No Job Listings Today Due to Labor Day

It seems odd that since it's Labor Day I'm not posting jobs, but it is what it is.

I hope everyone enjoys their day off and catch you back tomorrow.

Wednesday Words: Creative Commons

Finding images to use when creating graphics for social media can be challenging.  Copyright can often get in the way of a good idea - especially if you don't like being sued or getting take down notices when you've used an image someone else created or shot.

This is where creative commons can come into play and is very handy for anyone that needs to create graphics - not just for social media.  A non-profit organization, Creative Commons is dedicated to make it easier for people to share and build upon others' work while following copyright rules and regulations.

Creative Commons provides free licenses as well as other legal tools, to mark creative work with the freedom the creator wants their work to carry.  This allows others to share, remix, potentially use commercially (based on the license) or any number of these things to be used together.

There are a few other sites similar to this, including http://www.sxc.hu which has both free images that have various licensing rights as well as paid use images.

If you are looking images to use, whether it be for inspirational quotes, top 10 lists, or whatever floats your boat, check out Creative Commons and SXC.  They may have what you need.  Or you can try to take your own pictures and go from there.

Wednesday Words are a series of definitions released on Wednesday each week regarding a word found specific to Facebook's social media platform, or may be a generic word dealing with social media.  These definitions are to help provide you with a better understanding of common and uncommon terms associated with Facebook and social media.   You can find all the Wednesday Words by clicking on the Wednesday Words tag below.

Tuesday Tips: Take Advantage of Twitter Lists

If you aren't already familiar with Twitter Lists, perhaps you should be.

Twitter users can create, follow lists you or others have created, subscribe to lists or check Twitter Lists as you go about your day.  Twitter lists are used to create an easy way to find people and posts of similar interests.  If you are added to a list, you will get a Twitter notification that you've been added to someone's list along with who's list it is and what the list was for.

Personally, I've been added to Gaming, Ultima Online and Social Media Marketing lists because of the variety of things I post about.

Later this week, we'll have a Thursday Tutorial for how to create lists for yourself.

But I'm sure you're asking: what are lists for?

Well other than allowing you to easily follow postings on various topics, it allows you to easily find said posts and retweet them.  As you may recall, I strongly encourage folks to not only tweet, but retweet posts that would be of interest not only to you, but to your followers.  For example, I often retweet posts about social media when I find some that I think people who follow me would find useful - even if I don't necessarily follow the person who posted it - lists help with that.

If you haven't tried lists yet, there's no better time than now.  Good luck!

Tuesday Tips are a series of tips released on Tuesday each week regarding a hint or tip to help you manage and market your Facebook presence better.  You can find all the Tuesday Tips by clicking on the Tuesday Tips tag below.

The Monday Search: Job Listings Current as of 08/25/14

There are many jobs available out there for people knowledgeable about Social Media, but sometimes finding the job isn't easy.

Don't worry! Each week (when I have time) I will be featuring 3-5 jobs currently available as of Monday. Additional sites will be linked at the very bottom of the article and listed as sources. Other sites may be listed as well.

Northwestern University is seeking a Social Media Manager, Kellogg School of Management in Evanston, IL.

Responsibilities:
The Social Media Manager is responsible for developing and implementing Kellogg School’s social media strategies and marketing plans. He/she oversees Kellogg School social media activities, monitors and evaluates our online presence, and advises leadership on the effective use of social media for various developing and enforcing policies, introducing and refining processes, and evaluating tools and software. The Social Media Manager works with marketing and communication directors to incorporate social media into their broader plans. He/she works with the Kellogg community manager and content producers to help guide content creation and versioning, develop influencer strategies, and formulate test plans to optimize performance.  Reports to Director of Content Strategy.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in English, Journalism, Communications or comparable field.
• Six or more years’ experience in digital marketing, ideally in an integrated marketing environment
• Strategic thinker who can develop and manage strategies for multiple stakeholders
• Excellent communicator with editorial skills. Practiced at writing for web and social channels.
• Proficiency working with popular social media platforms and tools.
• Analytical skills to measure social media impact and determine actionable insights.
• Track record of implementing governance across a large, complex organization.
• Highly organized, detail-oriented and enthusiastic.

For more information: http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter-jobs/jobview.asp?joid=170381&c=jfbatl

Sk+g is seeking a Social Media Specialist in Las Vegas.

Responsibilities:
Ideal candidate who can hit the ground running with content and who can write web-specific (and who can write about a specialized trade company).

Must be skilled at writing for web, blogs and social media

Must be able to meet tight deadlines and turn around work with quick response times

Must be extremely detail oriented

Qualifications:

•  Knowledge of SEO optimization
• Microsoft Office (Excel, Word)
• Adobe Photoshop
• Knowledge of social media channels such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Google+ is a must
• 3+ years prior or equivalent experience

Bonus skills:

• Social media analytics and reporting
• Light HTML coding
• Background in transportation and/or app-based industries

For more information: https://www.creativemovers.com/job-post?jid=353

The Economist Group is seeking a Social Media & Community Management Associate in New York City.

