Social Media Specialist

Wheaton, IL (On-site)

$50K/yr – $52K/yrMid Level2+ years expFull time

Posted 1 month ago

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Job Summary

Own Wheaton College social media by producing and posting visual content, coordinating key channels, and turning analytics into leadership-ready guidance.

  • Content Production: Capture, edit, and post photos and videos for social media to support campus campaigns.
  • Channel Management & Community: Oversee Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter and track campus activity and trends.
  • Analytics & Leadership: Measure performance, report insights to senior leadership, and guide content strategy.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Capture, edit and post photos and videos for social media
  • Oversee the institutional Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter channels
  • Keep up with on-campus activity and trends in social media and higher education
  • Fulfill social media content requests from marketing specialists
  • Create and manage Meta ad campaigns for marketing specialists
  • Regularly monitor Wheaton College social media channels for trends, concerns, or comments requiring response
  • Co-Manage student workers with Visual Media Specialist
  • Monitor and report on social media during media crises (in partnership with Chief Marketing Communications Officer)
  • Measure analytics of social media efforts and provide reports regularly for senior leadership
  • Plan content calendar and coverage for main campus events
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Wheaton College

Wheaton College is an explicitly Christian, academically rigorous, fully residential liberal arts college and graduate school located in Wheaton, Illinois. Established in 1860, Wheaton is guided by its original mission to provide excellence in Christian higher education, and offers more than 40 undergraduate degrees in the liberal arts and sciences, and 14 graduate degrees.

Founded in 2014
Wheaton, Illinois, USA
1.8K employees (172 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
518.1K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$17.6K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
22.7%
Direct
25%
Referral
1.7%
Social
0.4%
Paid
0.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~1.8K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
109 (6% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
2

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