Sr Associate, Social & Community

Home Chef; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 72,000 - 78,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision, life and AD&D

401k program

Paid holidays, sick time and vacation

Flexible spending accounts for medical

Job summary

Home Chef in Illinois is seeking a Sr. Associate, Social Media to own and voice our organic social presence for Home Chef and Tempo. You will manage content, tone, and community engagement across platforms, aligning with brand guidelines and campaigns.

You will collaborate with PR, Brand Creative, Partnerships, and Customer Support to drive engagement, monitor sentiment, and optimize performance across channels. A focus on community growth and fresh content is required.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in a social and community management role, in-house or agency.
• Proven ownership of organic social media strategy across platforms.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate across teams and work independently when needed.

Responsibilities

• Own the organic social strategies for Home Chef and Tempo; audit and report on performance.
• Be the voice of the brands on social, engaging audiences with brand-appropriate tone.
• Monitor key platforms daily, respond or escalate to support as needed.
• Plan and post content using social listening tools; track results and trends.
• Collaborate with support, brand, and partnerships teams to optimize campaigns.

Skills

Social media strategy

Community management

Engagement planning

Tools

Canva

Adobe

Job description

• Experience in design platforms (Canva, Adobe, etc.) a plus

Founded in 2013, Home Chef is the leading meal solutions company with both a retail and online presence. Available online at homechef.com and in retail at more than 2,100 Kroger grocery stores, Home Chef is committed to inspiring and enabling more people to cook simple, delicious meals, no matter how busy they are.

In 2023, Home Chef introduced a new brand, Tempo! Tempo features a rotating selection of ready-to-heat meals delivered directly to your door. These meals are better-for-you versions of familiar favorites, designed to save you time and reduce stress while maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Our Tempo menu includes options that are protein-packed, fiber-rich, calorie and carb conscious, keto-friendly, and dietitian-approved.

Similar to our recipes, we recognize that variety is the spice of life, and therefore, our employees also bring their uniqueness and color to our fantastic team. We’re eager to work with humble team players and pragmatic next-level thinkers to innovate on Home Chef’s offerings.

The Sr. Associate, Social Media will report to the Senior Manager of PR & Communications. They will serve as the owner and voice of Home Chef and Tempo across our key social media platforms (8+ accounts), managing our digital presence and community engagement strategies and ensuring best-in-class communication that reflects our brand values and accurately represents our products and services.

The Sr. Associate, Social Media will execute initiatives across our organic social channels for both Home Chef and Tempo brands and will proactively activate our most engaged followers and customers across marketing to help boost brand awareness and customer loyalty.

Detailed Responsibilities

Social and Community Management

• Own the organic social strategies for both of our brands, Home Chef and Tempo. This involves regular auditing of organic practices to gauge success, reporting on successes and areas of opportunity, and ongoing content adaptation across social platforms.
• Be the voice of Home Chef on social media, ready to engage with our audience members on everything from service inquiries and delivery issues to celebrating their mealtime wins in an approachable, friendly way. Translate brand voice guidelines to each audience based on channel and content.
• Monitor Home Chef and Tempo’s key social media platforms* ( Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, etc.) daily, including organic and paid activity, responding to or redirecting audience comments to our Customer Support team as needed, vetting brand opportunities that come through social platforms, and more.
• Manage our social planning and listening tool – schedule and post content, monitor performance, track results, and monitor conversations around specific campaigns. Proactively track how our brands are being talked about online to address issues and take advantage of engagement opportunities.
• Work closely with our Customer Support team to stay up to date with information impacting our product and services to help provide the best customer experience possible for our community members. Monitor online conversations when crises occur and manage as needed.
• Review user generated content (UGC) and obtain the rights to high quality submissions to curate relatable content to post across channels
• Report on channel results for Home Chef and Tempo, namely community growth, engagement, sentiment, customer feedback patterns, and implications for the future
• Be a resource for all things organic social. Monitor and report on content trends and practices among competitors and industry leaders. Proactively share learnings and insights, and implement new tactics based on those insights.

