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Now, about the opportunity: In the Social Media Strategist Sr. position, you’ll be responsible for executing and planning the best practices in Social Media and for digital content across multiple accounts, including new business opportunities. This is a role where you will be responsible for being part of a diverse and fast-paced set of projects from beginning to end, including hands-on project management, ad hoc social media consultation, building strategic recommendations, monitoring & optimizations of strategies. Additionally, our ideal candidate is a fast and flexible go-getter who jumps on new opportunities.
In this role you will:
- Development of digital content strategies, based on the understanding of each client's brand message, voice, objectives and target audiences. Mainly focused on new business.
- Creative and strategic input in digital projects for designated clients.
- Supervision and support of Content and Community Management teams, as they relate to the strategic objectives.
- Monitoring and auditing of Social Media strategies for current clients, as part of the continuous optimization process.
- Analysis of the results obtained from the different reports of the analytical and monitoring tools for continuous optimization of the account.
- Monitoring trends in social networks to keep the different platforms updated, not only with the content, but also with the strategy.
- Collaborative work with Data team, in the development of crisis management and control documents.
- Collaborative work with Operation, Data, Planning and Creative areas team.
- Tackle every pitch and new business project, even from industries you never worked for before
- You have an eye to detect business opportunities and develop the right solution.
- Take the lead when needed in front of the clients, and you provide a valuable strategic POV.
- Nothing, not even a small detail escapes from you as you are well organized.
Experience you already have:
- You have a minimum of 4 years of experience in digital environments in roles such as Digital planner or a Social Media strategist.
- In-depth knowledge of the Social Media environment, formats, and trends.
- How to build a Social media strategy and set roles for social media platforms.
- How to understand digital audiences and their behaviors.
- Develop digital ecosystems and find opportunities in emerging and new platforms.
- Develop consumer journeys and have the skills to clearly articulate your findings and opportunities in excellent storytelling.
- Digital paid media environments.
- Social commerce environments.
- How to measure success and which metrics are the valuable ones according to objectives, digital channels, and formats.
- Reading qualitative and quantitative data and clarity to recognize valuable findings in a sea of data.
- Develop strategic thinking, but you also identify when tactical thinking is the way to go.
Requirements
- Play along and develop empathy and commitment between the internal teams.
- Recursive when building a strategy.
- Great verbal skills and people get your point without gibberish.
- Fast thinking for accelerated client dynamics.
- Friendly and political expressions skills in English and Spanish.
- Advanced English (desirable)
- Curious and attentive to popular culture to learn about trends.
- Aware of your personality strengths, but also you are humble enough to identify your weaknesses.
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About Monks
Monks is the global, purely digital, unitary operating brand of S4Capital plc. With a legacy of innovation and specialized expertise, Monks combines an extraordinary range of global marketing and technology services to accelerate business possibilities and redefine how brands and businesses interact with the world. Its integration of systems and workflows delivers unfettered content production, scaled experiences, enterprise-grade technology and data science fueled by AI—managed by the industry’s best and most diverse digital talent—to help the world’s trailblazing companies outmaneuver and outpace their competition.
Monks was named a Contender in The Forrester Wave™: Global Marketing Services. It has remained a constant presence on Adweek’s Fastest Growing lists (2019-23), ranks among Cannes Lions' Top 10 Creative Companies (2022-23) and is the only partner to have been placed in AdExchanger’s Programmatic Power Players list every year (2020-24). In addition to being named Adweek’s first AI Agency of the Year (2023), Monks has been recognized by Business Intelligence in its 2024 Excellence in Artificial Intelligence Awards program in three categories: the Individual category, Organizational Winner in AI Strategic Planning and AI Product for its service Monks.Flow. Monks has also garnered the title of Webby Production Company of the Year (2021-24), won a record number of FWAs and has earned a spot on Newsweek’s Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplaces 2023.
We are an equal-opportunity employer committed to building a respectful and empowering work environment for all people to freely express themselves amongst colleagues who embrace diversity in all respects. Including fresh voices and unique points of view in all aspects of our business not only creates an environment where we can all grow and thrive but also increases our potential to produce work that better represents—and resonates with—the world around us.
