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Senior Community Manager - Job Summary
Lead and deliver YouTube strategies for clients, driving channel growth, audience development, and creative optimisation while managing community engagement and mentoring junior team members.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and deliver YouTube strategies across multiple clients to drive channel growth and audience development
- Develop and implement YouTube-first approaches aligned with brand and social strategies
- Craft and optimise SEO-rich titles, descriptions, metadata, and tags for discoverability
- Establish and refine YouTube best practices for publishing, content optimisation, and community engagement
- Provide senior editorial leadership in ideation, creative briefing, and content planning
- Deliver platform-specific copywriting with attention to brand voice and keyword optimisation
- Oversee community engagement and moderation
- Manage editorial calendars and creative campaign delivery ensuring deadlines and quality
- Collaborate with creative and production teams on YouTube content design elements
- Analyze performance data and deliver strategic insights and recommendations to clients
- Research platform trends and apply innovations proactively
- Build trusted client relationships contributing strategic thinking and commercial awareness
- Mentor and develop junior team members in YouTube and community management
Requirements
- Proven ability to lead YouTube strategy with demonstrable channel growth and optimisation results
- Strong expertise in YouTube SEO, metadata, and analytics with measurable performance improvements
- Senior-level copywriting experience for YouTube and social platforms balancing creativity, brand voice, and keywords
- Solid understanding of social platforms with fluency in video-first formats like YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels, TikTok
- Exceptional client-facing skills and experience presenting strategies and results at senior level
- Excellent organisational, time management, and leadership skills managing projects and teams
- Proficiency in YouTube Studio, Creator Studio, and analytics/SEO platforms
- Strategic, creative, and analytical mindset with problem-solving and innovation abilities
- Passion for social culture with curiosity to stay ahead of trends and challenge conventions
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About 1000heads
site1000heads is a social transformation company that helps global brands adapt to rapid changes in media, technology, and culture by delivering social-first data, insights, strategic consultancy, and creative services worldwide.
What Our Employees Say
- Collaborative and creative work environment that encourages innovation. (www.1000heads.com)
- Opportunities to work with global brands and gain valuable industry experience. (www.1000heads.com)
- Commitment to diversity and inclusion through various initiatives. (www.1000heads.com)
Challenges You Might Face
- Fast-paced agency environment can lead to high stress and long hours. (www.glassdoor.com)
- Promotion and career progression may not be as structured as in larger organizations. (www.glassdoor.com)
- Some reviews mention a lack of formal training and onboarding processes. (www.glassdoor.com)