Social media manager recruitment agency
Social media is where your customers form an opinion of you before they ever visit your website. Cemoh matches Australian businesses with vetted social media managers who treat it that seriously — shortlisted to your brief within 48 hours.
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Hiring a social media manager
Recruiting a social media manager means finding someone who can set the strategy, make the content and read the numbers — three skills that rarely come in one cheap package. Cemoh vets for all three and shortlists proven social media managers within 48 hours.
The role has outgrown its 'just post something' reputation. Australian businesses now expect a social media manager to brief or shoot short-form video, manage community and paid amplification, and defend the channel's contribution commercially — a far more senior profile than the role attracted five years ago.
Part-time arrangements dominate here: one to three days a week covers strategy, content and community for most brands. Seasonal businesses often scale days up and down through the year, which an independent hire handles far better than an agency contract.
Typical day rate
$370–$800 a day, averaging $535 — see the Social Media Manager rate guide
What a strong social media manager delivers
- A social strategy with a commercial purpose
- Content planned, produced and published consistently
- Community management that builds real affinity
- Organic and paid social working together
- Reporting on growth, engagement and conversions
- + shaped to your brief
Flexible ways to hire a social media manager
Start with a freelance social media manager, scale to part-time, or recruit a permanent hire — whatever suits your team right now.
- Freelance Recruitment
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Whatever your needs are across the marketing spectrum – whether it be SEO, copywriting, videography, web development, graphic design, or something else – our marketing freelancers are up to the task.
✓ Project-based work
✓ Flexible arrangements
✓ Specialised skills
Get started - Part-Time Recruitment
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Our marketing experts can be hired on a part-time basis, helping you regularly with tasks or projects that demand a bit more time and consistency than a freelance gig but don't quite meet the need for full-time employment.
✓ Regular commitment
✓ Ongoing support
✓ Consistent availability
Get started - Full-Time Recruitment
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Is your marketing team growing, leading you to search for new talent? Recruiting a marketer on a full-time basis might be the solution, especially if you haven't been able to find the right candidate on your own.
✓ Dedicated resource
✓ Full-time commitment
✓ Team integration
Get started
Priced for speed and choice
The real value isn't the cheapest fee — it's a curated shortlist within 48 hours, drawn from Australia's largest pool of vetted marketers. Our pricing is simple and transparent.
Permanent placement
From 15% of first-year salary
For full-time hires. One transparent fee — your 48-hour shortlist of vetted candidates is included. Executive search and hard-to-fill roles may be higher.
Freelance & part-time
No placement fee
Engage a vetted marketer by the hour, day or project — you simply pay their rate. See our rate guide for typical market pricing.
No lock-in either way — start with a freelancer and move to a permanent hire only when it's working.
Featured social media managers
A sample of the vetted social media managers available through Cemoh.
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Christina Vitas
Social Media Manager
Christina helps mindful small and medium businesses build their social media presence and become visible with digital marketing.
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Alex Godde
Social Media Manager
Specialist Paid Ads Manager here to drive leads for your business!
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Mariana Groth
Social Media Manager
Highly Skilled Graphic Designer and Marketing Professional with Exceptional Management Abilities
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Asha Burnley
Social Media Manager
Experienced Social Media Strategist & Innovator Transforming Businesses Globally
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Bethany Taylor
Social Media Manager
Highly organised, motivated and friendly with a positive attitude, calm and composed under pressure.
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Sophia Martin
Social Media Manager
Communications specialist who can create and implement tailored, and engaging content across multiple platforms.
Why choose Cemoh for social media manager recruitment?
Australia's largest vetted talent pool
No one in Australia has a bigger pool of vetted marketers. Choose from 779+ experts — social media managers included — each screened by senior marketers before they join, so you get a genuine choice of social media managers, not whoever happens to be available.
We Know Marketing
Our team has decades of marketing experience. We are marketers ourselves, so we know exactly what a strong social media manager looks like — and how to match one to your business.
Flexible Hiring
No long-term contracts. Hire a social media manager full-time, part-time or on a project basis — and scale up or down as your business needs change.
Cost-Effective
Skip the agency markup. Get direct access to senior social media managers at a fraction of the cost of a full-time hire or traditional recruiter.
How much does a social media manager cost?Rated 5.0 out of 5 by our clients
"Cemoh have been my silver lining. I'm so grateful to have travelled this road with their patience and persistence."
Donna Smith
The Great Aussie Sweet Co
"It's so common to see self-proclaimed experts who lack the experience to get results. The team at Cemoh are the exception."
"Very responsive and they go above and beyond to make things work. Super attentive and proactive — I couldn't recommend their service more."
How Cemoh compares to a traditional digital recruitment agency
Same goal — the right marketer in your business. A very different way of getting there.
| Comparison area | Cemoh | Traditional agency |
|---|---|---|
| Choice of talent | Australia's largest pool of vetted marketers — 779+ to choose from | Limited to whoever they can source for the brief |
| Speed | Curated shortlist within 48 hours | Weeks of searching, advertising and screening |
| Ways to engage | Freelance, part-time or permanent — switch as needs change | Usually permanent placements only |
| Who does the vetting | Senior marketers — we vet on craft, not keywords | Generalist recruiters screening résumés |
| Marketing expertise | Run by marketers who know what good looks like | Recruiters, not marketers |
| Commitment | No lock-in — scale up or down whenever you need | Large upfront placement fee for a fixed, permanent hire |
Frequently asked questions about social media manager recruitment
Answers to common questions about hiring social media managers through Cemoh.
Will a social media manager create the content too, or just schedule it?
The profiles we shortlist can produce — shooting and editing short-form video on a phone, writing captions, designing simple graphics. For brands with heavier production needs we'd pair them with a content creator or designer, but a social media manager who can only schedule other people's work is a profile we screen out.
How many platforms should one social media manager run?
Two or three done properly beats six done thinly, and we'll say so during scoping. The right mix depends on where your customers actually are — LinkedIn for B2B, Instagram and TikTok for consumer brands, Facebook for local and community businesses — and a good manager will concentrate effort there rather than spreading it for coverage's sake.
How do I measure whether social media is working?
Pick the metric that matches the channel's job: reach and follower quality if social is your awareness engine, engagement and community health if it's retention, click-through and assisted conversions if it's acquisition. The managers we vet set this up front and report against it monthly, so you're never left judging the channel by likes alone.
How much does it cost to hire a social media manager?
Freelance social media managers on Cemoh typically charge between $370 and $800 a day, averaging around $535 — see our Social Media Manager rate guide for the live figures. For permanent placements, our recruitment fee generally starts at around 15% of the candidate's first-year salary.
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Get a curated shortlist of social media managers in 48 hours
Tell us what you need and our team will hand-pick a shortlist of vetted social media managers, usually within 48 hours.
- Australia's largest pool of vetted marketers
- A hand-picked shortlist within 48 hours
- Freelance, part-time or permanent — no lock-in
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