Social MediaManager

This is an incredible opportunity to join a leading global technology company that is shaping the future of digital experiences and education. We are seeking a talented individual to become the social voice for a globally recognized educational platform within the gaming sector. In this role, you will play a pivotal part in shaping how parents, educators, and players engage with groundbreaking educational content, driving awareness, fostering a vibrant community, and making a tangible impact on how learning is experienced worldwide.

As a key member of the marketing team, you will contribute to high-level planning around how our educational platform can use social media as a springboard for entirely new marketing initiatives targeting parents and significant educational outreach events. You will be instrumental in connecting business objectives with creative execution, ensuring our social presence is culturally relevant and highly engaging.

**Responsibilities include:**

* Lead social planning and execution for an educational platform within the gaming sector, ensuring alignment with broader brand voice, social strategy, and business objectives.

* Partner closely with product marketing and integrated marketing teams to understand priorities, timelines, and success metrics, translating them into effective social approaches and content plans.

* Serve as a strategic connector between business objectives and creative execution, shaping briefs and recommendations that enable the creative team to deliver culturally relevant, highly engaging social content.

* Maintain a strong pulse on culture, platform trends, and creator ecosystems, identifying opportunities to authentically connect cultural moments to educational campaigns.

* Perform day-to-day social operations, including content planning, calendar management, copy development, publishing, community engagement, and light moderation, ensuring a high-quality and consistent presence across channels.

* Create, curate, and elevate educational content at scale, highlighting creators, user-generated content, and community moments to drive engagement, discovery, and sustained interest.

* Track and interpret social performance across initiatives, contributing to campaign reporting and dashboards while using data and insights to optimize content and demonstrate impact against team goals.

* Manage content calendars, scheduling, communicating with stakeholders/partners, drafting copy, and posting on social media channels.

* Monitor analytics and reporting.

**Required Qualifications:**

* 4+ years public relations, marketing, community management, social media management, or communications experience OR equivalent experience.

* Demonstrated track record of staying at companies for a year or more in previous roles.

**Preferred Qualifications:**

* Bachelor's Degree in Marketing, Business, Journalism, Communications, or a related field.

* 1+ year(s) product-relevant industry experience (e.g., gaming, entertainment).

* 3-5 years of experience in social media strategy planning, goal setting, and implementation.

* 1-2 years experience in the education sector.

* Knowledge and experience with a specific educational gaming platform.

* Experience managing high volume social media channels for well-known video game publishers, video game equipment manufacturers, or similar organizations within/supporting the gaming sector.

* Exceptional knowledge of social media, including staying up to date with trends and knowing how to translate them to specific audiences.

* Ability to influence without authority.

* Competence with productivity suites and analytics tools (e.g., native social media analytics experience preferred).

* Copywriting experience for social media and an ability to easily adapt to tone of voice.

* Excellent data analysis and storytelling skills.

* Excellent project management skills.

* Ability to demonstrate social creativity with products.

Compensation is based on several factors including, but not limited to education, relevant work experience, relevant certifications, and location.

**About Aquent Talent:**

Aquent Talent connects the best talent in marketing, creative, and design with the world's biggest brands.

Our eligible talent get access to amazing benefits like subsidized health, vision, and dental plans, paid sick leave, and retirement plans with a match. We also offer free online training through Aquent Gymnasium. More information on our awesome benefits!

Aquent is an equal-opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. We're about creating an inclusive environment-one where different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, and everyone can contribute, grow their careers, and thrive.