The Monday Search: Job Listings as of 05/18/2015

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.

Here are this week's job listings I found interesting:

An Unnamed Non-Profit Foundation is hiring a Social Media Manager in New Canaan, CT

Responsibilities:

• Drive the development and execution of a complete social media strategy in a timely, effective and collaborative manner, with a focus on measurable results and an eye toward building a positive and recognizable brand.
• Collaborate with the various program directors to ensure consistency of strategy and messaging for all social media activity across the foundation’s key initiatives.
• Respond to user inquiries in a gracious and informative manner. 
• Leverage a social media structure to help implement initiative-specific social media strategies and drive engagement across platforms.
• Manage the Foundation’s presence on its website, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and other social media sites; seed content onto social applications as needed. Create a sense of community with presence.
• Analyze, review and report on the effectiveness of website, as well as social media tactics and strategies.
• Identify cutting-edge interactive tools and techniques to help support key initiatives and advance programs in the area of nature, arts, social justice, faith, and community.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree required, advance degree a plus
• 3-5 years of business experience with an emphasis on developing and implementing digital/social media strategies for companies and/or brands 
• Previous success at establishing credibility with a high-performance leadership team and an ability to tie efforts to overall goals and objectives. Effectively providing advice, counsel and coaching to senior executives on how to be more digitally savvy.
• Experience in all facets of digital media, including data gathering, analytics, technology and advertising.
• Strong track record of professional engagement in social media and online communities of all types.
• Highest level of integrity defined as being incredibly ethical, professional, responsible, truthful, at the same time having a reputation for being authentic, honest, and fair in everything s/he does 
• Action-oriented, entrepreneurial, adaptable, and innovative approach to social media planning
• Ability to work effectively in collaboration with diverse groups of people
• Ability to make decisions in a changing environment and anticipate future needs

For more information: http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter-jobs/jobview.asp?joid=180421&page=1

Momentum Factor is hiring a Social Media Specialist in Austin, Texas

Responsibilities:

• Daily engagement with our clients and their communities
• Create excellent social media content
• Contribute to creative brainstorming sessions for social campaigns
• Content curation, creation and management
• Keep an organized and well planned out social media calendar
• Contribute to our client's Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, G+, blogs and other platforms as they arise
• Have some knowledge of analytics using Social Reporting tools
• Strong work ethic

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree.
• Some client service/project work.
• 3+ years real world work experience.
• Excellent references.
• Experience managing social platforms professionally.
• Good command of online and social tools (Hootsuite, Pages, all the social networks).
• Strong graphic design skills (i.e. Photoshop).
• Excellent writing and communications skills.
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• Passion to produce great work.
• Hunger for learning and coaching.
• Open-minded, easy to work with, and fun to be around.
• Organized and have good attention to detail.
• Positive mental attitude and energetic personality.
• Team player willing to do what it takes to make our clients successful.
• Big picture thinker who also enjoys the day-to-day action of managing multiple projects.

For more information: http://www.indeed.com/cmp/Momentum-Factor/jobs/Social-Media-Specialist-efba95a272242697

IMRE, LLC is hiring a Social Marketing Senior Program Manager in New York, NY

Responsibilities:

• Develop and concept strategic social marketing plans
• Provide strategic support to new business and service-development activities
• Manage monitoring and reporting for multiple accounts across all business units
• Manage the workflow, professional development and responsibilities of cross-functional Social Marketing team members

Requirements:

• Writing and concepting creative content across social channels
• Creative concepting and strategic planning for the development of social campaigns
• Leading the development of research methodologies to inform strategic planning activities
• Strategic planning and execution of paid social campaigns
• Relationshipping with social influencers
• Applying knowledge of emerging trends and technology to programs
• Experience in regulated industries (Healthcare, Financial services preferred)
• Storytelling through the use of data and research
• Agency experience or global Fortune 500 brand experience preferred

For more information: http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter-jobs/jobview.asp?joid=180436&page=1

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: Women.com

Women.com is a social media platform that is different from all the others we've talked about in the past few weeks. It is a site just for women where women can ask and answer questions amongst themselves.

I registered when it was still in beta and found it interesting and I'll be honest, I read more than I participated, but I think that will change as it continues to grow.

Similiar to reddit, Women.com hosts AMAs where participants can ask certain folks anything they want answered.

If you're interested in learning more, check out www.women.com. It's not really open for social media marketing, but it's a good place to be to get other questions answered.

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: Know Your Goals, Make a Plan to Achieve Those Goals

“Identify your goals, then make a plan!”

Ashley Taylor Anderson, Marketing Manager, SinglePlatform

@SinglePlatform

This advice applies to everything, not just social media, but I figure we'll look at it from the perspective of tips for social media since a marketing manager mentions it.

