Social Media Specialist

Peoria, IL (On-site)

$43K/yr – $46K/yrMid Level4+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

Job Summary

Own Bradley’s social voice and storytelling across channels, turning campus stories and events into engaging content while building community and directing influencer collaborations and platform-optimized production.

  • Content leadership: manage a monthly calendar, collaborate with creators, and surface campus stories with partners across the university.
  • Audience and channel mastery: monitor conversations, identify trends, and expand presence with platform-specific formats and new storytelling formats.
  • Reputation and operations: support crisis and reputation work with discretion and provide evening/weekend coverage for events.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead content strategy and creative storytelling across Bradley’s flagship social media channels.
  • Develop and maintain a monthly social media content calendar aligned with University events, priorities, and campaigns, while incorporating engaging day-to-day content opportunities.
  • Lead and expand the Bradley Influencer program by recruiting, managing, and mentoring student influencers each semester.
  • Collaborate with photographers, videographers, designers, and project managers to create engaging, platform-specific content.
  • Engage with audiences across social platforms in a timely and professional manner, helping build community and strengthen Bradley’s digital presence.
  • Ensure social media content aligns with University brand standards and voice.
  • Monitor social conversations and digital trends to identify opportunities, emerging issues, and audience insights.
  • Partner with communicators across campus to surface and amplify stories that reflect the breadth and impact of the University.
  • Explore new platforms, storytelling formats, and social trends to keep Bradley’s digital presence innovative and engaging.
  • Support reputation management and crisis communications efforts with professionalism, discretion, and sound judgment.
  • Provide occasional evening and weekend social media coverage for University events, emergencies, and special initiatives.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree required.
  • 1-4 years of experience managing social media accounts for a brand or employer.
  • Experience with a breadth of social media platforms.
  • Experience in real-time social monitoring and sentiment analysis.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Benefits

  • Bradley University offers a competitive benefits package including health, dental, vision, life and disability coverages, FSA, HSA and retirement plan options.
  • Bradley also offers significant higher education cost savings for employees and dependents through the Tuition Remission program.
  • More information regarding our benefits is available here: www.bradley.edu/offices/business/human-resources/benefits.
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Bradley University: where boundary breakers and new thinkers thrive. Founded in 1897 by visionary Lydia Moss Bradley, who brushed off convention to create a school the world needed. Today, Bradley University continues to evolve and embrace progress, leading through innovation and excellence.Bradley offers a comprehensive array of undergraduate and graduate academic programs in business, communications, education, engineering, fine arts, health sciences, liberal arts and sciences, and technology. Distinctive programs include entrepreneurship, game design, hospitality leadership, internal auditing, music and entertainment industry studies, sports communication and physical therapy.Bradley’s 85-acre residential campus is located in a historic neighborhood just one mile from downtown Peoria, Ill. — the largest metropolitan area in downstate Illinois — and is three hours from Chicago, St. Louis and Indianapolis.

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