Social Media Coordinator

Kinship

Full-time

Chicago, IL, USA

About the job

SOCIAL MEDIA COORDINATOR RESPONSIBILITIES

This role requires technical proficiency and a keen interest in social media for restaurants.

OVERALL

  • Maintain a nuanced understanding of social media networking and content-sharing platforms as well as the latest tools and applications
  • Engross yourself in culture, food and travel, becoming an expert in its personalities, products and processes
  • Keep up to date on current trends within the represented industries of the Agency
  • Maintain an understanding of the partner’s brand voice and be able to create authentic stories that drive engagement and ultimately revenue for our partners
  • Find opportunities to help evolve and share Kinship’s own story in our practices, communications vehicles, relationships, marketing materials, reports and plans as well as live and online presences
  • Similarly, work with colleagues to ensure resonant storytelling practices and copy
  • Develop a keen understanding of measurement and reporting tools
  • Evaluate and recommend social media software and platforms

PARTNER RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Serve partners impeccably and look for opportunities to connect with them and to maintain their brand

PHOTOGRAPHY & VIDEOGRAPHY

  • Create social media videos (Reels, etc.) from onsite visits and shoots
  • Conduct onsite content visits and photography shoots

CONTENT CREATION

  • Direct creative content
  • Execute campaign identities, including the look, feel, voice, message and taglines
  • Attends shoots and style photo and video content
  • Integrate timely trends into creative campaigns
  • Determine the type and style of photo/videography used at shoots
  • Submit shot lists and treatments
  • Develop storylines to be executed visually through photo and video
  • Coordinate shoot details with partner
  • Ensure adherence to brand identity and visual standards per partner
  • Create content
  • Attend partner events and support live social media coverage
  • Develop content creation and direction per social media platform
  • Produce original content calendars
  • Design and produce daily Instagram/Facebook Stories
  • Draft original copy
  • Host partner story gathering sessions and share a recap of notes to inform and produce copy for social media
  • Develop a narrative on social media platforms
  • Curate user-generated content.
  • Ensure content performance and make changes, where necessary
  • Create social media graphics to support social media performance
  • Utilize AI software to support copy and content creation
  • Understand and utilize AI capabilities within social media platforms

ENGAGEMENT

  • Support & monitor partner platforms
  • Pay close attention to: Audience growth and acquisition, social influencer and blogger relations opportunities, ad spend, analytics and optimization
  • Create strategies for proactive outreach and engagement
  • Maintain lists of audiences, including relevant businesses, events, etc.
  • Brainstorm and develop a monthly strategy for social media tags and inclusions
  • Engage with partners’ social media communities, helping to increase our partners’ online engagement and digital presence
  • Respond to comments/mentions on client posts
  • Respond to posts/mentions/tags on client platforms
  • Respond to direct messages on client platforms
  • Respond to check-ins/location tags on client platforms
  • Respond to hashtags on client platforms
  • Social engagement with earned PR audiences
  • Social engagement with event audiences
  • Social engagement with neighboring business/location audiences
  • Imagine and execute “social moments,” including: Opportunities (events, live feeds, programming, takeovers, Insta-meets, and social media-only sales); Experiences (content and interactive opps. to engage and inform, curating and amplifying customer content and involve customers in decisions); Promotions; and News engine to release info directly to audiences
  • Brainstorm and develop monthly strategy