Social Media Specialist at Benesch Law | Cleveland, OH | $69K/yr – $86K/yr

Benesch Law

Social Media Specialist

Cleveland, OH (Hybrid)

$69K/yr – $86K/yrMid Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 3 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own the social presence for a professional services firm by owning day to day platform activity, calendar governance, content optimization with attorney collaboration, and executive visibility across LinkedIn and other networks.

Social Ownership: Manage day to day posting, audience engagement, crisis monitoring, and rapid response in collaboration with Marketing and BD teams.
Content & Brand: Align posts with firm messaging, repurpose attorney content, maintain brand voice and compliance, and collaborate on quick turn visuals.
Measurement & Innovation: Track performance, report insights, monitor competitors and trends, and keep the strategy innovative across platforms.

Job Description

Manages day-to-day activity for the firm's social media accounts, primarily LinkedIn, with additional focus on Facebook, Instagram and X.
Maintains the social media calendar to ensure timely promotion of firm news, events and thought leadership.
Drafts, edits and posts content aligned with firm messaging and attorney initiatives, including repurposing attorney-authored content into social-friendly posts.
Collaborates with in-house and external design resources on branded graphics and multimedia assets, and assists in creating quick-turn visuals using firm-approved templates and tools.
Oversees the Firm's social management tool as the central platform for scheduling, monitoring, reporting and employee advocacy.
Monitors activity, engages with audiences when appropriate and escalates issues as needed.
Supports crisis communications monitoring and rapid-response posting when needed.
Collaborates with colleagues in Marketing & Business Development to align social media efforts with firmwide campaigns, thought leadership and client-facing initiatives.
Ensures consistency with brand voice, visuals and compliance guidelines across all social content.
Partners with attorneys to develop, enhance and optimize their professional social media presence and activity.

Requires: Bachelor of Arts or related field; 5+ years managing social for a professional services firm or corporate setting; strong knowledge of LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X and social tools such as Hootsuite or Sprout.

Basic graphic design skills and familiarity with Canva, Adobe Creative Suite, or similar tools is preferred.

Hybrid schedule, career development and growth opportunities, and leadership transparency; diversity, equity and inclusion celebrated; comprehensive benefits; discretionary bonus; Benesch is an equal opportunity employer. See www.mybeneschbenefits.com

Benesch Law

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Benesch is an Am Law 200 business law firm and limited liability partnership with offices in Chicago, Cleveland, Columbus, New York, San Francisco and Wilmington. The firm is known for providing highly sophisticated legal services to national and international clients that include public and private, middle market and emerging companies, as well as private equity funds, entrepreneurs and not-for-profit organizations.Benesch is regularly recognized by Chambers as one of the leading US law firms, with 40 attorneys and 15 practices ranked in Chambers USA 2024 and one attorney recognized globally by Chambers in Privacy & Data Security. The 2025 edition of Best Lawyers in America® named 72 Benesch attorneys to its annual list, and 60 attorneys were named Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America. Seven Benesch lawyers were recognized as Best Lawyers® 2025 "Lawyers of the Year," a distinction given annually to a single outstanding lawyer in each practice and designated metropolitan area. Benesch was named Transportation Law Firm of the Year for the 7th time by Best Lawyers®, and the firm received national first-tier rankings in Health Care and Transportation Law in 2025.Our practice areas include Healthcare, Commercial Finance & Banking, Construction, Corporate & Securities, Data Protection, Environmental Law & Litigation, Executive Compensation & Benefits, Global Transactions, Government Relations, Immigration, Insolvency & Bankruptcy, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment, Litigation, Private Equity, Public Finance, Real Estate, Tax and Trade Secrets, Restrictive Covenants & Unfair Competition. Some of our represented industries include Additive Manufacturing-3D Printing, Cannabis, Dental Support Organizations (DSOs), Energy, FINTECH and Payments, Family Offices & Direct Investing, Food & Beverage, Insurance, Manufacturing, Metaverse/Web 3.0, Blockchain & Smart Contracts, Not-for-Profit, Pharmaceutical, Polymers, Retail & E-Commerce and Transportation & Logistics.

Founded in 1938

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

921 employees

www.beneschlaw.com

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