.\nPlan, brief and coordinate platform-native content with our in-house Marketing Studio, agencies, creators and production partners\nWork with agency partners to develop and refine ideas, ensuring content is right for the brand, relevant to the audience and appropriate to each platform\nApply each brand's editorial framework and tone of voice consistently, while adapting content to platform behaviour and audience expectations\nReview content and provide clear, practical feedback on creative quality, platform fit, messaging and cultural relevance\nCoordinate approvals, scheduling, publishing, creator usage rights, whitelisting and paid amplification with the relevant teams\nWork with Earned, Partnerships and Creator leads to identify stories and content that Social can extend through conversation, participation or distribution\nMonitor platform behaviour, creator trends, cultural conversations and emerging formats, turning relevant opportunities into timely recommendations\nApply a strong understanding of US-facing social media culture and audience behaviour when developing and reviewing content.\nTrack results using Sprinklr, agency reporting and internal measurement tools, feeding relevant information to the team’s performance tracker.\nUse performance evidence to recommend what should continue, change, scale or stop, with a particular focus on engagement, reach, conversation and channel growth.\nMaintain clear workflows and communication across internal stakeholders and external partners, ensuring work moves forward effectively against multiple deadlines.\nSkills to Create Thrills\nHands-on experience managing organic social channels and a busy content calendar for a consumer-facing brand or agency\nStrong practical knowledge of Meta platforms and short-form social content, including what drives organic engagement, reach and conversation on each platform.\nStrong creative and editorial judgement, with an understanding of what makes content feel relevant, entertaining and native to different platforms\nExperience briefing and coordinating agencies, studios, creators or production partners from initial concept through to delivery.\nStrong organisational and project-management skills, with the ability to manage multiple deadlines, stakeholders and workstreams\nConfidence using social performance data and audience insights to improve content effectiveness\nStrong awareness of US social media culture, audience behaviour and relevant cultural moments.\nAn interest in entertainment, gaming, creators and popular culture\nBonus Points\nExperience working on social channels for an entertainment, technology, lifestyle or culture-led consumer brand\nExperience working across both agency and in-house environments\nExperience supporting social activity for more than one brand, product or audience\nPractical knowledge of TikTok, YouTube or other emerging social platforms\nFamiliarity with Sprinklr or a comparable social media management and listening platform\nAn understanding of how paid amplification, whitelisting and creator usage can extend organic social activity\nAbout King\nWith a mission of Making the World Playful, King is a leading interactive entertainment company for the mobile world with more than 20 years of history of delivering some of the world’s most iconic games in the mobile gaming industry, including the world-famous Candy Crush franchise, as well as other mobile titles such as Farm Heroes Saga. Around 200 million people play a King game every month. King, part of Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), has Kingsters in Stockholm, Malmö, London, Barcelona, Berlin, Dublin, San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles and Malta. 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