Campaign and Brand Team Support

• Work within the Brand Team, especially the Sr. Manager of PR & Comms, to deploy campaign messaging and awareness strategies that engage our target audience and communities. Support brand comms and PR campaigns with activations that drive customer engagement.
• Work closely with the Brand Creative Team to ideate and develop content for social channels, at times creating content based on brand guidelines, templates, and design best practices imparted by the creative team. Lead all creative briefs for organic social channels.
• Partner with the Partnerships Team on cross-promotion of influencer campaign content, determining what partners and content types are a fit for Home Chef and Tempo organic channels. Keep up a steady drumbeat of engagement with key partners on social channels.
• Regularly report on metrics of campaign content to inform strategy of future brand campaigns and optimize content across channels (i.e. share paid content on organic and vice versa) when appropriate
• Participate in brand team meetings and share ideas and insights that contribute to the broader marketing calendar, competitor differentiation, etc.

Reputation Management

• Build a trusted brand presence in digital spaces with a consistent voice
• Lead the customer review management strategy, working closely with the lifecycle marketing team to disseminate review requests, track performance, and adapt the strategy based on results. Monitor and respond to reviews on active review platforms, such as Facebook, TrustPilot, Google, BBB, etc. using community management guidelines.
• Identify opportunities to engage and leverage Home Chef and Tempo’s community – from customers to influencer partners – via engagement and “surprise and delight” tactics.
• Lead reputation management strategy on emerging channels, such as Reddit, YouTube,and other forums that contribute to LLM results. Work closely with Customer Support on developing and adapting cadence and messaging for each platform.
• Monitor and report on how competitors approach reputation management and emerging digital communities. Use learnings to adapt Home Chef and Tempo’s strategies.

This position requires 0-5% travel.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in a social and community management role, whether in house or at an agency
• Proven ownership of organic social media strategy
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work well across teams as well as proactively in a self-directed manner
• Attention to detail and and solution-oriented problem solving
• A strong interest in social media trends, with digital marketing knowledge a plus
• Experience working within social tools/platforms (i.e. Meltwater, Sprinklr, Hootsuite, etc.)
• Experience in design platforms (Canva, Adobe, etc.) a plus
• An interest in home cooking and / or food media is encouraged

More About Us

Perks and benefits

• Candidates can experience Home Chef as a customer - enter promo code PEOPLE30 for $30 off your first order!
• Medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance available
• Paid holidays, sick time and vacation time
• 401k program
• Flexible spending accounts for qualified medical, dependent care, parking, or transit expenses

How We Work Together

We are humble team players.

We are warm and gracious with team members and customers. We seek feedback to improve ourselves - and respectfully listen to and accept input.

We are pragmatic next-level thinkers.

We come up with novel and unique ideas. We explore new strategies to avoid being constrained by conventional thinking.

We take ownership.

We approach ambiguous problems, prepared to dive in, get curious, and learn more. We are results-driven, always challenging ourselves to exceed goals.

Be at Home at Home Chef

We all show up authentically at Home Chef. Our team includes individuals with a variety of identities, backgrounds, and perspectives. You can trust that you’ll be able to bring your whole self to an inclusive and enjoyable workplace.

We welcome people of all races, colors, religions, national origin or ancestry, sex (including sexual identity), age, physical or mental disabilities, pregnancy, veteran or military status, unfavorable discharge from military service, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital status, order of protection status, citizenship status, arrest record or expunged/sealed convictions, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state, or local law.

Home Chef is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Home Chef will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact our People team at [e-mail].

Home Chef offers the base salary range as posted below, with the exact offer depending on factors such as geographic location, experience, skills, and internal equity. While compensation is within the provided range, it is not typical for offers to be made at the upper end. In addition to base salary, Home Chef provides a comprehensive benefits package, including healthcare coverage, 401k match, and paid time off.

Illinois Pay Range: $72,000 USD - $78,000 USD

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