Social Media Manager & Strategy Lead

Oklahoma City Thunder; Oklahoma City (OK); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision coverage

401k with matching funds

Employee ticket options

Paid downtown parking

Tuition reimbursement

Parental leave

Job summary

The Oklahoma City Thunder is seeking a Social Media Manager to shape and execute our social media strategy, expanding our reach and guiding content, analytics, and team leadership across the organization. This full-time role reports to the Director of Social Media and requires collaboration with various departments to support business and brand goals.

Ideal candidates have a bachelor’s degree, 5+ years in digital marketing or social media, and strong written and verbal communication skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant work or military experience, plus a minimum of five years of professional experience in digital marketing or social media.
• Broad knowledge of social media platforms, trends, and tools necessary to support a successful corporate social media strategy.
• National Basketball Association or professional sports experience is beneficial but not required.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Director in defining and driving social media strategy, developing voice and tone, channel guidelines, goals, and audience targets.
• Manage, develop, and maintain multi-channel content calendars and facilitate submission of all corresponding content assets in conjunction with Social Media Content Producers across all organizational social media accounts.
• Oversee day-to-day posting and community management for all social media accounts under the Oklahoma City Thunder brand.
• Manage reporting and analytics to keep the organization and partners informed of impact and insights.
• Shoot photography and other content as needed at games and community events.
• Collaborate with designers to ensure assets are optimized for performance by platform.
• Project manage all social media graphic design jobs and ensure brand standards are met.

Skills

Social media strategy

Content calendars

Analytics reporting

Team leadership

Bilingual EN/ES/Mandarin

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

5+ years digital marketing or social media

Tools

Photoshop

Video editing

Microsoft Office

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

The Oklahoma City Thunder is seeking a Social Media Manager to shape and execute our social media strategy, expanding our reach and guiding content, analytics, and team leadership across the organization. This full-time role reports to the Director of Social Media and requires collaboration with various departments to support business and brand goals.

Ideal candidates have a bachelor’s degree, 5+ years in digital marketing or social media, and strong written and verbal communication skills.