Those of you who've been around know that my job descriptions aren't exactly, standard. Here's another one.
I'm under contract to find a social media manager for a software modeling software company in Pittsburgh. It's a great position if you're into the business side of social, and you even get to work with a team of content creators. The challenge is in Pittsburgh I'm mostly finding retail and ad agency experience. This is a different beast.
As I expand the search across the country, if you think this might be something you'd look at, drop me a line on Twitter or the other hundred ways to contact me through social media (not interested in blind resume submissions), and let's talk.
Basic Duties: LinkedIn Groups, YouTube channel, Blog, other channels as we justify them.
Experience: 5-10 years business experience, social media for a solid two years, and multiple enterprise clients if a consultant. Background in software sales, engineering, or technical writing industry would be great, but I can be flexible.
No egos on this one. I don't want to hear about how hard it is to create change in a company when they don't buy in. It's our job to convince managers, sales people, and executives to buy in. They're hiring for the job, right? Also, while strategy is a key component, I've a need for a real player/coach here. It's a large company with a lot of opportunity to make changes, but you have to earn that right with your work.
The position reports to the Director of Marketing and Communications, who runs the website, content, event, marketing ,and corp communications. The department has 45 staff, with about a third of those reporting to your manager. This is not a management position, despite the title. You'd also be working with and have access to lots of SME's, a necessity as their audience is primarily technical.
The successful candidate will have to lay out the strategy, execute it, and bring others along who can benefit. Metrics are easy at first. Right now, they aren't focused on Sales or Conversions, but rather figuring out where social fits, and justifying its use. Clarity of message in the right social channels is a big deal.
One last thing. You have to live in Pittsburgh. Flying in and out is not going to work this time. But we can talk about getting you there.
