Associate Editorial Director

The Opportunity

Are you obsessed with music culture and how it plays out across social? Do you know what great looks like on every platform, and how to scale it across markets without losing what makes it land? Can you lead teams, shape strategy and still obsess over the details? We Are Social is looking for an Associate Editorial Director to join the team here in London. This is a senior, hands‑on leadership role overseeing the output across multiple European markets on a major global entertainment account. You’ll sit at the intersection of strategy, creativity and execution, translating a central vision into best‑in‑class social content that performs locally and consistently across regions. Working closely with the central team, you’ll help define how the brand shows up across platforms, then ensure that vision is delivered seamlessly across markets. From shaping strategy decks to overseeing daily publishing, you’ll keep everything moving at the speed of social.

We’re looking for someone who is a systems thinker and cultural expert who can bring clarity and ambition to a fast‑moving, multi‑market account, while confidently leading teams and stakeholders at every level.

What You’ve Delivered Elsewhere

• Successfully collaborated with centralised teams to integrate brand needs, platform opportunities, and market nuances into actionable content strategies.
• Delivered clear, actionable strategic outputs for stakeholders, utilising master decks and simplified summaries to ensure full understanding.
• Established comprehensive guidelines and frameworks that enabled multiple teams to consistently deliver high‑quality work at scale.
• Ensured all produced content maintained alignment with strategic direction and creative ambition, meeting consistently high editorial standards across all outputs.
• Led and managed editorial output across multiple markets, achieving strong creative consistency, tone of voice adherence, and successful adoption of all central content franchises and growth strategies.
• Served as the critical conduit between central leadership and market teams, establishing consistent and clear two‑way communication channels.
• Successfully balanced global vision with local cultural insights, ensuring market teams delivered content that was both locally relevant and strategically aligned.
• Introduced structure to complex, multi‑workstream accounts, accelerating team alignment and overall pace of delivery.
• Applied extensive knowledge of social channel trends, formats, algorithm shifts, and audience behaviours to inform content creation.
• Delivered content that consistently achieved best‑in‑class social performance outcomes.
• Proactively identified emerging trends and rapidly translated them into clear, actionable creative briefs and campaign opportunities for content teams.
• Managed global content calendars and publishing systems, resulting in high consistency, accuracy, and clear visibility of content across all markets.
• Designed and implemented efficient, streamlined workflows that significantly improved team operations and maximised creative output.
• Collaborated successfully with paid media and influencer teams to substantially amplify content impact through strategic boosting and creator partnerships.
• Maintained comprehensive oversight of all content concepts, decks, and publishing plans, ensuring timely and compliant approvals.
• Served as the primary point of contact for client stakeholders, consistently fostering and maintaining strong, trusted working relationships.
• Successfully presented complex work, updates, and strategic thinking to senior stakeholders with clarity and confidence, securing buy‑in for key initiatives.
• Streamlined feedback loops, ensuring rapid responses while meticulously maintaining the integrity of the core creative and strategic direction.

What Else Are We Looking For?

• Significant experience in social or content leadership roles, ideally within entertainment, music or culture‑led brands.
• Proven ability to lead multi‑market or large‑scale content programmes.
• A systems‑oriented mindset – someone who can build structures that enable creativity at scale.
• A confident leader, comfortable managing up, down and across teams in fast‑paced environments.
• Deep understanding of social platforms, content formats and audience behaviours.
• A strong strategic thinker who can translate vision into clear execution.
• Highly organised, able to manage multiple workstreams while staying calm under pressure.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with experience presenting to senior clients.
• A data‑informed approach, using insights to guide decisions and improve output.
• Someone deeply embedded in music, podcast and internet culture, with a constant curiosity for what’s next.

Culture & Values

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion runs in the water here at We Are Social. We are transparent about the changes that are needed, we are focused on making real strides, both internally and in the industry, and we strive to truly be a workplace that represents, supports and advocates for all backgrounds. Our Charter for Change in the UK can be found here which details our focus areas across People, Work and Culture in 2026. Inclusion at every level is crucial to creative innovation and success, and we want to create a workplace where everyone feels a sense of belonging. We welcome and encourage talent from all backgrounds and are committed to creating a representative team that can deliver creative excellence.

If you require any support, adjustments or accommodations for any reason whatsoever during the recruitment process, please let us know via recruitment@wearesocial.net.

Benefits

• 25 days holiday
• Pension scheme and life assurance
• WAS Passport and Work From Anywhere schemes for global collaboration