Social Media Engagement Specialist

USA (Hybrid)

$59K/yr - $75K/yr (Est.)Mid Level3+ years expFull time

Posted 8 days ago

Job Summary

Own daily reactive social media engagement, onboarding and training, on-call coverage, and process optimization to hit client goals across brand channels.

  • Lead community engagement and on-call rotations
  • Collaborate to achieve client objectives

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Work daily social media reactive shifts to provide impactful community engagement using the brand's established community guidelines, specifications, and processes
  • Find ways to optimize channel engagements—from creating new social responses to suggesting new processes or workflows
  • Be part of our on-call rotations during agency business hours
  • Identify and flag UGC that the client brand can potentially leverage
  • Understand how to drill down in Sprinklr to answer client-specific questions about volume, brand risk flags, PR crises, trends, and more
  • Assist with scheduling team shifts and updates
  • Help onboard and train new team members to work reactive shifts after mastering them yourself
  • Collaborate and problem-solve to ensure client goals and objectives are met
  • Available to cover weekend on-call shifts, if needed (will be compensated accordingly)

Requirements

  • 3-5 years' experience in consumer-facing social media reactive work, preferably for large retail brands (agency experience a plus)
  • Customer service-oriented and an understanding of how to have patience and showcase empathy in social responses
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
  • Extremely focused, organized, buttoned-up
  • Professional experience using social media platforms for brands (Facebook, X, Instagram, as well as Instagram DMs, TikTok, YouTube, etc.)
  • Experience with third-party community management engagement tools (Sprinklr/Sprinklr Certifications a plus)

Preferred

  • Experience working with a hybrid team and/or hybrid office model

Benefits

  • Full benefits package
  • Mystery Trips (including an annual out of town trip)
  • A trendy and fun workplace
  • A steady stream of interesting clients
  • A team of colleagues who are experts in their field
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Ignite Social Media

Welcome to Ignite Social Media – The Original Social Media Agency®. We’ve combined strategists, content developers, community managers, media buyers, influencer managers and analytics specialists to form a unique team focused exclusively on social media marketing for companies with national and international reach. Together, we keep up with trends, filter the noise, and help companies like yours put social media to work.Founded in 2007 as the first social media agency in the United States, we've helped some of the world's top brands develop effective social media marketing campaigns and programs, including Microsoft, Samsung, Nike, Peeps, Crisco and many more. In 2025, we were named a Best Place to Work nationally by both Ad Age and Ragan PR Week.

Founded in 2007
Cary, North Carolina, USA
63 employees (30 in marketing)

Salaries

SalaryGuide estimate

$59K/yr – $75K/yr

Modelled from 16 comparable roles.

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
27 (43% of company)
Median Career Experience
11 years
Median Tenure
11.8 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
28.9K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$695
Traffic Source Mix
Search
46.5%
Direct
37.7%
Referral
10%
Social
4.2%
Paid
1.2%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~63
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Social Media Engagement Specialist

Ignite Social Media · USA · Hybrid