Director of Social Media

Sierra Club•Oakland, WA

17h•Remote

About The Position

The Director of Social Media is a strategic, creative leader who shapes how Sierra Club shows up on social media. They do this by leveraging data and audience segmentation and combining an understanding of the latest social trends and creative content to tell a cohesive public narrative, generate concrete campaign wins, and foster meaningful engagement. This position requires a proven track-record of managing people, projects, and platforms to achieve successful outcomes around list growth and retention, campaigning and organizing, culture change, fundraising, and brand objectives. This person must be comfortable working in a fast-paced, multi-tasking environment and managing a small team within a much larger group of stakeholders. The Director of Social Media will advocate for the strategies and build and manage the systems, processes, and standards that enable effective social media collaboration across the organization. They will serve as a strategic partner and educator to a variety of internal stakeholders, helping our colleagues understand how to work effectively with the Social Media team and support them in translating their expertise and priorities into compelling content for our social media audiences. To be successful, the Director of Social Media will be on the leading edge of understanding social media trends, platforms, technologies, and marketing techniques; with a track record of using metrics to adapt these strategies and improve results. The ideal candidate will have an understanding of climate and environmental issues, tracking movement in narratives and cultural trends that can help the movement do the vital work of protecting people and planet while advancing solutions.

Requirements

Experience doing top-to-bottom of what is required of a Social Media team; and a demonstrated track record of both directing a team to successful outcomes, and rolling up your sleeves to do the work alongside of your team as needed.
Social media and change-making strategies driven through innovative and story-based content.
Experience with organizations to develop their tone and identity to successfully carve out their niche in the world.
Technical skill and creative tool proficiencies to bring these stories to life.
Ability to build a social media program from top-to-bottom: A proven history of developing the processes and infrastructure needed to establish and grow a program; experience with developing and executing qualitative and quantitative data-informed strategies; success navigating competing priorities with internal and external stakeholders; and managing a team through the creation and execution of effective story-based content.
Significant management experience with a demonstrated ability to effectively communicate, coach, and support teams in working effectively together.
Experience navigating complex organizational structures to facilitate collaborative partnerships between stakeholders to keep workflow consistent and shared goals attainable.
Familiarity with creating governance structures for social programming and strategies for training and educating content creators on best practices and brand standards.
Deep expertise with social media platforms e.g., Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, TikTok, Reddit, and Substack; with a history of adapting technology, tactics, metrics, and innovation in line with social trends.
Robust knowledge of social media scheduling, monitoring, analytics and reporting software.
Models effective equity analysis and practice and demonstrates a sophisticated understanding of how group dynamics impact supervisory relationships, organizational culture, partnerships, campaigns and coalition work.
Decision-making is consistent, intentional, and committed to creating equitable outcomes at all levels.
Experience leading high-performing and leaderful teams across group identities.
Intervenes when challenging group dynamics play out, in ways that build understanding, trust, and deeper self-awareness of team members.

Nice To Haves

Experience in the environmental movement or social justice advocacy space: Campaigning, creating public demand for a policy, training volunteers, holding the decision makers accountable, and/or taking delivery on campaign goals.
In tune with the communities we work with; able to leverage cultural trends to generate enthusiasm, growth, and real power; and be able to convey this information through various digital media platforms.
Influencer cultivation and partnership have been a core part of your past social media strategy and programmatic development.
Existing influencer partnerships.
Top-Notch Organization Skills: Managing multiple priorities, timeliness, and attention to detail is key, as is knowing when to ask for support.

Responsibilities

Leads on the creative development and delivery of Sierra Club’s social media identity – including voice, visual style, creative content, and innovative platform strategies – in close partnerships with key cross-departmental stakeholders.
Stays nimble and on top of latest industry trends, breakthrough creative campaigns, pop culture, and current events – taking advantage of moments and trends in real-time.
Balances multiple issues and shifting priorities to unify and strategically use our organizational voice(s) to respond to the world in real time.
Drives content strategies that foster meaningful engagement and a sense of community for both existing and expansion audiences.
Develops a team of strategists, creatives, and content developers, managing individuals to contribute at their highest level.
Fosters a team culture of innovation, collaboration and accountability alongside concrete near-term and long-term strategic planning.
Works to create professional development and project management opportunities for staff.
Sets and achieves programmatic goals through the integration of marketing functions, fundraising, storytelling, list growth, crisis response, influencer engagement and organizing tactics.
Supports the development of data-informed strategies, tracking and reporting insights from audience segments, content and platform engagement, with monthly and quarterly social media reporting.
Develops, adapts, and supports a governance structure for our social program; including social media processes for internal and external Sierra Club audiences and key stakeholders.
Establishes and enforces content intake, scheduling and review processes.
Trains internal staff, chapters, and volunteers on social media best practices and brand standards.
Manages contracts and projects with external vendors.