EPISODE · Jun 11, 2025 · 22 MIN
How to become a social media manager: Building a career online
from Future You: achieve your career goals · host Prospects
This week, Emily Sherwin, social media lead at Jisc, chats about how she went from art school and Waitrose cheese counters to leading social strategy. We discuss agency vs in-house life, going viral in the early days, and why you don’t need to be an influencer to work in social. ⬇️ Connect with Emily Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/iamsherwin/ Learn more about being a social media manager: https://www.prospects.ac.uk/job-profiles/social-media-manager Explore being a digital marketer: https://www.prospects.ac.uk/job-profiles/digital-marketer Marketing, advertising and PR jobs: https://www.prospects.ac.uk/job-profiles/browse-sector/marketing-advertising-and-pr How to get into digital marketing: https://www.prospects.ac.uk/jobs-and-work-experience/job-sectors/marketing-advertising-and-pr/how-to-get-into-digital-marketing Leave us a review: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/future-you-achieve-your-career-goals/id1477627168 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3uXOufxy2nDl7BvnuAt655?si=68bf143ae52b4309 📝 Take the job match quiz: https://www.prospects.ac.uk/job-match 📩 Follow Future You on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/futureyou_pod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@futureyou_pod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@futureyoupod 📜 Transcript of this episode: https://www.prospects.ac.uk/podcasts/future-you-podcast-transcripts
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