Digital Marketing Associate

Lakeland, FL (On-site)

$18/hr – $24/hrEntry LevelFull time

Posted 5 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own social content and paid social execution with growing SEO and AI-channel scope, across multiple brands and platforms.

  • Content Ownership: paid social campaigns including targeting, budget pacing, and reporting for multiple brands.
  • Content & SEO: write and optimize social content, blogs, and on-page SEO to lift organic reach.
  • Video & Experiments: create short-form video for TikTok/Instagram YouTube and explore emerging AI-ad channels.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Write clear, engaging copy for social media posts, captions, ad creative, blogs, and other content across multiple platforms and brands.
  • Plan, schedule, and publish organic social media content using a content calendar, maintaining a consistent voice for each brand.
  • Create and edit short-form video content for TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube to support reach and engagement.
  • Build, launch, and monitor paid social media campaigns, including audience targeting, ad placement, budget pacing, and performance reporting.
  • Engage with audiences by responding to comments and messages, and by tracking conversations relevant to each brand.
  • Write blog posts and longer-form content that support brand awareness, organic reach, and search visibility.
  • As the role grows, manage search engine optimization (SEO) efforts, including keyword research, on-page and content optimization, and tracking organic traffic and rankings.
  • As the role grows, build and manage search engine paid advertising (PPC) campaigns in Google Ads, including keyword targeting, ad copy, budget management, and conversion tracking.
  • As search continues to shift toward AI platforms, help expand paid advertising into emerging channels such as AI assistants and tools like ChatGPT.
  • Support both internal Torch Designs campaigns and external client campaigns, taking direction from the management team who will oversee the work.

Requirements

  • Excellent copywriting skills, with the ability to write clear, persuasive, and on-brand content across formats.
  • Strong content writing skills, including blog writing and longer-form content.
  • Social media management skills, including content planning and scheduling, building and maintaining a content calendar, publishing across major platforms (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, X, and others), community management, and reading platform analytics.
  • Ability to create and edit short-form video content for TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube, including filming, basic editing, captions, and formatting for each platform.
  • Paid social media advertising skills, including campaign setup in platforms such as Meta Ads Manager and LinkedIn Campaign Manager, audience targeting and segmentation, A/B testing of ad creative, budget management, and tracking metrics such as reach, engagement, click-through rate, and cost per result.
  • Familiarity with AI tools such as Claude or ChatGPT, and an understanding of how they support content and marketing work.
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including strong active listening.
  • Proven ability to follow directions precisely and carry tasks through to completion.
  • High attention to detail across copy, design, and campaign settings.
  • Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple campaigns, brands, and deadlines effectively.
  • Positive attitude and a willingness to pitch in as part of a small, collaborative team.
  • Must be available to work a minimum of 18 to 20 hours per week in person, scheduled within our core business hours of Monday through Friday, 6:00 AM to 5:00 PM.

Preferred

  • Experience with search engine optimization (SEO), including keyword research, on-page optimization, and tools such as Google Search Console and Google Analytics.
  • Experience with search engine paid advertising (PPC) through Google Ads, including campaign setup, keyword bidding, and conversion tracking.
  • Experience working with or soliciting influencers for brand partnerships and campaigns is a strong plus.
  • Graphic design and ad layout skills, including familiarity with design tools.
  • Experience with Canva.
  • Experience using Microsoft 365 applications, including Outlook and email management.
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Torch Designs

Torch Designs is a Full-Service Marketing and development Agency with a passion to help American businesses grow. Here is just a small list of some of the things we do for our amazing business clients:- High end web site development (we aren't your 16 year old cousin on a laptop)- High quality video production and marketing. We don't take commercial video's for our clients on our cell phones. (I have seen people try to sell this)- High quality brand development. We can design your business brand and marketing from the ground up and make it absolutely amazing. - High impact social media ads and informative post- Email Marketing campaigns that get customers excited about your products- Google Marketing with our certified experts- and much, much moreWe can help you achieve your business goals

Founded in 2008
Lakeland, Florida, USA
8 employees (3 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
92
Traffic Source Mix
Search
33.2%
Direct
41.7%
Referral
12.7%
Social
9.8%
Paid
1.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~8

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
2 (25% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1