Junior Social Media Analyst

🇿🇦 Up to ZAR 350,000 salary on a full time, permanent employment contract 
🌎 Fully remote working from anywhere in South Africa!
🏖️ 33 Days Paid Leave and Benefits
✨ Working with globally recognisable brands in US Entertainment  
💻 High-end, fast computer  
💡 All the latest software and productivity tools you’ll need 

At Storm Ideas, we supercharge the digital presence of some of the biggest names in US TV and entertainment. Since 2008, our international team has delivered bold, forward-thinking solutions for globally recognised clients. Whether we’re building innovative products, producing high-impact social content, or designing smarter ways for our partners to work—we’re right at the cutting edge of creativity, technology, and automation.

Embracing Future-Facing Technology

Emerging technologies like Artificial Intelligence present exciting opportunities for us and our clients. As the world adapts, we’re committed to safely exploring the potential advantages of AI, integrating it thoughtfully into our work where possible, and one day guiding our clients through new possibilities when they’re open and ready for them. By tapping into our creativity, expertise, and collaboration, we aim to embrace its potential together. Our vision relies on people who are curious about this technology and excited to take on this challenge!

Collaborating with fellow analysts and other internal teams, you’ll take part in:

• Contributing to a variety of client-facing insights reports  

• Gathering and analysing performance data from social media networks, in accordance with our processes  

• Developing a mastery of a variety of analytics tools, including Sprinklr, Sprout Social, Meta Business Suite and YouTube Studio  

• Creating visually appealing and consistently designed reports and presentations  

• Generating content and strategy recommendations from data analysis of our clients' social accounts 

• Compiling those recommendations into a written format to be shared with external stakeholders 

• Continuously looking for areas of improvement and working with the team to improve the overall quality of our reports and provide more value to our clients  

• Updating and maintaining documentation on our reporting processes  

• Following client and competitor accounts on social media to better understand effective social media strategy 

• Excellent numeracy skills and ability to analyse data quantitatively and qualitatively 

• Social media experience is a plus, but not a necessity if you're interested in learning about the industry  

• Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills  

• Excellent written and communication skills 

• Unparalleled attention to detail  

• Ability to prioritise workload and complete tasks to deadlines 

Nice to Haves: 

• Experience in creating and executing on social media performance reports 

• Experience with 3rd party social analytics tools, such as Sprout Social, Sprinklr, Social Insider 

• Experience with the social networks’ native analytics tools, such as Facebook Creator Studio, YouTube Studio, TikTok Analytics 

Cutting-Edge Tools & Tech 
Work with the latest hardware and software—Windows or Mac—so you're always set up to succeed. 

Ideas Welcome, Always 
We don’t just say we’re open to ideas—we act on them. Your insights can shape how we work across the company. 

Fast, Agile, Adaptive 
We move like a start-up but with the backing of a larger team. Quick decisions and a responsive culture are the norm. 

Incredible Team, Global Reach 
Join an international crew of 175+ passionate, talented people. We hire for skill, drive, and authenticity—just be yourself.

Remote-First & Flexible
Fully remote within South Africa. Our usual working hours are between 9am and 5.30pm GMT, but we offer flexible working arrangements with start times from 8 am GMT and end times up to 7 pm GMT.

IMMEDIATE BENEFITS 

• 33 days’ holiday 

• High end laptop - macOS or Windows! 

• Top of the range monitors, headphones, keyboard, mouse and gel rests 

• Paid training to further your skills 

AFTER 3 MONTHS 

• Up to £700 (or currency equivalent) to spend on a chair, desk or any other necessary workspace equipment to kit out your home office. 

• £750 (or currency equivalent) budget every two years to choose your own mobile phone + monthly mobile contract paid for 

AFTER 1 YEAR 

• Performance driven annual bonus of up to 100% of monthly salary

First, you will receive questions to self-record a video response. 

We will then invite you to an interview (60 minutes via MS Teams). During the meeting, Vanessa, our Social Media Analytics Manager, will get to know you and try to understand if you’d be a good fit for the role, and at the same time answer all your questions.  

After the initial interview, you may be sent a short reporting task to complete (if you're open to it).  
 
And that’s it!