Senior Social Media Manager

Salary: £48,000 - £51,000 per annum
Contract: Permanent, Full Time
Hours: 35 hours per week
Location: Stratford, High Flex
Closing Date: 01 November 2026 at 23:55
Recruitment Process: two competency-based interviews
First Interview: Week commencing 16 November 2026.
Second Interview: Week commencing 23 November 2026
Visa sponsorship: You must be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this vacancy.
Cancer Research UK is not able to offer visa sponsorship.

Shape the conversation. Inspire action. Help beat cancer.

Cancer Research UK is looking for an experienced and creative Social Media Manager to lead the planning, delivery and evaluation of impactful social media campaigns that support our brand, health information and science communications.
This is an exciting opportunity for a social media expert to play a key role in one of the UK's leading charities, helping us engage millions of supporters, patients, researchers and advocates across our social channels. You'll combine strategic thinking, creativity and data-driven insight to deliver campaigns that raise awareness, inspire action and support our mission.

About the Role

As Senior Social Media Manager, you will lead the planning, development and delivery of social media campaigns across organic and paid channels, ensuring content is audience focused, innovative and aligned to organisational priorities.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead social media campaigns supporting CRUK brand, science and health information priorities.

• Generate insights from social media data and reporting.

• Oversee paid social campaigns across Facebook, Instagram, X, LinkedIn and TikTok.

• Develop engaging audience-led content.

• Support issue and crisis management activity.

• Line manage, coach and develop team members.

• Deputise for the Head of Social Media when required.

About You

• Extensive social media marketing experience.

• Expert knowledge of social media and digital marketing trends.

• Strong analytical skills and advanced Excel capability.

• Experience using social listening tools such as Brandwatch.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

• Experience leading and developing high-performing teams.

There’s a place for everyone at Cancer Research UK. Our vision is to create a charity where everyone feels like they belong, benefits from and participates in, the work we do. We're committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential. 

We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures, in particular those from ethnic minority backgrounds who are currently under-represented, and believe that a diverse workforce will help us to beat cancer sooner. 

If you’re interested in applying and excited about working with us but are unsure if you have the right skills and experience we’d still love to hear from you. We don’t expect everyone to meet all of the criteria listed.

We want to see every candidate performing at their best throughout the job application process, interview process and whilst at work. We therefore ask you to inform us of any concerns you have or any adjustments you might need to enable this to happen by emailing us at [email protected]. 

Unfortunately, we are unable to recruit anyone below the age of 18, so that we can protect young people from health & safety and safeguarding risks.