Save the Children’s Specialist, Social Media Engagement will contribute to social media strategy, supporter engagement and social content creation. This person will balance innovative storytelling, purposeful messaging, brand strategy and data-driven insights to deliver an impactful and engaging social presence, in support of the overall Save the Children marketing, communications and fundraising strategy and our broader mission. The role will focus on pre-planned and reactive content to join and lead existing social conversations around breaking news, current events and social trends.
Areas of Responsibility:
- Collaborating with communications, advocacy and policy teams to monitor breaking news, current events and social trends, using social media expertise to find opportunities for Save the Children to join the conversation (30%)
- Working with brand/creative team to plan, develop and share engaging, original content to post on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn and other emerging social platforms (30%)
- Tracking performance of social content using native platform analytics, various social listening tools and regular reports to inform strategy (15%)
- Working closely with stakeholders both internal (fundraising, talent, senior management) and external (corporate partners) to deliver on shared objectives (20%)
- Monitoring and managing brand reputation through social listening services, managing responses and proper escalation of comments and inquiries to appropriate personnel/departments; perform other duties as may be required (5%)
Educational Background:
High School or Technical/Vocational Degree
Skills/Experience:
- Minimum 3-5 years' experience in social media or digital content strategy/production
- Established short-form writer, capable of writing “in voice” and within brand guidelines, with knowledge of content/character limitations and best practices for primary public social networks
- Proven and demonstrated experience managing multiple simultaneous projects, priorities and deadlines
- Strong written and oral communications skills sufficient to effectively communicate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders and staff through all levels of the organization
Preferred Qualifications
- Journalism/communications background with excellent judgment and a keen interest in global and national news
- A passion for storytelling through powerful images, impactful videos and captivating words
- Knowledge of AP Style
Compensation/Benefits:
- Aetna Medical and Dental insurance with a concierge service
- Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
- Vision Insurance
- Life insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- Commuter Benefit Program
- Vacation and Sick leave
- Paid holidays
What makes us special!
- Generous Retirement Savings with matching company contributions of up to 8%
- Family Leave – 10 additional days of paid time off for you to use to care for your family members
- Additional Maternity and Paternity Leave – 30 days where parents can take additional paid leave (beyond short-term disability and FMLA) at the birth or adoption of a child during that critical first year!
- Critical Child Illness Leave – We hope you never have to use it, but we will provide an additional 30 days of paid leave per year should your dependent child be faced with a critical illness.
- Pet Insurance, Critical Illness Insurance, Identity Protection, Home, Auto and additional Life insurances
- Summer Fun Fridays – Early release at 1:30 pm on selected Fridays during the summer months.
- Volunteer Day – One paid day a year to support the causes that matter to you!
- Ergonomic Options – Every employee at our HQ offices has the option of a sitting/standing desk
- Leadership and Employee Development Training, including:
- Our remarkable in-house CORE, Senior Management Development, and Leadership Development Programs
- Language learning opportunities
- Continuous Improvement skill development programs
- Lunch and Learn information sharing sessions
- Work hard/Play hard! We make sure there’s ample opportunity for fun, engagement, and celebration while you work, such as networking events, March Madness, World Cup, Dodgeball Tournaments, Take Your Child to Work Day, Founder’s Day, and our annual Day of Service
Job Function:
Organization Info
Listing Stats
Post Date:
Sep 13 2019
Active Until:
Oct 14 2019
Hiring Organization:
Save the Children US
industry:
Nonprofit