Social Media and Marketing Specialist

Dickinson, ND

$40K/yr – $55K/yrMid Level3+ years expFull time

Posted 3 weeks ago

Top 1% of applicants do these two things.

The other 99% submit and hope. You're about to do something different.

Job Summary

Own the university social media program from content to community, turning campus voices into messaging and recruitment pipeline across platforms.

  • Manage content strategy and published posts while growing engagement and leads.
  • Lead influencer outreach and trend monitoring to inform campaigns and reporting.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Oversee and manage the University's primary social media accounts.
  • Serve as a reference for other University-related social media accounts.
  • Develop and distribute relevant content topics to reach DSU’s target audiences.
  • Create, curate, and manage all published content (images, video and written).
  • Monitor, listen, and respond to users in a “social” way while cultivating leads for recruitment and engagement.
  • Develop and expand community and/or influencer outreach efforts.
  • Meet with University students, staff, and faculty to gather information for use in development of media content.
  • Compile reports on analytics and other trends that helps to inform the decision making of the OMC Director, team members in OMC, and the Director of Admissions.
  • Monitor trends in social media tools, applications, channels, design, and strategy.
  • Participate in ongoing education to remain highly effective.

Requirements

  • Education: Associate’s degree or higher in communications, social media marketing, or related field AND three (3) years of directly related experience
  • Displays knowledge and understanding of social media platforms, their respective participants/audiences (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Snapchat, TikTok, etc.)
  • Demonstrates excellent writing, editing, and language skills.
  • Demonstrates excellence and understanding in marketing strategies
  • Displays ability to effectively communicate information and ideas.
  • Detail-oriented, with strong office management skills.

Preferred

  • Bachelor’s degree in related field

Benefits

  • Comprehensive fringe benefits, including, but not limited to:
  • 100% employer-paid health insurance (family or single coverage)
  • TIAA retirement
  • Tuition waiver benefits
  • Possible eligibility to participate in the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program with the US Department of Education.
North Dakota State College of Science logo

North Dakota State College of Science

The North Dakota State College of Science is a two-year, comprehensive, residential college with a beautiful campus located in Wahpeton, N.D., and a second site, referred to as "NDSCS-Fargo" located on 19th Avenue North in Fargo, N.D. NDSCS offers degrees, certificates and diplomas in over 100 career pathways in traditional career and technical studies as well as the liberal arts. The college also offers a variety of distance education and online courses. Approximately 97% of graduates are employed or pursuing additional college education.Unlike most two-year colleges, NDSCS in Wahpeton boasts a university atmosphere for its students, complete with residence halls, 30+ affiliated clubs and organizations, music groups, theater productions, intercollegiate athletics, intramural athletics and numerous social activities.

Founded in 1903
Wahpeton, North Dakota, USA
355 employees