Social Media Manager
Hire a social media manager who keeps your channels active.
Most business accounts go quiet for the same reason: posting is important and never urgent. A social media manager turns it into a routine. They plan a content calendar with you, schedule posts, reply to comments and send you a short report on what people responded to.
Free consultation. Working with businesses in the USA, UK, Canada, UAE and Australia.
What they do
What a social media manager takes off your plate
Content calendar
A simple plan for what goes out and when, agreed with you before the month starts.
Scheduling and posting
Posts are prepared in your tools and published on the days you chose.
Captions and copy
Captions are written in your voice and sent for approval before they go live.
Comments and messages
Questions and comments get a friendly reply, and anything sensitive is passed to you.
Light graphics
Simple graphics and templates are made to match your brand colours and fonts.
A monthly summary
A short note on which posts did well and what to try next.
How it works
How a social media manager's week can run
An example rhythm. Yours depends on how many channels you run and how often you post.
Monday
The week's posts are checked against the calendar and sent to you for approval.
Daily
Approved posts go out, and new comments and messages are answered.
Midweek
Ideas for next week are gathered from what is working and from your news.
End of month
A summary of results reaches you, with a proposed plan for the next month.
Software
Tools a social media manager can work in
Scheduling
- Buffer
- Hootsuite
- Later
- Meta Business Suite
Design
- Canva
- Adobe Express
- CapCut
Planning and teamwork
- Notion
- Trello
- Google Workspace
- Slack
Names show software your assistant can work inside, not official partnerships.
Who hires
Who hires a social media manager
Small business owners
You know you should be posting and never find the time.
Founders building a brand
You want a steady presence without making content your full-time job.
Agencies adding capacity
Client accounts need regular posting and you do not want to hire locally yet.
Vetting
What we look for in a social media manager
Everyone on your shortlist has been interviewed, skills-tested, reference-checked and English-tested. How vetting works.
Writing in your voice
Captions that sound like your business, not like a template.
Consistency
They post on the days agreed and flag problems early.
Good judgement on replies
They know which comments to answer and which to pass to you.
Experience with your channels
Familiarity with the platforms where your customers spend time.
Stays with you: A social media manager runs your channels to a plan you approve. Brand strategy, paid advertising budgets and public statements on sensitive topics stay with you.
Before you hire
Mistakes to avoid when you hire one
- 01
Giving away the main login
Add your manager through each platform's role settings with two-factor authentication instead of sharing your password.
- 02
No brand guide
Share colours, fonts, example posts and words to avoid, so posts feel consistent from the first week.
- 03
Judging by followers alone
Agree what success means, such as enquiries or replies, before the first month starts.
This page is for hiring one social media manager to run your channels. Our social media and marketing services page covers the wider set of support, including content creation, email marketing and Canva design.
They write captions and make simple graphics from your brand guide. More involved video or photography is usually supplied by you.
Yes. You stay the owner. Your manager is given access through each platform's role settings, and you approve posts that matter.
Most small businesses start part-time, from $700 a month. Several channels with daily posting and active community replies is closer to full-time, from $1,400 a month.
After a short consultation you meet three to five vetted candidates within 24 hours. You interview them, pick one and agree a start date.
Looking for the whole service rather than one role? Social media and marketing support services.
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