Marketing Specialist I - Sales Ops at Gannett in McLean, Virginia

Job Description:

GET Creative, USA TODAY Network's branded content studio, is looking for a forward-thinking Social Media Marketing Coordinator who will report to the Director, Content Operations and work with the Social Media Strategist to help implement and execute our social content campaigns and social-only campaign solutions specifically on our USA TODAY Network sites.

• An interest in and understanding of social media advertising (paid and organic) and the digital space is preferred.
• You will also need an understanding of social platforms from a content and advertising perspective as they currently work and as they evolve.
• The ability to execute, adjust and troubleshoot for a high volume of advertising campaigns and manage advertising budgets within ad platforms is a must.
• Client-facing and internal team coordination and communication is essential.
• Strategizing socially driven campaign ideas for platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Stories, TikTok and Twitter is important.
• Finally, a proven track record of exceptional project coordination, especially as it relates to organization, time management, and internal communications is a must.

This role is an excellent opportunity to learn and develop skills in multiple areas within the social media and the branded content digital advertising industry. This position requires an interest in paid social media advertising specifically within Facebook's Ads Manager platform. The capacity and organizational skills to coordinate and execute a high volume of social media campaigns simultaneously is also a must. The role also requires the ability to multitask and work with multiple teams to help successfully execute multiple time sensitive campaigns.

HERE'S WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Create, coordinate and execute a high volume of paid social media campaigns for USA TODAY Network's Branded Content advertising partners. You will be responsible for campaign budgets within Ads Manager and will need to coordinate with multiple stakeholders to ensure campaigns are meeting goals and benchmarks.
• Track, optimize and strategize paid campaigns.
• Coordinate campaign details with multiple internal teams (Program managers, Content Strategists and Editorial teams) to ensure campaign execution is aligned with client needs and shared in a timely manner.
• Track all social posts, paid promotion campaigns and promotional budgets in a timely and organized manner so that they can easily be interpreted by others.
• Ensure social post content adheres to social media guidelines and best practices. Troubleshoot as needed within platform, with team or with Facebook directly.
• Coordinate with teams to provide insight if changes are needed. Write new copy, edit or reinterpret as needed.
• Provide GET Creative branded content best practice insights for campaign execution to Sales teams for posting frequency and quality.
• Work with Social Media Strategist to provide support for National campaigns as needed.
• Track and report on campaign metrics for national campaigns
• Write social sharing copy for article content
• Transcribe video captions for video files
• Organize multiple post and campaigns within internal campaign platform. Communicate social post schedule and needs with internal teams.
• Work with local editorial contacts to ensure post coordination changes if needed.
• Help create content for our social campaigns for platforms including Instagram Stories & TikTok

Desired Skills and Experience:

• 1-2 years' experience in digital or social media advertising preferably with a publisher, brand with high volume of content and multiple inputs, or agency
• Knowledge or interest of Facebook paid advertising and knowledge on how Facebook's Business Manager/Ads Manager tool works.
• Possesses strong organizational skills, great attention to detail, tireless work ethic, an ability to multitask and a thirst for success in coordinating media campaigns and disseminating campaign metrics.
• A passion or strong interest in digital marketing, advertising, and the media industry are key.
• Must be comfortable working with a broad range of cross-functional staff-junior to senior, sales, marketing, editorial, design, analytics, etc.
• Experience with and/or an understanding of content creation and advertising social media executions on platforms including Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
• An undergraduate degree, preferably in advertising or marketing or a related field.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, and Word

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The annualized base salary for this role will range between $12.55 and $23.48 per hour. Variable compensation is not reflected in these figures and based on the role, may be applicable. Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, location, and union representation, if applicable.
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