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Social media managers communicate with organisations’ customers and clients through social media channels.
Some employers may expect you to have a degree in a relevant subject, like:
You'll usually need 2 to 3 A-Levels, or equivalent, for a degree.
You'll usually need 5 GCSEs at grades 9 to 4 (A* to C), or equivalent, including English and maths, for a Level 3 apprenticeship. You'll need 4 or 5 GCSEs at grades 9 to 4 (A* to C) and A levels, or equivalent, for a higher or degree apprenticeship.
Volunteering
You could get experience by volunteering to manage a charity's social media channels. You could also show that you understand and know how to use social media by: managing your own social media profiles, setting up and writing your own blog, and tracking its use and popularity, or getting involved in social media for the company you already work for. You could also keep up to date by joining webinars about social media trends.
You'll need:
Your duties may include:
With experience, you could move into managing social media for larger companies or progress to a senior or head social media manager job. You could also become an online digital community manager, acting as a link between consumers and businesses supplying online products. For example, working with gamers and games developers in the online gaming community.
Information scientists manage an organisation's information resources and make sure it's all readily available.
Indexers build up lists of searchable terms for things like books, magazines, reports, websites and photographic collections.
Digital delivery managers are responsible for the performance of a team and the digital products and services they produce.
UX designers use research to understand their users and create websites, applications and software to meet their needs.
Technical architects help plan, design and build IT systems for clients.
E-learning developers create course materials that can be studied on a computer network or online.
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