Social Media Contractor

Walker Sands Communications; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 45,000 - 67,000; Part time

Job summary

Walker Sands is seeking an experienced Social Media Contractor for a four-month engagement. The role will serve as a social strategist and hands-on practitioner across brand social, executive social and influencer marketing within a fast-paced B2B environment in Chicago.

You will join a client-facing team, stepping into active programs and collaborating with Social Media, PR, Creative, and Account Management to move work from strategy through execution.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in social media or digital marketing within an agency.
• Strong B2B social media background, including enterprise/tech brands.
• Hands-on influencer and creator marketing experience.
• Experience across brand social and executive social programs, especially LinkedIn.
• Experience with social listening and analytics tools; Sprout Social preferred.
• Excellent written, verbal and client-facing communication.
• Strong strategic judgment with ability to execute day-to-day tasks.
• Highly self-directed, organized and capable of ramping quickly.

Responsibilities

• Lead social media strategies across brand, executive and influencer marketing.
• Lead client conversations, present recommendations and provide strategic counsel.
• Develop social audits, channel strategies and editorial calendars.
• Map and review content; provide feedback on creative concepts and assets.
• Manage content planning, scheduling, publishing and optimization (Sprout Social).
• Identify and evaluate relevant influencers and creators for campaigns.
• Manage influencer activations from briefs to execution.
• Analyze performance and translate results into actionable recommendations.
• Support reporting with social listening, audience and competitive research.
• Draft client communications and manage day-to-day needs and deadlines.

Skills

Social media

Agency experience

Influencer marketing

LinkedIn

Client-facing

Tools

Sprout Social

Job description

Walker Sands is seeking an experienced Social Media Contractor to join our social media team for a temporary engagement of approximately four months. This individual will provide temporary coverage for a team member and will step directly into active client programs, serving as a social strategist and hands‑on practitioner across brand social, executive social and influencer marketing.

This is a highly client‑facing role for someone who can quickly get up to speed on complex B2B businesses, build trusted relationships with clients and account teams, and independently move work from strategy through execution. The ideal candidate has significant agency experience, strong B2B social media expertise and direct experience developing and executing influencer and creator programs.

This is an individual contributor role with no direct reports. The contractor will work closely with Social Media, PR, Creative, Account Management and other agency teams across multiple client engagements. While this is a temporary position, there may be an opportunity for longer‑term employment based on business needs and performance.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a social media lead across several B2B client programs, developing strategies across brand social, executive social and influencer marketing.
• Lead client conversations, present recommendations and provide confident strategic counsel on social media programs.
• Develop social audits, channel strategies, campaign frameworks, content strategies, editorial calendars and other strategic deliverables.
• Map, write and review social content and provide strategic feedback on creative concepts and assets.
• Manage social content from planning and approvals through scheduling, publishing and optimization, using tools such as Sprout Social.
• Identify and evaluate relevant influencers and creators based on audience fit, credibility, content quality, engagement and brand safety.
• Manage influencer activations, including campaign briefs, outreach, creator communications, negotiations, content review and execution.
• Analyze social and campaign performance, establish appropriate KPIs and benchmarks, and turn results into actionable recommendations.
• Use social listening and analytics tools to support reporting, audience research, competitive research and strategic insights.
• Draft polished client communications and independently manage day‑to‑day client needs, deliverables and deadlines.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional social media or digital marketing experience within an agency setting.
• Strong B2B social media background, ideally including experience with enterprise, technology or other complex brands.
• Hands‑on influencer and creator marketing experience is required, including experience working directly with influencers and/or their representatives.
• Experience across brand social and executive social programs, particularly LinkedIn.
• Experience with social media management, listening and analytics tools; Sprout Social experience is preferred.
• Excellent written, verbal and client‑facing communication skills.
• Strong strategic judgment paired with a willingness and ability to execute the day‑to‑day work.
• Highly self‑directed, organized and comfortable stepping into established client programs with limited ramp‑up time.
• Comfortable managing multiple priorities and working across account teams in a fast‑paced agency environment.
• We strive for salary range transparency in our hiring process. This is a major step towards not only complying with regulations where required, but also to make sure pay equity and DEI are top of mind during the hiring process. Below is the starting salary for this role:
  Starting Salary: $4,000 – 6,000 monthly
  • Placement on the salary scale will be determined by various factors, such as, but not limited to, relevant qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, education, business or organizational requirements and internal equity.
• Availability during standard business hours, Monday through Friday, for the anticipated contract period of mid-December 2026 through mid-April 2027.
• The contractor will work with Walker Sands to establish a consistent schedule based on assigned client programs and will need to be available for client meetings, internal collaboration and other account needs during normal business hours.