Social Content Manager

Who are we?

Zespri is more than simply the world's single-largest marketer of kiwifruit. We like to think of ourselves as fruit on a mission and as rebels with a cause: to help people, communities and the environment around the world thrive through the goodness of kiwifruit. We are proudly the world's largest marketer of kiwifruit, selling kiwifruit in more than 50 countries. We work with around 2,800 New Zealand and 1,500 international growers and post-harvest companies to source the best-quality Zespri Kiwifruit which we supply through our distribution partners to wholesale and retail customers. We are one of New Zealand's best-known international brands, dedicated to creating sustainable long-term value for growers.

What's the role?

Based in Shanghai & reporting to Senior Marketing Manager, the Social Content Manager will upgrade Zespri's communication capability on key digital platforms in China, developing brand recognition strategy, product recommendation and increase consumer engagement.

Key responsibilities include:

• Develop long term and short term plan for both RED and Douyin, including social content strategy and implementation plan in line with overall brand communication strategies 
• Develop social seeding agency pool and working process with right mix of social seeding capability/KPI management and service quality.
• Develop social KOL strategy, manage KOL pool with right processes and data tools under aligned guidelines with effectiveness and efficiency.
• Lead day to day work of social content and KPI management with social seeding agency, including execution, tracking and performance optimization at timely manner.
• Collaborate with campaign communication team to support campaign landing through KOL seeding during campaign period, to ensure smooth content connection and execution quality
• Collaborate with internal cross function teams to build full loop model of content-to-conversion with solid data and KPI guideline in order to maximize the scalability of brand to business digitally 
• Provide regular report to broad commercial team with KPI delivery, insights obtained, and deployment plan to keep a virtual cycle of performance enhancement over time. 
• Lead the innovation practice and culture of both internal team and external partner, keep up to date the most uptrends of China market best practices in a regular frequency
• Budget management across A&P planning, spend and KPI tracking

Who are you?

This role is a critical part of Zespri’s digital marketing capability, and will thrive to introduce innovative social content best practices from the market. The successful candidate will have:

•  5+ years’ experience in brand communication specialized in social marketing in FMCG multinational company or top tier content & commerce platforms/agency
• Strong brand team experience 
• In-depth knowledge of digital landscape 
• Deep understanding of the mechanism and interaction of each key social platform
• Strong KOL/influencer and content marketing experience
• A spirit of collaboration, integrity & ownership
• Be a strong team player
• Excellent written and spoken English skills due to the nature of  the job
• Holds a Bachelors degree 

Why Zespri?

Our people are what makes our culture so irresistible and uniquely Zespri. We are a passionate and mighty team of 850+ employees in 23 different locations globally. Working at Zespri is an opportunity to join a fast-paced, culture-driven environment unlike any other. We want people who share our values of being personally connected, results-driven, and committed to guardianship. Join us in shaping our future and be part of a truly unique organisation.

• Competitive overall remuneration package
• FlexWELL flexible work ethos; WFH & the office.
• Additional paid annual leave day per year (Zespri Day).
• Global Life and Permanent Disability Insurance.
• Group Medical Insurance benefits.

Apply Now! Applications close 10 May 2024

At Zespri, we understand the importance of diverse perspectives and experiences, and a fair hiring process is the first step to getting there. We want to attract a diverse range of people and encourage everyone from all backgrounds and walks of life to apply. Please let us know if you need any assistance or reasonable adjustments to take part in the recruitment and selection process by reaching out to our Talent Acquisition team via email at careers@zespri.com.