Social Video Director

 

Description:

Social Video Director

London (Hybrid)

We’re working with a large, well-backed media and content business investing heavily into video across social and digital platforms.

They’ve already built significant audience scale and are now focused on evolving their video output into a more structured, high-performing ecosystem across both short and long-form.

They’re hiring a Social Video Director to lead this next phase of growth.

The Role

You’ll define and lead the video strategy across social platforms: shaping formats, building a team, and creating a scalable content engine designed for audience growth and performance. You’ll sit across everything from content development through to distribution and optimisation, working closely with editorial, commercial, and production teams.

 

What you’ll be doing

• Defining and leading the overall video strategy across social platforms

• Identifying scalable formats, franchises, and content opportunities

• Overseeing all video output with a focus on performance, retention, and growth

• Developing repeatable content formats designed to scale across platforms

• Building and leading a high-performing video and production team

• Creating workflows, systems, and publishing cadence to support output

• Working closely with commercial teams on monetisation and partnerships

• Driving integration between short-form and longer-form content

• Using data and platform insights to continuously optimise performance

• Exploring new platform opportunities and evolving distribution strategies

 

What they’re looking for

• Strong experience leading video or content output at scale

• Deep understanding of social platforms and how content performs

• Experience building and managing content or production teams

• A track record of growing audiences through video content

• Strong editorial judgement combined with data-led decision making

• Commercial awareness and understanding of branded content

• Comfortable operating across strategy, content, and operations

• Experience working with talent, creators, or personality-led content

 

Why this role

• Opportunity to shape and lead a large-scale video content operation

• Backed by significant audience reach and resource

• High-impact role with real ownership and visibility

• Ability to build formats, teams, and long-term strategy from the ground up

• A chance to define how video evolves across a major digital business