Social Media Specialist (Provost Office, Institute for Governance and Civics)

Tallahassee, FL (On-site)

$40K/yr – $55K/yrEntry Level2+ years expFull time

Posted 6 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own the social content engine for a university institute, driving organic campaigns, audience growth, and cross-channel engagement from events to email. Own daily community management, content calendars, and CMS updates, with a channel-lean, audience-first lens.

  • Social Strategy & Community: ideate and execute campaigns across Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube, and X; manage daily interactions and protocol-driven engagement.
  • Content & Events Execution: publish campaigns, support on-campus and statewide events, and ensure website pages stay aligned with marketing goals.
  • Channel Integration: grow reach via email newsletters and cross-channel content opportunities, measuring performance to optimize future campaigns.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Social Marketing and Media Ideation: Partner with the Institute for Governance and Civics (IGC) team members to concept organic social media campaigns to support the various initiatives of the IGC,spanning events, speaking engagements, initiatives (e.g., K-12 education reform), etc.
  • Media Management: Partner with IGC team members to plan and maintain a comprehensive content calendar across Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, and X (formerly Twitter).
  • Content Creation: Develop and publish organic social media campaigns to build engagement. Monitoring and Community Management: On a daily basis, monitor social media accounts and where appropriate, comment, like, share, re-share content. Community management will be governed by an existing protocol document which incumbent will maintain and update as appropriate.
  • Social Audience Growth: Develop and execute strategies to grow the IGC social media footprint and reach new audiences while strengthening engagement with current followers.
  • Email Marketing: Identify content opportunities, design, and deploy email newsletters and ad hoc campaigns using email marketing platforms. Analyze performance metrics and recommend improvements based on data.
  • Event Marketing Support: Collaborate with the Associate Director and Director on event marketing strategies for on-campus and statewide events. Attend and support events as needed.
  • Website Management: Regularly update and maintain IGC webpages to ensure accuracy, consistency,and alignment with marketing goals. Training in CMS (content management system) will be provided.
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Tallahassee, Florida, USA
16K employees (806 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
5.8M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$71.8K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
40.1%
Direct
53.5%
Referral
5%
Social
0.6%
Paid
0.7%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~15.6K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
569 (4% of company)
Median Tenure
3.1 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
3

Funding

Total Funding
$108.2M
Last Raise
$6M
Grant, 2 years ago

Funding History

  • Feb 2024
    Grant • $6M
  • Jan 2023
    Grant • $72.7M
  • Oct 2021
    Grant • $14.5M

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