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We care and it shows. We pride ourselves on employing the leading minds in creative content and have offices in London, Hong Kong and Cape Town. What does it take to be a Cedar person? Talent, humanity and commitment – and a ‘Yes we can’ mentality our clients love. Sound like you? Then join us. We draw on the talents of the whole team, from the most junior to most senior, to deliver the exceptional. Together we produce fabulous multi-platform content with an unexpected twist – and always with a human touch.

But that’s enough about us. We’re not the point – you are.

Please look below for details of our current vacancies.

• Deputy Editor (Chinese) Hong Kong

  Silkroad is the inflight magazine for Cathay Dragon, the regional sister airline of Cathay Pacific. Silkroad is bilingual and is printed monthly.

  We are looking for a deputy editor to work on Silkroad. You’ll be working on a wide variety of articles covering travel, lifestyle, culture and entertainment. We’re looking for someone with excellent written Chinese skills, experience in translation from English to Chinese, and who delivers fast, accurate and clean copy. You’ll also be writing stories and be involved in generating ideas for the magazine on a regular basis.

  Cedar is aiming to be the number one branded content agency in Hong Kong. We have a robust creative culture and offer first-class salary and employee benefit packages. If you think this job is for you, contact Mark Tjhung at mark.tjhung@cedarcom.hk and we’ll supply the full job description.

• Social Media Manager London

  This is an exciting role for a true social media expert working on one of the UK’s biggest brands. You will be responsible for managing our engaged community on YouTube and Pinterest and work with key agency partners to deliver innovative social content across Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.

  You will be a social thought leader; be a brave social innovator and budding strategist, have an eye for detail in reporting and find the real customer truth in social insights. But most of all you will be passionate about the power of social content and how it can drive positive action in our customers.  

  REQUIRED SKILLS

  • At least 3 years of social media experience working with brands or at a content/social media agency
  • Understand customer needs and have a brave and bold attitude to social innovations
  • Thorough knowledge & practical experience of Social Analytics/Reporting & Social Listening Tools.
  • Experienced in managing and delivering social always on and campaign work
  • Be an expert in driving reach, engagement, improved brand metrics on social channels
  • Organised; able to think conceptually; deliver social insights and reports in simple and conversational language
  • Have big brand/client experience
  • Be a team player, self-starter, passionate about social and ready to own this job
  • Working knowledge of SEO and paid social essential
  • Excellent food/lifestyle/brand knowledge

  PRINCIPLE RESPONSIBILITIES

  CREATIVE

  • Manage multiple social media channels (with a focus on YouTube and Pinterest) with a consistent, on-brand tone of voice and strategic overview
  • Oversee Content and Social planning manager’s day to day management and moderation of the social channels and community
  • Work with the creative team to devise social campaigns and content; advise the team on best formats and innovations
  • Lead social planning on key brand campaigns in conjunction with relevant Account lead
  • Oversee content and social planning manager’s weekly reports and presentation. Lead quarterly and campaign based reports
  • Liaise with the teams to develop social assets; review content and ensure delivery
  • Review digital editor’s social copy ensuring these are keyword optimized and are truly conversational
  • Lead social media audits for campaign content and work with the campaign team to generate social media competitor reviews
  • Work with the editorial teams to identify and maintain relationships with key influencers in the social media space
  • The ability to work on multiple projects at any given time. Social lead on advising on channel & format best practice; with creative input.
  • Work across integrated food and lifestyle campaigns
  • Work with social platforms to trial new formats / formats in beta – be in the forefront of creative executions.
  • Shape social media TOV across our channels, ensuring it is real and conversational

  STRATEGIC

  • Work with the media buying agency to ensure content optimisation and the setting of KPIs that demonstrate the true value of organic content
  • Support Strategy team in developing and executing the strategic approach for our social media channels with a view to leading social strategy
  • Be the social media expert across formats, content and innovation during brainstorms
  • Provide social insights for campaign and always on strategy
  • Advise on developing a new measurement framework and help the team to deliver a distinct Cedar POV on the future of social content 

  SOCIAL AND TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

  • Create and maintain best practice documents on the main social channels and communicate these to the wider team on a regular basis
  • Ensure metadata and tagging on social assets is optimised
  • Be a social media thought leader for the business and client
  • Deep knowledge and practical experience of working with key social platforms including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, You Tube, Pinterest and LinkedIn
  • Be a social expert – have a good understanding of audience behaviours on key social channels, and recommend how content should respond to this
  • Help lead and maintain day to day relationships with social platforms
  • Pro-actively use search, social tools and trends data to identify new content opportunities
  • Liaise with digital team on the development of social apps where relevant

  CLIENT CONTACT

  • Work closely with the client and other agencies to manage social / content projects
  • Present social reports at client/inter agency session and be the voice of social expertise for Cedar at those sessions

   

  Please send applications to sharon.aneja@cedarcom.co.uk

• Senior Designer, Travel and Luxury London

  What we’re looking for:
  
  We are seeking an exceptional designer for our Internal Communications print titles. The role involves creating layouts, art directing photoshoots and commissioning illustrations and infographics, reporting to the Group Art Director.

  The ideal candidate will have:

  • • Previous magazine design experience
  • • An understanding of the production of editorial content
  • • Great attention to detail
  • • Ability to work to a tight schedule + effectively manage workloads
  • • Experience of Illustrator, Photoshop and Indesign
  • • An understanding of social media channels
  • • An understanding of digital channels

  
  SKILL REQUIREMENTS:

  • • Good/Excellent knowledge of InDesign
  • • Good/Excellent knowledge of Photoshop
  • • Good/Excellent knowledge of Illustrator
  • • Good/Excellent knowledge of Emagine

  
  KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
  
  1. Design

  • • Working with the Group Art Director to produce creative and innovative layouts for Cedar’s Internal Communications magazines.
  • • Creating briefs and commissioning illustrations
  • • Liaising with the Editor and Group Art Director on visual look of features
  • • Booking and briefing photographers and illustrators
  • • Organising commissioning forms and briefs
  • • Liaising with and briefing the picture editor

  
  2. Shoots

  • • Working with the Group Art Director and Editor on creative plans.
  • • Attending photoshoots and art directing shoots when appropriate

  
  3. General

  • • Attending team meetings to ensure up to date with all projects and opportunities.
  • • Suggesting new photographers, ideas and concepts.
  • • Working with the in-house production team, and printer to have imagery retouched and
    uploaded to the printer.

  
  Please send through all CVs, and portfolios, to Kris Short, kris.short@cedarcom.co.uk or Cath.Greenslade@cedarcom.co.uk with ‘Senior Designer’ in the email subject line. The closing date for applications is 30th April 2019.

We are always interested in hearing from talented people, so if you’d like to work with us but there’s no suitable role at the moment, just drop us a line with your CV to: Cath.Greenslade@cedarcom.co.uk

At Cedar, we have an underlying belief that our services should reflect the society in which we live. Be that Age, Disability, Education, Ethnicity, Gender, Gender identity, National Origin, Race, Religion or Belief or Sexual Orientation. 

Simply, we believe that Inclusion and Diversity makes for a more stimulating, creative and inspiring working environment, where people are treated with respect and can be comfortable being themselves. Embracing these different approaches and thinking helps deliver tangible and positive results for our clients' businesses.