Social Media Content Creator

Canton, IL (On-site)

$43K/yr – $45K/yrMid LevelFull time

Posted 7 days ago

Job Summary

Own the end-to-end social content lifecycle for Spoon River College, delivering platform-ready visuals, short-form video, and compelling copy while executing the overall strategy and maintaining calendar.

  • Platform-ready assets and visual storytelling
  • Short-form video/content distribution and community engagement
  • Cross-department collaboration and content lifecycle management

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Produce platform-ready assets that meet high standards of elevated design and visual storytelling.
  • Capture and edit video content specifically optimized for short-form platforms like TikTok and Reels.
  • Write compelling social content that aligns with the SRC brand voice.
  • Ensure all messaging is value-driven, clear, and visually appealing to drive maximum engagement.
  • Acts as a photographer/videographer for the college, shooting, editing and publishing photos and videos that can be used on the official college website, social media sites, in print publications, and advertising.
  • Researching, writing, editing, and proofreading content for websites, blogs, social media, email campaigns, and other marketing materials.
  • Execute the overarching social media strategy through consistent planning, creating, and publishing.
  • Maintain the social media editorial calendar to ensure a stable and sustainable publishing cadence.
  • Design, video, and photo skills are required.
  • Monitor and manage community engagement to ensure the brand remains responsive.

Requirements

  • A bachelors degree in related field is required.
  • Demonstrate writing and editing skills in areas of responsibility is required.
  • Communications experience reflecting a wide range of skills and abilities is required.
  • Must possess a high level of confidentiality and accuracy. Must possess the ability to manage multiple and competing priorities; deal with conflict appropriately; withstand pressure, and remain calm in tense situations.
  • Must possess problem-solving skills; flexibility, dependability, and responsibility. Must possess the ability to work in a team-centered environment and demonstrate a positive attitude.
  • Must possess organizational abilities, superior interpersonal skills and client service skills, and verbal and written communication skills with the ability to speak before groups.
  • Social and digital media expertise is required.
  • Understanding of how to optimize content for LinkedIn, Meta, X, and TikTok.
  • Graphic design, photography and videography skills are preferred including being proficient in Adobe Creative Suite.
  • Ability to manage multiple projects.

Preferred

  • Graphic design, photography and videography skills are preferred including being proficient in Adobe Creative Suite.

Benefits

  • Friday's Off: Enjoy a long weekend every week from the week after graduation through the end of July.
  • Business Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
  • Leave Benefits: 15 sick days (pro-rated based on start date) and 23 accruing vacation days per year.
  • Holidays: 11 paid holidays plus a paid Winter Break of at least 10 working days.
  • Tuition Waiver: Employees, their spouses, and qualified dependent children are eligible for tuition waivers on credit hour classes.
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SPOON RIVER COLLEGE

Spoon River College is a two-year, public community college in West Central Illinois dedicated to providing students a quality education. Spoon River College serves 4,000 credit students per year in a 1,566 square miles area including portions of Fulton, McDonough, Mason, Schuyler and Knox counties. Our students have a variety of educational goals and we are positioned to help meet those needs by providing: First two years of college and pre-professional courses Career and technical education Community Education Business and Industry Training Spoon River College graduates who transfer to other colleges and universities traditionally achieve higher grade point averages than students who begin their college careers at these transfer institutions. The college’s participation in the Illinois Articulation Initiative ensures that lower-division general education requirements for an associate or bachelor's degree have been satisfied. Spoon River College offers a comfortable, quality learning environment that prepares you for success. Classes are small and you get to know your instructors well, which provides a personalized educational experience. Whether you take classes during the day, evening or online, we are confident that you will take away knowledge and skills that will help you succeed in life.

Founded in 1959
Canton, Illinois, USA
173 employees (9 in marketing)

Salaries

Posted range

$43K/yr – $45K/yr

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Marketing Team Size
9 (5% of company)
Median Tenure
10.2 years
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Monthly Visitors
8.2K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
32.1%
Direct
50.3%
Referral
4.5%
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11.7%
Paid
1.3%

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