We are hiring: Social Media and Content Manager (Now Closed)

We are Black Sheep, a cause-driven creative and brand strategy agency that works with impactful companies and organizations to activate communities around things that matter. We are recruiting for a Social Media and Content Manager.

Learn more here: 

• The job description
• Requirements
• Open-book management + compensation
• Inclusion at Black Sheep
• How to apply

Social Media and Content Manager Job Description

From TikTok to #longreads, the Social Media and Content Manager at Black Sheep is responsible for creating and implementing on narrative threads as they emerge, as well as knowing how to bring cause-based brands into these stories. In this role, you turn ideas into visible engagement and activation. You have the ability to establish and grow a captive audience around a brand/campaign/cause and reinspire and nurture existing audiences. With creative team support, you strategically move from ideation to execution in a rapidly evolving digital climate, taking ownership over the writing and creating content for various digital channels.

You are ready to:

• Concept and pitch strategic social campaigns and content plans with assistance from the Digital Director
• Support the Digital team with copywriting and social media + content implementation
• Manage the day-to-day community management and audience engagement for both Black Sheep social profiles and any client channels
• Actively study the digital landscape and contribute to thought leadership and client mentorship that showcases new tools, tech and trends
• Collaborate with members of the Digital, Creative and Strategy teams to build tactics, social programs and content strategy for our clients and brand

Your day might include:

• Building content plans and crafting content for digital strategies for clients in collaboration with the digital director
• Providing strategic recommendations for clients and the Black Sheep brand regarding platform adoption, content and posting strategy and KPIs
• Partnering across departments to achieve brand/campaign/initiative goals to deliver awareness, brand impressions, engagement and traffic across all digital channels
• Managing the launch period of a client’s digital campaign or the initial rollout of a new or evolved brand to demonstrate the full potential of the concept and narrative with the anticipation of transferring responsibility to an in-house team
• Managing digital communities including proactive comment response and community engagement across platforms
• Crafting content for email campaigns
• Writing and editing copy for agency social channels (Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, Tiktok), working closely with the Digital and brand teams
• Managing Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok content calendars, including posting and monitoring overall performance
• Cementing success in the numbers with accurate data reporting

Job Requirements

Below is a description of the traditional experience that can lead to strength in this role, but we are background agnostic and value candidates with different and unique work histories. Please, share your experience with us and tell us why you believe you'd be a strong candidate for this digital role.

• 3-5 years relevant experience in which you have concepted, developed, planned and managed social media and digital content for brands and organizations at an agency or in another fast-paced environment
• Strong, concise, creative writing skills
• Proven creative thinking and ideation 
• Knowledge of paid versus organic social media strategy and many different social media platforms
• Strong organizational skills and attention to details like spelling, grammar, punctuation and style
• Advanced communication skills, including both written (documents and presentations) and interpersonal communication skills
• Ability to handle managing 6-10 projects simultaneously
• Location: Remote, but located within North America

Salary Range

$55,000 to $75,000

Open-Book Management and Bonus Compensation

From the inception of Black Sheep, we've made a conscious effort to always keep people as the central focus of our growth strategy. As a team we practice open-book management and huddle weekly to discuss our financial trajectory. We pay out quarterly bonuses to the team based on specified quarterly agency targets. Team members are currently averaging 12% of their annual salary in bonus annually with potential to increase based on agency performance. We win and lose as a team and our bonus structure is no different.

Inclusion at The Black Sheep Agency

Yes, we’re a gathering of rebels. We’ve come together to change minds and accelerate impact for organizations and businesses that are leading communities toward a more equitable future. In our field of strategy, marketing and creative ideas, we know the playing field isn’t fair, and getting a dream job is easier for some than others.

We believe our ecosystem is strengthened through perspective and collaboration, and that can only happen when mentorship, leadership and career opportunities are open to all. We’re looking for go-getters and figure-it-outers— people who think beyond the ordinary list of awards and internships and tell the story of how they’ve transformed their professional life through personal initiative and creativity.

We don’t believe talent and expertise should look the same—ever. Tell us how you’ll join us in sparking an empowered and brilliant future for our communities. Be your own agent of change. We want to meet you.