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Communications Specialist (contract)
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Redmond, WA (Remote)Contract$44/hr – $50/hr
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Communications Specialist (contract)
Redmond, WA (Remote)
$44/hr – $50/hrMid Level5+ years expContract
Posted 5 months ago
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Job Summary
Lead social planning and execution for gaming partnerships across social channels, aligning with brand, strategy, and business goals.
- Own social planning, calendars, and publishing across platforms.
- Must-have: Minimum 5 years in gaming/social strategy with Spanish fluency.
- Standout: Experience with high-volume gaming socials and Sprinklr analytics.
Job Description
Responsibilities
- Lead social planning and execution for consumer products partnerships on social media, ensuring alignment with broader brand voice, social strategy, and business objectives
- Manage and execute social content for Spanish-language channels, ensuring brand alignment and synergy with primary accounts
- Partner closely with consumer products, product marketing, and integrated marketing teams to understand priorities, timelines, and success metrics
- Serve as a strategic connector between business objectives and creative execution, shaping briefs and recommendations for the creative team
- Maintain content calendars, schedule posts, draft copy, and publish content across multiple social media platforms
- Perform day-to-day social operations including content planning, calendar management, community engagement, and light moderation duties
- Create, curate, and elevate social content at scale, highlighting creators, user-generated content, and community moments
- Monitor social media trends and identify opportunities to authentically connect cultural moments to brand initiatives
- Track and interpret social performance metrics, contributing to campaign reporting and dashboards
- Conduct social media data analysis and reporting to optimize content and demonstrate impact against business goals
Requirements
- Familiarity with the gaming franchise is strongly preferred
- Experience with Sprinklr analytics platform is preferred
- Creative portfolio or previous samples of social media strategy work is highly desirable
- Minimum 5 years of experience working at a major game publisher or within the gaming sector
- Minimum 5 years of experience speaking Spanish fluently in a professional capacity
- Minimum 3 to 5 years of experience with social media strategy planning, goal setting, and implementation, preferably in Spanish
- Experience managing high-volume social media channels for well-known video game publishers or similar organizations within the gaming sector
- Native Spanish speaker with fluency in both written and spoken communication
- Exceptional knowledge of social media platforms, trends, and best practices
- Strong copywriting abilities with capacity to adapt to different tones of voice
Preferred
- Familiarity with the gaming franchise is strongly preferred
- Experience with Sprinklr analytics platform is preferred
- Creative portfolio or previous samples of social media strategy work is highly desirable
Benefits
- Medical, dental & vision
- Hospital plans
- 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
- Life Insurance (Company paid Basic Life and AD&D as well as voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
- Company paid short and long-term disability
- Health & Dependent Care Spending Accounts (HSA & DCFSA)
- Employee Assistance Program
- Time Off/Leave(PTO, Allegis Group Paid Family Leave, Parental Leave)
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