Skidmore Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM)

Social Media and Web Manager

Skidmore Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) • $90K — $120K *
Chicago, IL 60629In-Person
Media
5 - 7 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in developing and designing online sites or equivalent skills.
  • Strong design and photography skills including proficiency in photo and video editing.
  • Ability to think strategically while executing detailed day-to-day tasks.
  • Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
  • Highly organized with effective time management skills.
  • Eager to explore new social media channels and marketing tactics.
  • Passionate about design and architecture with a good awareness of market trends.

Responsibilities

  • Develop a comprehensive organic social media strategy across multiple platforms.
  • Manage daily social media operations from concept to execution.
  • Select and implement the best social media tools for analytics and publishing.
  • Oversee the management of English and Chinese websites with cross-functional teams.
  • Collaborate with marketing and other practice groups for insight sharing.
  • Evaluate and manage collaborations with creative and media partners for content initiatives.
  • Utilize data to identify social content needs and grow the audience.

Benefits

  • Opportunity for professional development through mentoring and training.
  • Engagement in a collaborative and innovative team culture.
  • Participation in firm-wide initiatives to contribute to community and profession.
  • Access to internal and external professional growth opportunities.
  • Flexibility to work with a diverse team and projects.
Full Job Description
Success at SOM Means
  • Ideas: We believe in a meritocracy of ideas. We look to everyone to actively contribute to the discourse in the firm.
  • Knowledge: We believe that expertise is the result of lifelong learning. We are not expected to know everything, but rather to passionately pursue answers, develop new skills and deepen our knowledge.
  • Product: We strive for excellence in the concept, quality, and delivery of our work.
  • Individual: We value individuals who bring the highest standards of professionalism and personal integrity in the way they work. Each person can develop and contribute their wealth of attributes, skills and knowledge to support the overall health of the firm.
  • Team: We value the power of interdisciplinary integration. A positive team culture in which everyone collaborates openly towards common goals is essential.
  • Firm: We have a history of making transformative contributions to the profession and our communities. We are constantly innovating and attempting to bring new approaches, solutions and processes to our work.


Position Responsibilities:
  • Develops a firm-wide organic social media strategy, audience growth plan, content calendar, and measurement/KPI framework with a focus on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Medium and potentially TikTok.
  • Manages day-to-day activity across these platforms, from concept to execution.
  • Determines and implements optimal social media tech stack, taking into account the need for social listening/insight generation, cross-platform publishing, comment tracking, and measurement needs.
  • Provides day-to-day management of our English and Chinese websites, working as needed with external vendors and a number of internal stakeholders on a daily basis.
  • Collaborates across functional areas - especially with our Marketing group and various Practice groups - to ensure a wide breadth of insights and consideration of other teams' needs and goals.
  • Identifies, evaluates, briefs, and manages individual creative, brand, publisher, and media partners for specific social content initiatives.
  • Uses first, second, and third-party data to surface and prioritize social content needs and grow our audience.
  • Acts as a steward of SOM's brand and provides a more thoughtful approach to social media marketing.
  • Creates an SOM Engagement plan to leverage your ~1400 colleagues as SOM social media 'ambassadors'.
  • Assists with other projects and responsibilities as may be required for the position.


Leadership Responsibilities

  • Inspires and leads others by example, participates in staff mentoring and training, clearly defines team member expectations and responsibilities, empowers others, and delegates where appropriate based on team members' recognized abilities and potential.
  • Directly supervises staff and is committed to direct reports' professional development.
  • Develops and engages in talent strategy to find specialists, leaders, and future professionals for the firm through resume review and interviews.
  • In collaboration with team members, develops a clear and consistent work plan to achieve the project budget, deliverables, and schedule.
  • Actively engages in internal and external professional development opportunities.
  • Contributes to the implementation of sustainable strategies in all project assignments and the associated development of staff knowledge.
  • Contributes to the development of standards, policies, and procedures.
  • Protects SOM from financial and legal risk.


Minimum Qualifications
  • 5+ years of demonstrated experience with the development and design of online sites or equivalent knowledge, skills and abilities.
  • Excellent design/photography skills including photo and video editing is a must!
  • A true "whole-brained" thinker and doer with a deep understanding of how content across different social channels and platforms can build and grow a brand.
  • Comfortable oscillating between big-picture strategy and in-the-weeds execution.
  • A clear, responsive communicator, verbally and in writing.
  • Incredibly organized and a masterful manager of one's own and others' time.
  • Curious about new channels and tactics and how to apply them (or not) to our own social media strategy.
  • Driven by data and intuition with the ability to effectively prioritize work demands to ensure deadlines are met.
  • Passionate about design, architecture, the built environment in general - and constantly curious about new market trends, research findings, and stories and how they might translate into compelling social content.
  • Adaptable to different working styles, mindsets, and personalities, showcasing a willingness to collaborate with all.
  • Excited about proactively coming up with and implementing ideas (big and small) that will help grow our brand and audience.
  • Attentive to detail with high standards of quality while maintaining an (authentically) friendly, positive attitude.
  • Flexible and open-minded, but also have strong convictions and a POV that you can clearly communicate and defend.


Are you ready to join a team of creative professionals working on transformational projects around the world? Take advantage of this exciting opportunity to build a better future with SOM.

Compensation for this role is based upon experience, qualifications, location, and education and typically ranges from $90,000 to $120,000

About Skidmore Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM)

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) is an American architectural, urban planning, and engineering firm. It was formed in Chicago in 1936 by Louis Skidmore and Nathaniel Owings; in 1939 they were joined by John O. Merrill. The firm opened its second office, in New York City, in 1937 and has since expanded all over the world, with offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., London, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Mumbai and Dubai. SOM is one of the largest architectural firms in the world.
Learn more about Skidmore Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM)
Size
2,000 employees
Industry
Real Estate & Construction
Founded
1936
* Ladders Estimates

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