Communications Specialist 4
BC Forward

Job Info

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BCforward is currently seeking a highly motivated Communications Specialist 4 Professional Job for an opportunity at Remote!

Position Title: Communications Specialist 4

Location: Remote

Anticipated Start Date: ASAP

Please note this is the target date and is subject to change. BCforward will send official notice ahead of a confirmed start date.
Expected Duration: Contract of 07 Months (Hours per Week: 40) and possibility of extension

Job Type: Contract and Remote

Pay Range: $55 - $57/hr. on w2

Please note that actual compensation may vary within this range due to factors such as location, experience, and job responsibilities, and does not encompass additional non-standard compensation (e.g., benefits, paid time off, per diem, etc.).

Top Skills:

Years of Experience Required: 3-5+ overall years of experience in the field.

Degrees or certifications required: No degree is required to be eligible for this role.

Minimum 3-5+ years' experience with Experience in with a CPG, QSR or creative agency working with those industries.

Minimum 3-5+ years' experience with Analytical ability - can drive insight to action.

Minimum 3-5+ years' experience with Experience in a social media role.

Job Description

• We are seeking a full-time Social Media Manager with a passion for gaming and pop culture that has a background working for or with culture-defining consumer products (FMCG/CPG) and/or retail brands. In this role, you will partner with our licensing, consumer products and beyond the game team(s) to create social strategy and creative campaigns that engage clients' fans on social media platforms and promote partnerships with third-party Ips (e.g., Burberry, Lacoste, LEGO, Mattel, Kellogg's, and more).
• This role reports to the client's Head of social media and its primary responsibility is to strategize, write and create content for client collaborations. You'll also manage content calendars, scheduling, and posting on our channels, as well as monitoring analytics and creating reports reporting. You'll work closely with marketing, community, product, and external partners, so cross-functional experience in large, matrixed organizations is required.
• We are seeking an energetic, creative self-starter with superb communication skills. Other competencies include a familiarity with client (preferred but not required), understanding of current social media trends, and ability to skillfully drive community growth and engagement.

Scope Of Work

• Design and implement breakthrough "beyond the game" social media strategies and campaigns that creatively connect our diverse and global audience with our external/collaboration partners in a social-first, engaging way.
• Ensure that consumer products/partner co-created content is aligned with client overarching brand, tone of voice, and social strategy.
• Define consumer product social media priorities, goals and targets are aligned to business goals and audience insights.
• Provide strategic recommendations and support for client Creative Team in conceptualization and execution of assets for social media.
• Host content ideation and team brainstorms, often with our partners' social teams.
• Ideate and publish social content and engage with audiences.
• Curate user generated content and identified potential influencers, creators, and customer voices to highlight and work with.
• Track and report on channel and content performance, setting benchmarks and contributing to campaign reporting dashboards.

Required Skills

• 3-5+ years of experience in social media strategy planning, goal setting, and implementation
• CPG and/or Retail experience, either direct or via a creative agency, is required. Experience working in the gaming sector is a plus, but CPG and/or Retail background is mandatory.
• Experience managing high volume social media channels for a well-known brand or product, ideally a brand that is considered to be at the forefront of culture.
• Understanding of community engagement and audience strategy
• Familiarity using data to adjust and optimize strategy and activations for community-facing channels, and report and communicate channel performance results.
• Excellent collaboration, copywriting, and communication skills. English language.
• Competent with Office 365 and analytics tools (Adobe Analytics, Google Analytics, Sprinklr, Sprout Social and native social media analytics experience preferred)

Benefits:

BCforward offers all eligible employees a comprehensive benefits package including, but not limited to major medical, HSA, dental, vision, employer-provided group life, voluntary life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, and 401k.
About BCforward:

Founded in 1998 on the idea that industry leaders needed a professional service, and workforce management expert, to fuel the development and execution of core business and technology strategies, BCforward is a Black-owned firm providing unique solutions supporting value capture and digital product delivery needs for organizations around the world. Headquartered in Indianapolis, IN with an Offshore Development Center in Hyderabad, India, BCforward's 6,000 consultants support more than 225 clients globally.

BCforward champions the power of human potential to help companies transform, accelerate, and scale. Guided by our core values of People-Centric, Optimism, Excellence, Diversity, and Accountability, our professionals have helped our clients achieve their strategic goals for more than 25 years. Our strong culture and clear values have enabled BCforward to become a market leader and best in class place to work.

BCforward is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against based on disability.

To learn more about how BCforward collects and uses personal information as part of the recruiting process, view our Privacy Notice and CCPA Addendum. As part of the recruitment process, we may ask for you to disclose and provide us with various categories of personal information, including identifiers, professional information, commercial information, education information, and other related information. BCforward will only use this information to complete the recruitment process.

This posting is not an offer of employment. All applicants applying for positions in the United States must be legally authorized to work in the United States. The submission of intentionally false or fraudulent information in response to this posting may render the applicant ineligible for the position. Any subsequent offer of employment will be considered employment at-will regardless of the anticipated assignment duration.

Interested candidates please send resume in Word format Please reference job code 231605 when responding to this ad.

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Salary Details

This salary was provided in the Job Posting.

$55-$57

Hourly Salary

Job Snapshot

Employee Type
Contractor

Location
Redmond, WA (Onsite)

Job Type
Information Technology

Experience
Not Specified

Date Posted
11/25/2024

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