Social Media Manager (6-Month Contract)

About the role

Tahaluf, a joint venture between Informa PLC, SAFCSP and the Events Investment Fund, is the largest B2B live and on-demand events organiser in Saudi Arabia. It is looking for a Social Media Manager for a 6-month contract, based in Riyadh and able to be performed remotely. The role combines agency management with hands-on delivery: briefing, directing and quality-controlling external agencies and creators, while owning strategy, boosting, community and performance in-house.

Key responsibilities

• Manage the day-to-day relationship with social and creative agencies: briefs, creative direction, feedback, sign-off, workflows, calendars and deadlines, and quality control of brand voice, visuals and accuracy
• Review agency performance against KPIs, decide what moves in-house, and brief internal designers and videographers
• Set and run social campaigns aligned with marketing strategy and event milestones, including short-form video (Reels, TikTok, Shorts)
• Write and edit English copy (Arabic a strong advantage) and deliver live event coverage
• Plan boosting and paid amplification, manage budgets and audience targeting, and retarget engaged audiences
• Schedule and post content, respond to comments and messages, grow the community, work with influencers and advocate speakers and employees, and curate user-generated content
• Track and report monthly metrics (reach, engagement, follower growth, traffic, conversions) and use social listening and market research

Required profile

• 4 to 5 years of experience in social media marketing, with experience managing external agencies or creative teams
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• Hands-on experience with LinkedIn, Instagram, X, Facebook, TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube
• Proven experience running boosted and paid social campaigns, including Meta Ads Manager or LinkedIn Campaign Manager
• English fluency essential, Arabic an advantage

Required skills

• Experience with scheduling and analytics tools such as Sprout, Hootsuite or native tools
• Strong creative judgement to brief, critique and improve agency work

The role is a 6-month contract, can be done remotely, and relocation or sponsorship support is not provided.