Social Media Assistant

The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Society•Saint Paul, MN

5h•$23 - $26•Hybrid

About The Position

The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra is seeking a creative, collaborative, and audience-focused Social Media Assistant to help bring SPCO’s music, musicians, and mission to life across social media. This role supports the creation, scheduling, and monitoring of organic and paid social content, including opportunities to capture authentic moments at rehearsals, concerts, and events. The ideal candidate is curious, organized, eager to learn, and interested in visual storytelling, audience engagement, and the performing arts. This is a part-time, hourly position with a variable schedule that will average 25 hours per week. This is a hybrid position with a high degree of flexibility for remote work, with in-person work required as needed for rehearsals, concerts, events, and other organizational activities. POSITION SUMMARY The Social Media Assistant supports SPCO’s social media presence by helping create, edit, schedule, and monitor content that shares the organization’s artistic story, highlights its musicians and performances, and strengthens audience engagement. Working closely with marketing leadership and colleagues across the organization, this role assists with organic and paid social media content, captures photo and video content at selected rehearsals, concerts, and events, and helps ensure SPCO’s social media activity is timely, accurate, engaging, and aligned with organizational priorities. This position reports to the Chief Marketing Officer.

Requirements

Demonstrated ability to create engaging social media content for an organization, business, nonprofit, creative project, or similar purpose
Strong writing, editing, and proofreading skills, with the ability to adapt tone and content for different audiences and platforms
Good visual judgment and ability to support compelling photo, video, and other digital storytelling
Familiarity with major social media platforms, trends, and best practices
Basic understanding of social media metrics and ability to summarize performance observations
Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines
Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively with artists, staff, vendors and external partners
Strong professional communication skills including appropriate use of email and other communication tools
Comfort learning and using digital tools, social media platforms, and standard office software
Ability to work both collaboratively and independently in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment
Availability to work occasional evenings and weekends for rehearsals, concerts, and events

Nice To Haves

Experience creating short-form video or other social-first digital content
Familiarity with basic photo and video editing tools, including Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere Pro, or comparable programs
Enthusiasm for and appreciation of the classical music art form and digital media

Responsibilities

Support the development and execution of social media content plans that advance organizational goals, audience growth and engagement
Create and edit approved social media content in support of marketing campaigns and organizational initiatives
Capture photo and video content at selected rehearsals, concerts, events, and other organizational activities
Participate in general operations of the marketing department, including proofreading of marketing materials, both print and digital
Stay up to date on social media trends and digital best practices to inform strategy
Coordinate with Artistic and Marketing to tell a cohesive story about the organization across digital platforms
Assist with creation of paid social content under the direction of the Chief Marketing Officer and Director of Marketing and Communications
Prepare and route paid social ad copy and creative assets for approval
Reporting basic paid social ad performance metrics and recommendations for growing engagement
Other duties as assigned