Associate Director, Social Media

Centennial, CO (Hybrid)

$68K/yr – $72K/yrMid Level2+ years expFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive the Beef brand’s social presence by owning content creation, community management, and cross‑functional collaboration.

  • Must-have: 2+ years in social media with community management.
  • Standout: Video creation/editing proficiency with tools like Adobe Premiere Pro.
  • Standout: Demonstrated cross‑department collaboration on campaigns.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead the daily community management and monitoring of the iconic Beef. It’s What’s For Dinner. social media properties.
  • Lead the creation of all organic social media video content which includes conceptualizing ideas, creating scripts and outlines, schedule coordination, filming, editing and all post-production needs.
  • Drafts, publishes, and maintains organic content via content calendars for all relevant Beef. It’s for Dinner. brand social media and online accounts, ensuring that all content follows proper review process, including subject-matter expert reviews and any reviews required as Checkoff contractors.
  • Keeps a pulse on social and cultural trends, quickly turning insights into compelling, timely content and programming that resonates with audiences.
  • Assist with development and creation of images and videos for social media posts.
  • Review user-generated comments and posts in a quick and timely manner and respond to comments, when appropriate, to foster a positive community, and add value to the social media user experience, while enforcing Social Media Guidelines as defined by the brand.
  • Assist Senior Director, Social Media with overall department management and act as social media liaison with other departments on special projects when assigned.
  • Escalates user generated-content, where appropriate, to internal and client stakeholders.
  • Work closely across teams to develop and distribute high-quality, compelling content that is aimed at positioning beef as the top protein and fostering community engagement.
  • Play a critical role in NCBA’s Digital Command Center, to monitor the social media environment and determine how to engage.

Requirements

  • Undergraduate degree in communications, marketing, advertising, public relations, media studies, business and/or related fields.
  • 2+ years of experience in social media
  • Community management experience
  • Experience creating social content, including imagery and videos preferred
  • Social video creation and editing with proficiency in editing video software such as Adobe Premier Pro, CapCut or Splice
  • Proficiency in paid social and social listening/moderation tools for organic like Sprinklr and PR-focused tools preferred
  • EQUIVALENCY – N/A
  • CERTIFICATION(S) – N/A
  • SKILLS – A love for social media and beef, a comfort with learning and communicating about how beef is raised and a respect for the farmers and ranchers who raise beef.
  • Food industry knowledge or experience

Preferred

  • Experience creating social content, including imagery and videos
  • Proficiency in paid social and social listening/moderation tools for organic like Sprinklr and PR-focused tools preferred

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Paid Vacation
  • 401(k) with Company Match
  • Life Insurance
  • Long-Term Disability
  • Short-Term Disability
  • Sick Time
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National Cattlemen's Beef Association

Initiated in 1898, the National Cattlemen's Beef Association is the marketing organization and trade association for America's one million cattle farmers and ranchers. With offices in Denver and Washington, D.C., NCBA is a consumer-focused, producer-directed organization representing the largest segment of the nation's food and fiber industry. NCBA works to achieve the vision: "A dynamic and profitable beef industry, which concentrates resources around a unified plan, consistently meets global consumer needs and increases demand."Current career opportunities with NCBA can be found at https://jobs.keldair.com/ncba

Englewood, Colorado, USA
230 employees (54 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
45.9K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
34.7%
Direct
51.3%
Referral
5.7%
Social
7.3%
Paid
0.9%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~233

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
42 (18% of company)
Median Career Experience
17 years
Median Tenure
5.6 years

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