Social Media Coordinator-Socially Inspired/St. Louis 

Are you a creative storyteller with a sharp eye for detail? Socially Inspired is looking for a St. Louis based Social Media Coordinator to join our growing agency team. In this role, you’ll create engaging, high-quality content for a diverse portfolio of clients, helping shape brand voices and drive measurable marketing results.

If you’re passionate about social media, content creation, and staying ahead of trends, this is an opportunity to make an impact in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

Key Responsibilities

Content Creation & Development

• Write, edit, and proofread compelling content across social media platforms
• Develop content tailored to multiple clients, ensuring alignment with each brand’s voice and goals
• Generate creative ideas that engage and resonate with target audiences
• Support the development and execution of content strategies for multiple clients
• Conduct research on target audiences, competitors, and industry trends
• Build and manage content calendars to ensure consistent and timely delivery

Visual Content

• Create engaging visual content, including reels and short-form video
• Design graphics using tools like Canva or similar platforms
• Ensure all visuals align with brand standards and messaging

Client Collaboration

• Work directly with clients to understand their business objectives and content needs
• Maintain strong client relationships through consistent communication and delivery

Event Coverage (St. Louis Area)

• Attend local client and industry events to capture real-time content (photo, video, social updates)
• Create live, on-the-ground storytelling experiences for client brands
• Represent Socially Inspired in the St. Louis community

Analytics & Reporting

• Monitor and analyze content performance using analytics tools
• Provide insights and reporting to improve future content strategies
• Use data to optimize engagement and campaign effectiveness

Collaboration & Coordination

• Partner with internal teams across design, marketing, and sales
• Collaborate with influencers and partners on content initiatives
• Ensure consistency across all client deliverables

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, Communications, English, Journalism, or related field
• 1-2+ years of professional experience in content creation, copywriting, or a similar role (agency experience preferred)
• Exceptional writing, editing, and proofreading skills
• Strong creative thinking and ideation abilities
• Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple clients and deadlines
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively

Preferred Skills

• Experience with Canva or other design tools
• Familiarity with social media management platforms (e.g., Sprout Social, Hootsuite, Buffer)
• Basic understanding of content performance metrics and analytics
• About Socially Inspired
• Socially Inspired is affiliated with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, a Lee Enterprises publication. Socially Inspired is a full-service social media agency creating authentic, scalable, and data-driven campaigns for brands across the country. We’re proud to be rooted in St. Louis and value creativity, collaboration, and delivering meaningful results for our clients.

Why join us?

Lee Enterprises offers competitive wages in a dynamic, interesting work environment with career growth opportunities. We offer an extensive benefit program that can be personalized to your needs. Our benefit program includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, company provided life insurance and supplemental life insurance. In addition, we offer a 401K retirement plan with company match. We also offer generous paid time off to allow flexibility to balance personal life and work. This includes paid parental leave for new parents.   

Lee Enterprises is a major subscription and advertising platform and a leading provider of local news and information, with daily newspapers, rapidly growing digital products and nearly 350 weekly and specialty publications serving 74 markets in 25 states. Year to date, Lee's newspapers have an average daily circulation of 1.0 million, and our legacy websites, including acquisitions, reach more than 34 million digital unique visitors.   

Lee Enterprises is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to attracting and retaining a workforce whose diversity reflects the communities we serve. Lee embraces change, and we recognize that we must create and maintain a culture of fervent inclusion. For more information about Lee, check us out at www.lee.net.  

We are focused on building a diverse and inclusive workforce and participate in E-Verify. If you are excited about this role but do not meet 100% of the qualifications above, we encourage you to apply.