Careers

Social Media & Marketing Manager

This position may be either a Full-time position (approx 40-hrs / week) or could be part-time (minimum 20-hrs / week) for the right candidate.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Personally create, edit, and post photo/video imagery & content to the Summer Thornton Instagram page & website
• Work with outside videographers and editors on video content edits
• Personally manage the development of creative content across multiple platforms including but not limited to instagram, pinterest, e-mail newsletter, website, popular external blogs, videos, etc
• Create a content calendar & distribution schedule leveraging various platforms to maximize exposure for the Summer Thornton brand & personally deploy content against said calendar
• Establish & build relationships with key influencers & brands in the social media space for cross-promotion, partnership, & brand-building opportunities
• Develop strategies & tactics to maximize online sharing of Summer Thornton content through instagram, pinterest, popular blogs, and more
• Develop strategies & tactics to maximize followers & subscribers to Summer Thornton social media pages & newsletter
• Create & deploy quarterly or semi-monthly e-newsletters highlighting key updates about the brand to followers
• Personally update website through wordpress CMS including adding project imagery & press articles; manage the redesign and launch of a new website
• Assist the Managing Director with other marketing activities including mailings, sourcing requests, photoshoots, editor quote & imagery requests, etc
• Assist in the accessorizing & styling of rooms for photo shoots; and in some cases for smaller shoots of before imagery and/or in-progress photos personally facilitate the shoot unassisted
• May require up to 10% travel out-of-state

Key Qualifications & Skills:

• Minimum of 3+ years (ideally 6+) professional experience in related field (social media, marketing, art direction, graphic design, web design, etc)
• Avid consumer of high quality editorial content & ideally an experienced contributor (writer, photographer, graphic designer, editor) of such content
• Bachelors degree in Art, Marketing, or related fields (photography, graphic design, etc)
• Extensive knowledge & passion for the interior design & architecture industry including awareness of notable brands, leading designers & architects, design magazines & books, etc
• Impeccable aesthetic taste as well as alignment with Principal’s design style and philosophies
• Basic photo-editing / photoshop skills.
• Ability to problem-solve, try new things, and seek solutions with limited supervisor direction
• Experience with wordpress, Squarespace, or other back-end CMS for creating online content preferred but not required
• Proactive self-starter – shows both initiative and detailed follow-through/completion
• Strong attention to detail & strong organizational skills
• Positive and fun, team player, utmost integrity, honesty, & no-drama/ego attitude a necessity

SEND RESUME, CREATIVE PORTFOLIO, SALARY REQUIREMENT & REFERENCES TO: CAREERS@SUMMERTHORNTONDESIGN.COM

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