Social Media Specialist

Champaign, IL (On-site)

$26/hr – $36/hrMid Level2+ years expFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive social and digital communications for a financial services brand, owning content, channels, and reporting to grow engagement and brand consistency.

  • Own social content and calendar across Facebook, X, Instagram, and LinkedIn with strong storytelling.
  • Must-have: 2+ years in marketing/communications with solid writing and coordination skills.
  • Standout: Cross-functional collaboration with reporting, monitoring, and compliance-friendly archiving.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Assist in growing the company’s social media and digital presence by developing engaging content, managing assigned social channels and tools, monitoring content performance and audience engagement and communicating – including outside normal operating hours – with online communities
  • Collaborate with the marketing team to drive traffic, grow audience and support business goals through strategic engagement
  • Research, design, and implement successful digital marketing communication timelines and plans on a variety of topics to support corporate, bank, wealth management, and subsidiary initiatives with a strong emphasis on social-first storytelling
  • Author/edit and maintain calendar and content of social media channel communications, including Facebook, X, Instagram, and LinkedIn
  • Tell compelling brand stories consistently and creatively across social and digital channels ensuring content aligns with Busey’s voice and visual identity
  • Contribute to website, podcast, blog and other digital channel content as needed
  • Review and refine messaging to ensure clarity, accuracy and brand alignment across all social communications
  • Support audience and channel research to drive continual improvements in digital communications
  • Research and recommend best practices for tailoring messages and delivery channels based on targeted audience
  • Collect data on the performance of specific communications or campaigns, and provide timely, regular reporting/analysis of digital communication analytics.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Advertising, Communications, Journalism, or related field or equivalent work experience
  • 2+ years of experience.

Benefits

  • Busey provides a competitive Total Rewards package in return for your time, talents, efforts and ultimately, results.
  • Your personal and professional well-being—now and in the years to come—are important to us.
  • Busey’s Total Rewards include a competitive benefits package offering 401(k) match, profit sharing, employee stock purchase plan, paid time off, medical, dental, vision, company-paid life insurance and long-term disability, supplemental voluntary life insurance, short-term and long-term disability, wellness incentives and an employee assistance program.
  • In addition, eligible associates may take advantage of pre-tax health savings accounts and flexible spending accounts.
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Busey

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As of June 30, 2025, First Busey Corporation (Nasdaq: BUSE) was a $18.92 billion financial holding company headquartered in Leawood, Kansas.With more than 157 years of strength and service, Busey provides expert advice and tailored solutions. Busey Bank currently has 78 banking centers, with 21 in Central Illinois markets, 17 in suburban Chicago markets, 20 in the St. Louis Metropolitan Statistical Area, four in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington Metropolitan Statistical Area, three in the Kansas City Metropolitan Statistical Area, three in Southwest Florida, one in Indianapolis, two in Oklahoma City, one in Tulsa, one in Wichita, one in Denver, one in Colorado Springs, one in Phoenix, one in Tucson, and one in New Mexico. For more information on our products and services—or to find your closest Busey location or ATM—visit busey.com today.Building Business. Growing Wealth. Since 1868. Busey Bank.Through Busey’s Wealth Management division, the Company provides a full range of asset management, investment, brokerage, fiduciary, philanthropic advisory, tax preparation, and farm management services to individuals, businesses, and foundations. Assets under care totaled $14.10 billion as of June 30, 2025. More information about Busey’s Wealth Management services can be found at busey.com/wealth-management. More information about Busey’s Wealth Management services can be found at busey.com/wealthmanagement.For the first time, Busey was named among the World’s Best Banks for 2024 by Forbes, earning a spot on the list among 68 U.S. banks and 403 banks worldwide.

Founded in 1946
Champaign, Illinois, USA
1.9K employees (39 in marketing)
61% recommend to a friend
85% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
312.1K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
28.6%
Direct
66.7%
Referral
3.8%
Social
0.7%
Paid
0.2%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~1.9K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
32 (2% of company)
Median Career Experience
14 years
Median Tenure
6.8 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Funding

Total Funding
$200M
Last Raise
$200M
Post IPO Equity, 10 months ago

Funding History

  • May 2025
    Post IPO Equity • $200M

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