Social Media Community Manager I

Phoenix, AZ (Hybrid)

$77K/yr – $147K/yrEntry Level4+ years expFull time

Posted 4 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own social engagement strategy and risk-aware response for reputation-sensitive channels while coordinating with cross-functional teams on messaging, content, and best practices.

  • Channel ownership: steer proactive and reactive social interactions across high-visibility platforms.
  • Content and guidance: create and approve informative content for proactive/reactive engagement and guide teams during high-profile moments.
  • Measurement and risk: monitor metrics, surface insights, and ensure compliance with risk policies to protect brand online.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Manages high-visibility member engagement across reputation-impacting channels and determines appropriate response strategies for complex, non-complaint interactions.
  • Collaborates with key stakeholders to support the development and implementation of best practices for the centralized team and the LOB social servicing teams, ensuring consistency with association standards and objectives.
  • Creates and suggests relevant, creative and informative content for use in proactive and reactive social interactions.
  • Monitors engagement performance using established metrics, summarizes key insights, and identifies opportunities to improve impact.
  • Provides guidance to social servicing teams during high-profile situations, both positive and sensitive, to ensure consistent, empathetic communication that protects USAA's brand presence online.
  • Ensures risks associated with business activities are effectively identified, measured, monitored, and controlled in accordance with risk and compliance policies and procedures.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree; OR 4 years of related experience (in addition to the minimum years of experience required) may be substituted in lieu of degree.
  • 4 years of communications or customer engagement experience, including 2 years in social media or community management.
  • Strong writing and editing skills, with the ability to communicate clearly and effectively.
  • Proficient knowledge of social media platforms, tools, best practices, and trends.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, real-time environment
  • Experience collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders to support consistent messaging and engagement practices.

Preferred

  • Experience in proactive brand story telling for a large public-facing organization or company, demonstrating skills in supporting the group’s broader reputation goals.
  • US military experience gained through military service or gained as a military spouse / domestic partner

Benefits

  • At USAA our employees enjoy best-in-class benefits to support their physical, financial, and emotional wellness.
  • These benefits include comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans, 401(k), pension, life insurance, parental benefits, adoption assistance, paid time off program with paid holidays plus 16 paid volunteer hours, and various wellness programs.
  • Additionally, our career path planning and continuing education assists employees with their professional goals.
  • For more details on our outstanding benefits, visit our benefits page on USAAjobs.com.
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USAA

Since the beginning, our mission has been to provide a range of financial services to the military community and their families. Along the way, we’ve also established ourselves as a destination employer for passionate people looking to serve those who are willing to give it their all. Our mission is to stand with our members and be there for them and their families by facilitating their financial security. It starts with offering a range of highly competitive products, exceptional service, and trusted advice. But to be the military community’s provider of choice also takes dedicated team members who share our core values of service, loyalty, honesty, and integrity.

Founded in 1922
San Antonio, Texas, USA
40K employees (1,174 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
235.4K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$15.3K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
28.6%
Direct
45.8%
Referral
19.5%
Social
3%
Paid
2.9%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~40K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
771 (2% of company)
Median Career Experience
17 years
Median Tenure
5.8 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
5

Funding

Last Raise
Grant, 9 months ago

Funding History

  • Jul 2025
    Grant

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