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The New Jersey Jackals are a hiring a Marketing & Social Media Coordinator.
The Marketing & Social Media Coordinator is primarily responsible for telling the story of the New Jersey Jackals brand through social media and written communication through a variety of channels, including emails, sales collateral, stakeholder communication, and more. This role will work closely with the Marketing Team to manage all social media channels and maintain the social media posting calendar.
Supervisor: Report Directly to the General Manager
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Operate all social media channels while providing a best-in-class experience for our followers and fans.
- Strive to reach key performance indicators related to growth and engagement of Jackals social media audience and email marketing contacts, through daily, weekly, monthly and annual analytics research.
- Manage calendar of upcoming campaigns as identified by internal priorities, partner input, and viewership trends.
- Compile metrics, data and analysis related to various key events and initiate suggestions for optimization and coverage.
- Work closely with members of the marketing department to cultivate a cohesive social media schedule that works well with other elements of the team's concurrent marketing plans.
- Coordinate with other departments within the organization on their priorities and desired social media and email campaigns.
- Create flyers and other marketing materials as needed.
- Other duties as assigned.
Ideal Qualifications:
- Bachelors Degree preferred
- Experience in sports marketing or social media for a sports organization; or similar experience will be considered.
- General sports experience preferred.
- Experience making creative flyers quickly and efficiently.
- A strong understanding of all social media platforms and appropriate use in a sports business setting.
- Ability to think and react quickly and appropriately to unpredictable situations.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Excellent planning and organizational skills, with the ability to effectively multi-task.
- Capacity to think creatively and contribute new ideas.
- Knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud and Microsoft Office.
- Outgoing and enthusiastic.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Willingness to work evenings, weekends, and holidays.
This role will work minimum of 40 hours per week, with an immediate start date. This is an entry-level position and pay is commensurate with experience. Attendance at each Jackals home game is required, creating varying work hours on game days. Traditional office hours are enforced when the team is on the road.