Responsibilities:
The Social Media & Community Management Associate will assist in managing two robust online communities that are focused on GMAT test prep. Other responsibilities include executing Which MBA’s social media strategy across our Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, GooglePlus and blog channels as well as helping to oversee the launch of an online community the team is developing.

The position is ideal for someone who has experience tutoring others in English, math or test prep. An interest in the business school world is a plus.

The assignment will require excellent written communication skills, exemplary command of grammar, a love of writing and knowledge of online community management. Organization and attention to detail is a must.

Key accountabilities:

1. Posting on online GMAT/MBA forums and meaningfully interacting with others on the sites
2. Creating and posting engaging content for forums, social media pages and blog 
3. Assisting in launching and overseeing Which MBA’s community site

For more information: http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter-jobs/jobview.asp?joid=170323&c=jfbatl

Other listings:

• Media Bistro Job Listings (note not all the jobs listed here are social media positions):http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter-jobs/?c=stnav
• LinkedIn Social Media Job Listings: http://www.linkedin.com/job/q-social-media-manager-jobs and http://www.linkedin.com/vsearch/j?keywords=socialmedia+manager or http://www.linkedin.com/job/q-social-media-marketing-jobs or http://www.linkedin.com/job/q-social-media-strategist-jobs
• CareerBuilder: http://www.careerbuilder.com/Jobs/Keyword/Social-Media-Manager/
• Indeed.com: http://www.indeed.com/jobs?q=Social-media
• Simply Hired: http://www.simplyhired.com/k-social-media-jobs.html 

The Monday Search is a brief listing of jobs available for those in the social media marketing field. All jobs are found through internet searches and are just featured because they are of interest to me. Monday Searches will contain links to sites with other job listings in addition to the ones listed here.  If you are interested in having a Social Media job opening featured for your company, please send me a message via Facebook on my page or my profile.

Wednesday Words: Slide Share

A few months back you may have seen a slide show on Social Media I linked to via SlideShare - which is today's word.

SlideShare is a social network for sharing presentations and documents publicly or privately online.  These presentations can be favorited or even embedded in websites.  They can also be shared on other social networks.

SlideShare is great because anyone can view the slides (if their browser and software is up to date) and there is no need to have a program like PowerPoint to view them.

If you want to learn more about SlideShare and how to use it, click here.

Wednesday Words are a series of definitions released on Wednesday each week regarding a word found specific to Facebook's social media platform, or may be a generic word dealing with social media.  These definitions are to help provide you with a better understanding of common and uncommon terms associated with Facebook and social media.   You can find all the Wednesday Words by clicking on the Wednesday Words tag below.

Tuesday Tips: Communicate with LinkedIn Connections

If you're like me, you have a large number of LinkedIn contacts, some of whom are acquaintances, some of whom are co-workers, others who you've either made connections with or they connected with you for other reasons.  But what good are all those connections if you are a business owner, or in charge of your business' social media networking if you don't communicate not only with your connections, but with the connections to your business' LinkedIn page?

Big hint: it's no good if you aren't communicating with them.

Once a month, or so, you should send an LinkedIn email to those folks who may find something your business is offering useful to them.  Tell them about a project your company has going on, perhaps a promotional deal, etc.  And be sure to respond to anyone who responds with questions.  Sending emails is a great way to generate leads and potential sales.  Even though LinkedIn only allows you to send 50 emails at a time, it may be worth the effort to try to drum up some business by sending out a simple email to your connections.

The worst any of them could do is not respond or say no.

Tuesday Tips are a series of tips released on Tuesday each week regarding a hint or tip to help you manage and market your Facebook presence better.  You can find all the Tuesday Tips by clicking on the Tuesday Tips tag below.

The Monday Search: Job Listings Current as of 08/18/14

There are many jobs available out there for people knowledgeable about Social Media, but sometimes finding the job isn't easy.

Don't worry! Each week (when I have time) I will be featuring 3-5 jobs currently available as of Monday. Additional sites will be linked at the very bottom of the article and listed as sources. Other sites may be listed as well.

Achieveglobal is hiring a Social Media Coordinator in Tampa, FL.

Responsibilities:

• Writing social media optimized posts that provide exceptional content for the reader
• Inform customers/prospects of our products in a contextual way, engaging on an emotional, human level
• Demonstrate outstanding, error-free written communication skills, including the ability to master a variety of brand voices.
• Schedule social posts to coincide with weekly/monthly campaigns and initiatives, new product launches and industry announcements
• Moderate social platforms to encourage conversation, remove spam content, respond to reader questions and assist with customer service questions in a real-time fashion.
• Stay up to date on social platform developments and updates that occur often and without notice, such as Facebook algorithm changes as well as functionality updates on LinkedIn, Twitter, and others.
• Analyze social media engagement metrics, such as new user growth, fan likes, comments and shares, and report these numbers on a weekly basis
• Monitor, listen and respond to users in a “Social” way while cultivating leads and sales
• Develop and expand community and/or blogger outreach efforts
• Collaborate with our graphic designer to build social media assets (i.e.: Facebook Timeline cover, profile pic, thumbnails, ads, landing pages, Google+, YouTube, LinkedIn, Twitter profile, and blog).
• Extremely familiar with best practices of LinkedIn
• Compile reports for management showing results (ROI)

