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Sr Social Media Specialist - 90402809 - Washington

Amtrak

District of Columbia, USA (Unknown)$79K/yr – $102K/yr

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Sr Social Media Specialist - 90402809 - Washington

Amtrak

District of Columbia, USA (Unknown)

$79K/yr - $102K/yrIn-houseSenior level3+ years exp.
3 months ago
Amtrak logo
Amtrak

Sr Social Media Specialist - 90402809 - Washington

District of Columbia, USA (Unknown)

$79K/yr – $102K/yrSenior Level3+ years exp

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive social marketing and content campaigns for Amtrak, coordinating across platforms to grow engagement and support partner initiatives.

  • Own end-to-end social campaigns across Facebook, X, Instagram, YouTube, Pinterest, TikTok, and Threads.
  • Must-have: 3+ years in marketing or social media with proven enterprise-level content creation.
  • Standout: Collaboration with internal teams, brands, and state partners to expand reach.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Identify areas of opportunity for fan outreach, inclusive of platform expansion.
  • Engage opportunities for Amtrak to jump on trends and interact with brands, influencers, and fans to reach new audiences.
  • Proactively monitoring the flow of social to inform campaign development, support new business inquiries and collect data to facilitate audience analysis and competitive industry reporting.
  • Support Loyalty and Customer Experience team as they elevate social care
  • Research communities and niches to support influencer and content creator sourcing
  • Incumbent to support the creation and execution campaigns across Facebook, X, Instagram, YouTube, Pinterest, TikTok, and Threads.
  • Collaborate and strategize with internal departments, outside brands, and state partners to promote business initiatives and grow brand reach.
  • Support content capture projects, inclusive of photo shoots on moving trains.
  • Other duties as assigned

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s Degree required OR equivalent combination of training, education and relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
  • 3 years of experience in marketing, communications, digital media or social media.
  • Experience with social media management tools
  • Experience in community engagement
  • Demonstrated experience and content creation at an enterprise level for most of these social media platforms: Facebook, X, Instagram, YouTube, Pinterest, TikTok, and Threads.
  • Excellent verbal and written communications skills (including editing/proofreading).
  • Demonstrated experience generating forward-thinking ideas and creative, engaging social content.
  • Extremely detail oriented with experience working with multiple internal and external stakeholders.
  • Proactive and autonomous in approach but collaborative in execution.

Preferred

  • 5 years of experience
  • Experience with social media management system Sprinklr
  • Travel industry background

Benefits

  • comprehensive benefit package that includes health, dental, and vision plans; health savings accounts; wellness programs; flexible spending accounts; 401K retirement plan with employer match; life insurance; short and long term disability insurance; paid time off; back-up care; adoption assistance; surrogacy assistance; reimbursement of education expenses; Public Service Loan Forgiveness eligibility; Railroad Retirement sickness and retirement benefits; and rail pass privileges. Learn more about our benefits offerings here.
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Amtrak

3.6 Glassdoor

Moving America Where it wants to go.We are not just a railroad; we are a company that moves people. With 21,000 route miles in 46 states, the District of Columbia and three Canadian provinces, Amtrak operates more than 300 trains each day – at speeds up to 150 mph – to more than 500 destinations. We move customers where they want to go by responding to their wants and needs. And by doing so, we connect communities, economies and families that make our nation great.We employ more than 20,000 diverse, energetic professionals in a variety of career fields throughout the Unites States. Our mission is to provide safe transportation in the most efficient way possible, while ensuring that our customers get a consistent, high quality experience. Carrying out this mission, and ultimately achieving our vision, hinges on our employees.The future rides with us.Amtrak is an equal employment opportunity employer.

Founded in 1971
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
14K employees (1,292 in marketing)
www.amtrak.com
72% recommend to a friend
66% CEO approval

Salaries

Posted range

$79K/yr – $102K/yr

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
185 (1% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Funding

Total Funding
$125.7M
Last Raise
$63.9M
Grant, 2 years ago

Funding History

  • Sep 2024
    Grant • $63.9M
  • Sep 2023
    Grant • $8.8M
  • Aug 2022
    Grant • $45M

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
16.8M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$440.5K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
53.2%
Direct
40.2%
Referral
4.9%
Social
0.7%
Paid
0.9%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~13.7K

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