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Staff Social Media Specialist (Part Time, 17.5 hours/week)

Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA

Pay: 60.000 - 80.000

Job type: Part Time


Staff Social Media Specialist (Part Time, 17.5 hours/week)
Do you love creating engaging social media content and connecting with your audience? Are you thrilled when you see increased engagement? Are you organized and a strategic planner? The College of Humanities communications team is seeking a staff social media specialist to create brand‑aligned social media content for the College on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Facebook. This role is a key member of the editorial team and will oversee content creation and mentor student social media specialists.

What You’ll Do

Collaborate with editorial & social media supervisor and executive team on social strategy and messaging.

Attend monthly university social media meetings and incorporate university direction in team and College functions.

Participate in developing and implementing content strategy and messaging.

Collaborate with and mentor student social media manager.

Assist in scheduling and organizing content calendar.

Collaborate on composition and content for accuracy, clarity, and appropriateness.

Monitor student social media specialist’s assignments.

Create and manage posts, campaigns, content, and presence for College’s social media platforms.

Monitor posts through approval processes.

Collaborate with copyeditor to ensure grammatical and style accuracy.

Manage comments and DMs.

Incorporate executive team feedback on content.

Measure social media performance through data collection and analysis.

Provide monthly reporting to editorial & social media supervisor and executive team.

Identify opportunities for improved performance and reach.

Conduct regular audits of College social media pages to ensure brand alignment.

Provide regular social media training to College communications committee.

Consult on College unit social media strategy when requested.

Required Qualifications

A firm commitment to the mission of BYU.

Associate or bachelor’s degree AND one year of social media experience (part‑time is acceptable, including as a student) or 3–5 years of equivalent work experience.

Skilled in planning, creating, and executing social media content and social media campaigns.

Superior communication and copywriting skills.

Ability to use data to define audiences and segments based on interests, behaviors, patterns, demographics, or other traits and adjust strategy according to user behaviors.

Excellent interpersonal skills and a willingness to collaborate with team leadership.

Ability to create original, engaging, aesthetic graphics on Canva and to create reels on Instagram.

Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities.

Ability to work independently and with a team.

Self‑motivated, creative, and organized.

Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter‑day Saints must hold and be worthy to hold a current temple recommend.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience teaching, mentoring, or training.

Experience with Airtable or other project management software.

Bachelor’s degree in public relations, advertising, marketing, digital media messaging, journalism, communications, professional writing, or related field of study AND one‑plus year of work experience (part‑time is acceptable, including as a student) or 5 or more years of equivalent work experience.

Benefits

Employee assistance program, available to the employee and all members of their household.

Access to the library.

Free on‑campus parking.

Free UTA pass.

Discounts at the BYU Store and for many events at BYU.

Pay Grade:

51
Typical Starting Pay:

$28.25 to $36.25 an hour

Equal Employment Opportunity:

Brigham Young University is an equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veteran status.

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