Associate, Community Management

About Golin

We are a global public relations agency poised and staffing for the needs of today. Through our 60+ year history we have redefined the role of PR with best-in-class creative that has earned worldwide attention and awards. Representing some of the biggest Fortune One brands, we offer a suite of services from content creation and production, diversity equity & inclusion strategy, influencer marketing, corporate strategy, and public affairs to name a few. To learn more about Golin visit: golin.com.

Why Work for Us?

We are a global agency of run by 1,600 diverse, bright and eager individuals collaborating with us in more than 40 cities around the globe. Some in offices, some working remotely. But regardless of our geographies, our passion for collaboration is the #1 reason clients and colleagues enjoy working with us.

This love for working together isn’t new for us…it started 60 years ago when our founder insisted that personal egos be set aside for the greater good of the agency. Because he knew great work starts with inspired teamwork. Our love for working together is how we get clients and colleagues to work with us and stay with us for decades. And how we launch brands, build careers, win awards and make everlasting friendships.

We are ready to Go All In for you…

Because we promise together, we will make the best work of our lives and create change that matters. If that sounds like something you could wake up every morning to help with, then read on.

DAY-TO-DAY ROLE:

Do you check the headlines on your newsfeed before you’ve had your morning coffee? Do you love working at the speed of real-time to spot and influence trends before they become news? Are you looking to grow in your career and expand your skills across different faucets of social?

We need a social media-savvy communicator who thinks like us… someone who gets their kicks delivering killer online campaigns for both established and up-and-coming brands. Someone who likes to use the power of words and social media to form a strong community for any brand they work on. Do you tweet in your sleep? In this role you will wear many hats, below are a few but definitely not limited to just this.

We are a team that is always supporting each other picking up wherever we can and expanding our own expertise in many fields as we go. You will:

• Think about what hashtag can be used for this campaign during brainstorms, content plans, etc,? What channels make the most sense for this content series and why? How can we engage with the community? What response plan do we have in place for troll comments?
• Draft evergreen social content across Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Pinterest
• Identify key cultural moment -collaborate with the creative team to determine which low-tier and top-tier moments make most sense for the team to brainstorm and recommend
• Support in creative brainstorms for bimonthly ideas
• Attend weekly internal and external client calls
• Plan social posting schedules
• Support analytics team
• Social community management

GROWTH OPPORTUNTIES:

At Golin it’s all about growth and opportunity, we bring you in for your expertise in a specific skill set and then we help you grow and develop into other areas with the social realm.

In this role, you will have direct access to seasoned professionals who - will not only help improve your work - but establish a path for you to grow within Golin long term. This role provides the exciting opportunity to create and build a new function within an established successful agency. One thing you’ll learn about Golin is people stay for both the people and the agency’s willingness to be flexible with career pivots and explorations.

We invest in our staff the way our clients invest in us through just some of the below:

• 24 hours professional development mandate of webinars, self-directed courses, on the job training, in person training, e-learning, outside resources
• Learning grants
• Wellness stipends
• Quarterly growth check-ins
• Mentorship opportunities

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

• 1-2 years experience in copy writing, social media posting and community management – ability to on-board and understand an existing brands message, tone of voice and audience segment to support further growth through content and ideas development
• Thorough knowledge of the current and future social media universe including leading and niche channels (i.e. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Instagram, Vine) - Staying on-top of and identifying trends to incorporate into social content on a regular basis
• Interest in developing creative ideas to support the team to pitch to the client on a bimonthly basis
• Experience with social tools (i.e. AirTable, Hootsuite, Adobe Social, Radian6, Sysomos and Slack)
• Excellent verbal, written, presentation and problem-solving skills, ability to interpreting creative direction and technical information and turning them into persuasive copy concepts
• Detail-oriented… down to the comma in the Tweet
• Go getter ready to take on any request that comes your way, not limited to a job description or 9-to-5 working hours
• Comfortable working on multiple projects simultaneously in real-time with tight deadlines – AKA lighting speed
• Able to work independently, asking lots of questions to make the output of every project better
• Experience working with global brands a huge plus

GOLIN PERKS:

Trying to create the best work of our lives and change that matters can be both physically and mentally draining, which is why Golin offers the following perks we strongly urge our employees to utilize:

• Unlimited time off
• Extended Leave
• Monthly wellness stipend
• Tuition reimbursement
• 401K matching program
• Training and career pathing
• Community service opportunities

Golin is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, disability or protected veteran status.