Senior Social Insight Analyst - Contract

SALT is looking for an experienced social-listening and digital-insights specialist who can manage a global team of 8 freelance analysts and deliver insight projects end-to-end at pace.

You'll be the single point of accountability for turning stakeholder questions into data-driven stories that shape brand, marketing and product decisions across multiple markets.

• Immediate start, 6-month contract
• £200 per day, outside IR35
• Hybrid working in London (not negotiable)

What You'll Do:

• Translate briefs into clear analytical workstreams and realistic timelines
• Plan, allocate, and track tasks for a distributed freelance team spanning several time zones
• Enforce quality-control checkpoints and keep everyone on track
• Build, refine, and QA Boolean queries in platforms such as YouScan
• Combine social-listening data with web & campaign analytics to surface integrated insights
• Blend quantitative signals with qualitative narratives to answer 'why' as well as 'what'
• Coach freelancers on best practice in social data, coding queries, and visualising results

What you'll need:

• Strong experience in digital insights and social-listening, ideally in fast-moving, multinational environments
• Proven track record of leading teams and juggling multiple concurrent projects under tight deadlines
• Comfortable crafting both quantitative analysis and qualitative insight
• Strong PowerPoint skills, and a knack for clear, compelling data storytelling