Overview
SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER: Part-Time Position
ABOUT US: vKind is committed to living our vegan values, by creating a work environment where everyone feels respected, connected, and has opportunities to learn and grow. As part of living our values, we strive to create a diverse and inclusive work environment where everyone feels they can be themselves and has an equal opportunity of succeeding.
What You’ll Do:
- Manage all vKind Social media accounts including Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, TikTok & Linkedin.
- Manage vKind’s social media interns, influencers, and contributors.
- Evolve and elevate vKind’s storytelling through timely, creative & engaging campaigns.
- Constantly monitor social media channels and engage with posts, popular hashtags and join pop culture conversations/moments in a proactive and timely manner to cultivate community.
- Learn vKind’s brand voice and manage the social editorial calendar, collaborating with the Creative Services and Content teams to create compelling social-first content.
- Responsible for scheduling content across social media platforms on a daily basis.
- Stay abreast of new developments and opportunities in the industry.
- Collaborate across the team and different departments to capture in-the-moment content while keeping overall content and social strategy in mind.
- Develop short-form video content for IG Reels, Tiktok & YouTube Shorts.
- Explore new ways to engage and new social networks to reach our target audience.
- Strategy: Create and implement organic and paid social media strategies. Platforms may include but are not limited to LinkedIn, Instagram, TiTok, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.
- Support the compilation and analysis of monthly, quarterly, and annual reports that track key social metrics, as well as optimize opportunities in real-time.
- Communicate with followers, respond to queries in a timely manner and monitor customer reviews.
- Explore new ways to engage and new social networks to reach our target audience.
- Stay up-to-date with current technologies and trends in social media, design tools and applications.
- Outreach to potential influencers or celebrities that can showcase our brand
- Monitoring and engagement: Actively engage with our brand on social media, combing hashtags, listening for questions or concerns, and serving as a first brand touchpoint.
What You’ll Bring
- 3-5 years of social media and/or related digital marketing experience preferred
(Preferred) - BA degree in Communications, English, Journalism, Marketing, or related field.
- Strategic experience on social platforms including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and Tiktok, as well as staying up to date on emerging platforms.
- Excitement about vKind’s mission; can clearly articulate passion for our mission and values
- Strong knowledge of the vegan lifestyle and culture
- Optimistic and innovative; solution-oriented; showing no signs of cynicism
- Will be widely viewed as someone who personifies our core values, is committed to them, and leans on them when making decisions.
- Demonstrates a track record of high integrity – doing the right thing, owning mistakes, conducting oneself honestly
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to work well with people at all organizational levels; ability to work effectively both independently and in a collaborative structure.
- Values, communicates, and interacts with others with high levels of transparency and respect.
- Creative/analytical mindset: Ability to jump from the creative side of social to analytical to prove ideas.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Extremely organized with an eye for detail
- Knowledge of Later or similar programs to manage online postings on different platforms.
- Proficient in Social Analytics and Bonus points for experience with Google GA4
- Knowledge of marketing trends and techniques.
- Experience working with Influencers / Ambassadors Program
- Excellent copywriting skills.
- Ability to deliver creative content (text, image and video).
- Knowledge of online marketing channels.
- In-depth knowledge and understanding of social media platforms and how they’re evolving, as well as their respective audiences and strategies
- Proven experience in all aspects of developing paid and organic campaigns – bonus points for deep experience with LinkedIn
- Ability to distill complicated content to digestible social media efforts – experience in the technology space a big plus.
Interested parties please apply with a full resume or CV stating availability, current, and expected salary. In your cover letter, please include a section explaining how your values align with ours, and why you would want to work at vKind specifically. Please email your cover letter, resume and salary requirements to: davidtrotter@vkind.com
About vKind & vWire
vKind is an online ecosystem focused on building the VegEconomy® by working with vegan only businesses and professionals and providing a resource to support vegan companies and individuals. We also have our sister company, vWire the first vegan only press release platform