Social Media Associate

The Minnesota Vikings are hiring two Social Media Associates to manage the Vikings social media channels with distinct focuses. One Associate will focus on organizational and football initiatives while the other will focus on off-the-field and lifestyle content, contributing to content creation and community management.

Responsibilities

• Assistin recommending and executing organic social media on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter/X, Threads, Snapchat & LinkedIn, respectively
• Work with internal departments to ideate,createand produce content for ancillary social media accounts
• Work with Vikings social and digital teams tooptimizesocial strategy, including posting to official accounts
• Create and publish Vikings creator and influencer content for primary social media platforms
• Manage all creator databases, as well as serve as point of contact on gamedays for all influencer management and content creation
• Work closely with lifestyle teams to develop and produce short form video and other content, including basic editing, captioning, etc
• Assistin international social media content creation and strategy
• Create and post content during game days and tent pole events
• Create reports detailing organic and paid social media results as needed
• Collaborate on long-term social media strategy for organizational social media accounts
• Provide copyedits for social media content on a daily basis
• Assistcommunity and ancillary social media account content
• Serve as community manager for all social media platforms, as needed
• Serve asmainpoint of contact for various weekly social series and work with external creatives on content development

Skills

• Degree in marketing, communications, videoproductionor similar field
• Knowledge of social media best practices isrequired, including experience working directly with creators or influencers
• General knowledge of Facebook Business Manager and other social ad platforms
• Ability to edit social and video content using video editing software on tight deadlines
• Strong technical skills, content creation experience, and a proven ability to tackle hard, ambiguous problems with rigor and independence
• Self-startercapableof working on multiple projects at once
• Ability to work various hours,holidaysand weekendsa must
• Collaborative team player, capable of building andmaintainingstrong relationships across the company
• Proficiencyin Adobe products (Premiere, Photoshop, other Creative Suite programs), Microsoft Office, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Snapchat,Tiktokand various other emerging social media platforms
• Background in copyediting or writing experiencea plus

Benefits

• Leadership Development Program

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