Community Management
Senior · Social Media Manager · Remote · United Kingdom
- Company
- Packaged-food brand in baby care · 51–200 employeesCL-91239 · based in Southampton
- Where
- Remote · United Kingdom
- Format
- Regular role
- Time needed
- 3–8 h a week
- Start
- Starts within 2 weeks
- Level
- Senior · 5-10 years
- When you work
- Two set slots a week2 h a week overlap with UK time
The company is already looking at 5 profiles for this task. It is still open: new profiles are added to the shortlist until the company decides.
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About this task
This Packaged-food brand in baby care (51–200 employees) is looking for a senior Social Media Manager for an ongoing part-time engagement of 3–8 h a week. Replies to comments and messages in the brand's voice.
The team is stretched and wants steady, predictable help instead of another full-time hire. It sells consumer goods through retailers, so planning cycles run to a fixed monthly calendar.
The work is fully remote. Any location in United Kingdom works, with a few hours of overlap with the team's day. The work runs in two set slots a week, agreed with the team at the start. About 2 hours a week should overlap with the team's day (UK time).
What you deliver
- Respond to comments and direct messages daily within four working hours.
- A written update every Monday with what was done, what is next and anything blocked
- Questions collected in one thread, answered within one working day
- Work logged against the agreed list, so the company contact can see progress without a call
What a week looks like
- Daily: one hour at a time that suits you, inside the agreed window
- Wednesday: ten-minute sync if anything is blocked
- Monday: weekly summary posted to the shared thread
Duration: 6 months, then month by month. Accepted after the walkthrough. Edits requested within three working days are part of the price.
Tools
Who fits
- 5-10 years of hands-on work as a Social Media Manager, or the equivalent mix of roles
- Comfortable working in Sprout Social and Slack
- Your own work history stays private; the company sees a first name, your field and a rate
Nice to have
- Comfortable explaining numbers or decisions to a non-specialist reader
- A habit of asking one clarifying question early rather than five late
Not included
- Work outside the scope written in the brief; extra items are quoted separately
- Anything that needs a signature in your own name unless the brief says so
- Managing other contractors or employees
How you get paid
- The company prepays Deftridge before your first hour, so payment does not depend on a late invoice.
- Deftridge pays you in GBP after the company confirms the hours or the deliverable. The payment date is written in your task agreement.
- You work as an independent contractor: you report your own income, and your recruiter sends the statements your accountant needs.
- You never chase the company. Questions about money go to Deftridge.
What happens after you say you're interested
- Within one working dayA recruiter writes to you to confirm your hours and the rate you want.
- You agree the rateYou and the recruiter fix an exact rate inside the company's range. You decide whether to go ahead.
- With your written OKThe company sees the anonymous profile below. Most companies answer within three working days.
- StartYou sign the task agreement and the company's confidentiality terms through Deftridge, and begin on the date above.
What the company sees about you
First name, field, experience, tools and the hours you offer. Not your surname, your employer or your contact details.
- Experience
- 5-10 years in marketing & content
- Tools
- Sprout Social, Slack
- Offers
- 6 hours a week, weekday evenings
- Rate
- £24 an hour, agreed with the recruiter
How this rate compares
The midpoint of this range, £24 an hour, is above the median senior Social Media Manager rate in the United Kingdom (£23). The shaded band is the 25th to 75th percentile of the market.
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Questions about pay and privacy
The rules are the same for every task. Pricing explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; How it works covers matching, what the company sees and side work next to a job.
CL-91239 is the Deftridge code for this company. Its name is shared only after you agree to an introduction, and you decide whether to go ahead.