Qualifications:

• 1-2 years of Social Media experience, in a B2B environment preferred
• BA in Marketing, Communications, or Journalism     
• Excellent writing, language, and communication skills
• A team player with the confidence to take the lead and guide other employees when necessary.
• Makes evident good technical understanding and can pick up new tools quickly.
• Working knowledge of principles of SEO including keyword research. Highly knowledgeable in the principles of “Search and Social”.
• In-depth knowledge and understanding of Social Media platforms and their respective participants and how each platform can be deployed in different scenarios.

For more information: http://pcdcareers.com/united-states/other/social-media-coordinator-jobs?apstr=%26jobboardid%3D1184&ss=paid

Shyp is hiring a Social Media Manager in San Francisco.

Responsibilities:
The Social Media Manager will be tasked with developing and executing an integrated social strategy across multiple platforms to drive brand awareness, customer retention, and engagement for Shyp. You must be able to think outside the box to produce creative, original content, as well as use data to apply actionable next steps for Shyp’s online presence. You should have experience running best-in-class social media campaigns, understand the rapidly changing social media landscape, and will have a vision for success.

• Contribute to the development of the Shyp social media strategy and execute the strategy
• Develop engaging content for each social channel that supports company objectives
• Develop robust, integrated social strategies for fan acquisition and retention
• Develop and optimize paid social media campaigns for Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Google+, the company blog and other emerging social media platforms.
• Create, organize and manage social media editorial calendar
• Define and track KPIs for social media strategy
• Help establish a consistent voice for the Shyp brand on social media
• Facilitate collaboration with various teams and departments to address social media needs and requests

Qualifications:

• 4+ years of relevant experience
• History of demonstrating results via data-driven marketing campaigns
• Outstanding organizational, prioritization and time management skills
• Solid writing background; experience blogging and/or editing (grammar buffs wanted)
• Knowledge of SEM and online advertising is a big plus!

For more information: http://shyp.workable.com/jobs/15408

Samsung Electronics America, Inc. is seeking a Social Media Manager.

Responsibilities

• Create and curate Samsung brand content that tells the Samsung Story in ways that are as compelling and innovative as our products
• Oversee design of premium assets for social media
• Maximize social reach and effectiveness with an optimized communication strategy
• Execute and evolve community and social media influence outreach efforts, such as the Samsung Blogger Lounge at SXSW
• Listen to and engage with our consumers through our social communities
• Act as an advocate for Samsung at relevant conferences and events
• Monitor social media conversations while participating in reputation management
• Ensure that all Samsung social postings conform to established policies and guidelines
• Use analytic to optimize posting performance and drive community engagement and conversion
• Analyze Paid, Owned and Earned performance for social brand campaigns
• Monitor trends in the social media ecosystem and raise opportunities to evolve the platform
• Derive insights from social listening tools that inform future marketing efforts

Qualifications

• Demonstrated passion for social media (please provide profile links)
• Excellent creative and analytic skills with the ability to use both interchangeably
• Charismatic with excellent communication and writing skills
• Enthusiasm for technology products with strong understanding of trends in the consumer electronic industry
• Ability to work within a deadline-oriented and fast paced team environment, while also assuming leadership when appropriate
• Strong organizational skills
• Good technical skills with the ability to pick up new tools and ideas quickly
• Experience managing agency relationships
• Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing or related business discipline
• Minimum of 5 years of work experience in an interactive field required, specific experience in implementing social strategy, managing an online community, acting as a brand advocate.

For more information:  http://www.careerbuilder.com/jobseeker/jobs/jobdetails.aspx?sc_cmp1=js_jrp_jobclick&APath=2.21.0.0.0&job_did=JB73FL6S836H7YNHPYC&showNewJDP=yes&IPath=JRKV0E

Other listings:

• Media Bistro Job Listings (note not all the jobs listed here are social media positions):http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter-jobs/?c=stnav
• LinkedIn Social Media Job Listings: http://www.linkedin.com/job/q-social-media-manager-jobs and http://www.linkedin.com/vsearch/j?keywords=socialmedia+manager or http://www.linkedin.com/job/q-social-media-marketing-jobs or http://www.linkedin.com/job/q-social-media-strategist-jobs
• CareerBuilder: http://www.careerbuilder.com/Jobs/Keyword/Social-Media-Manager/
• Indeed.com: http://www.indeed.com/jobs?q=Social-media
• Simply Hired: http://www.simplyhired.com/k-social-media-jobs.html 

The Monday Search is a brief listing of jobs available for those in the social media marketing field. All jobs are found through internet searches and are just featured because they are of interest to me. Monday Searches will contain links to sites with other job listings in addition to the ones listed here.  If you are interested in having a Social Media job opening featured for your company, please send me a message via Facebook on my page or my profile.