Having goals for social media is important. Re-evaluating those goals routinely and adjusting your plan accordingly is just as important as setting your initial goals and creating a plan. Knowing what your goals are for social media allows you to plan your posts accordingly.

What are some common goals for marketing with social media?

Goals can include, but are not limited to:

• Sales
• Job recruitment
• Education
• Community involvement
• Promotion of the company and it's goals
• Other things

Often times, there are several goals. Each goal has different types of posts. Whether you're looking to drive sales or recruit for job openings, know what your goal is and what you plan to do when you achieve that goal.

If you have a team of people working on social media, it's a good idea to meet every so often - some say every three months, other say every six months - to re-evaluate your goals and your plan.

Each company and their goals are different, so I can't tell you how to create a plan. But it should include answers to questions like "how many times do we want to post a week" "will we be scheduling posts ahead of time" "who will be monitoring social media and engaging with our fanbase" "what social media platforms are we using" and "what types of posts are we going to be posting for each goal" are just a few examples.

There are many websites, books and seminars on this. If you are at a loss for where to begin, google "Social Media Plan" for a lot of useful guides, templates and advice.

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.

Wednesday Words: Ello

Today we talk about another new social media platform: Ello.

Ello is an ad-free social media network which was founded by a small group of artists and programmers.

The Ello Manifesto tells all about it and is as follows:

"Your social network is owned by advertisers. 

Every post you share, every friend you make, and every link you follow is tracked, recorded, and converted into data. Advertisers buy your data so they can show you more ads. You are the product that’s bought and sold. 

We believe there is a better way. We believe in audacity. We believe in beauty, simplicity, and transparency. We believe that the people who make things and the people who use them should be in partnership. 

We believe a social network can be a tool for empowerment. Not a tool to deceive, coerce, and manipulate — but a place to connect, create, and celebrate life. 

You are not a product."

So it's a total opposite of Tsu, which sees you as a product.

Ello is still in its infancy and the only way to get in to try it out is to get an invite from someone who is already a part of Ello.  If you want an invite, please feel free to contact me and I'll do what I can to get you one to try it out.

So to sum it up, Ello is a new, ad-free social media platform that is still growing and learning how to work.  Check it out when you can at www.ello.co

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: Use More Visuals

We've talked about using visuals in the past (images, etc.) to draw people in and to get them to share it, but something we didn't talk about is how to use it on your website.

Images can be used and placed on your website then shared via social media sites, such as Pinterest, Twitter and Facebook accompanied by a link to encourage more people to visit your site.

Cynthia Sanchez, Founder of Oh So Pinteresting comments on it on Constant Contacts' blog:

“Visuals are easier to relate to than text so include images in your content that can be pinned to Pinterest and shared across other networks.”

The younger generations are a visual generation. They share any image they like and if they like an image about a story, they click on it to go to the story to read more about it. Using good images/creating good infographics and/or memes is a great way to drive traffic not only to your social media but to your website as well.

Remember the adage: A picture is worth a thousand words.

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.

Wednesday Words: Tumblr

Today's word is Tumblr, which we've mentioned before when we talked about microblogging and microblogging platforms. Tumblr is a combination of a social media networking platofrm and a microblogging platform owned by Yahoo! Inc.

Tumblr allows users to post and reblog multimedia and other contents to a short-form blog. Users can easily follow other users' blogs or make blogs private.

As of March 1, 2015 Tumblr hosts more than 225.1 million blogs.

Tumblr is definitely an option for people looking to expand their social media reach, especially if they are doing short form blogging or sharing images as those are things both common to Tumblr.

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: Be Authentic

This week's tip comes from another great quote from the CEO of Boom! Social. It's pretty good advice if you think about it a little bit.

“Be honest, be warm, be authentic, and put yourself in the shoes of your customers on social media.”
Kim Garst, CEO of Boom! Social
@KimGarst

Don't just be a brander, think like a customer. If this wasn't your product, would you want to be seeing this on social media of a product you follow?  If the answer is no, don't post it. For example - most people don't want to see politics or religion (unless the brand is a religion or political figure) on a product/company's Facebook page. A good tip to remember is if it's a topic you avoid in public situations to avoid uncomfortableness, you may want to avoid it on social media as well.

A big problem many social media managers face is trying to emulate other brands and be something they aren't. Be you. Be your brand. Be unique and stand out. Engage your fanbase (be warm) and answer as honestly as you can (without revealing information you don't want revealed - like how do you do this?)

The most successful social media marketers get their fanbase to like and interact - whether it be by asking/answering questions, sharing fun tidbits or trying something else out. Check out some of the social media sites for brands you follow and watch how they handle things. You may learn from it!

Enjoy!

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.