Marketing & Communication
Associate Consultant - Social Media Operations and Marketing Excellence
Job Description

Job Role Description

Are you motivated by hands-on social media work and eager to help a global brand connect with its communities across digital channels? Join us in pioneering smarter solutions for moving and transforming water, reducing energy consumption, and improving quality of life. 

As our new Associate Consultant – Social Media Operations and Marketing Excellence, you’ll play a key role in daily social media operations while supporting colleagues across a global, stakeholder-heavy organisation. The role blends execution with growing exposure to consultancy, helping strengthen processes, governance, and performance across digital channels. You’ll join a diverse, supportive culture that prioritises growth, well-being, and belonging. 

What you will be doing 

As part of the Marketing Excellence team, you’ll help optimise Grundfos’ social media channels by enabling colleagues to use social media more effectively, strengthening community engagement, improving governance, and turning data into actionable insights. 

Your main responsibilities include: 

  • Managing daily social media operations and community engagement, including content approval and platform maintenance 
  • Supporting marketing teams and content creators to ensure alignment with governance, strategy, and policy 
  • Supporting adoption of processes, platforms, and governance frameworks for efficiency and scalability 
  • Analysing performance and social listening insights, translating findings into recommendations for content and paid media 
  • Developing and delivering training e.g. communities of practice, on-demand resources, and seminars 
  • Researching best practices, benchmarks, and trends to improve social media and cross-channel communication 

What makes you a great fit 

You bring hands-on social media experience, a structured approach, strong communication skills, and a service minded-approach. You’re motivated by understanding how social media drives business impact. 

We expect you have: 

  • A bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communication, Digital Media, Business, or similar — or equivalent experience 
  • 0–3 years’ experience in social media operations, digital marketing, or marketing operations 
  • Solid understanding of social media performance and best practices, including alignment with brand guidelines for messaging, visuals, and tone of voice 
  • Strong empathy and professionalism when handling requests and feedback 
  • Strong written and verbal English skills, able to convey insights clearly 
  • Foundational knowledge of related areas such as paid media, SEO, and campaign planning 

It’s a plus if you also have: 

  • Experience in a matrixed or stakeholder-heavy organisation 
  • Experience with social media management platforms (e.g., Sprinklr, Hootsuite) 
  • Exposure to B2B marketing or professional brand environments 

Why you will love working here 

You can look forward to: 

  • A flexible working environment with home-working options and parental support 
  • Annual bonuses, health insurance, and strong well-being initiatives 
  • Three additional paid volunteering days 
  • Access to on-demand training and structured development programmes 
  • We are inclusive and celebrate differences, helping us see new possibilities. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and abilities. 

Ready to unlock possibilities at Grundfos? Apply today! Follow us on LinkedIn or visit grundfos.com 

Information at a Glance

Job details

Workplace:  Hybrid (office and home-working)
Job Location:  Budapest, Pest, Hungary
Contract Type:  Full-Time
Employment Type:  Regular

About Grundfos

Grundfos is one of the world’s leading water technology companies with more than 19.000 employees in 60+ countries all over the world. Our skills commit us to pioneering solutions to the world’s water and climate challenges and improve the quality of life for people. We dare to do things that others cannot or dare not do, as we believe innovation is not only a business opportunity, but an obligation. And what really matters to us is not short term profit, but the impact we make. By becoming part of our united powerful team, you too can drive this change no matter your role.

An inclusive team

We believe that the key to a work environment, where employees thrive and grow, is our ability to celebrate and value our differences in background, experiences and perspectives. In our recruitment process we welcome all professional people without consideration of age, colour, gender identity, national origin, physical or mental disability, ethnicity or religion.

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