Social Strategist

About the Role

Monks is seeking an experienced Social Strategist to join our expanding Strategy team.In this role, you will be responsible for planning, implementing, managing, and monitoring the social media strategy for our prestigious automotive clients, focusing on increasing brand awareness, improving marketing efforts, and enhancing sales and performance. As a Social Media Strategist, you should have excellent multitasking skills to handle all our social media accounts in a cohesive way.
Responsibilities:
 

• Design social media strategies and organic social media plans to achieve marketing targets for our automotive clients
• Lead cross-functional teams in content creation, planning, scheduling, and community management to align brand communications with social media strategies.
• Liaise with writers and designers to ensure content is informative, appealing, and optimized for each social media platform
• Collaborate with Marketing and Product development teams to create social 'buzz' regarding new vehicle launches and brand initiatives
• Facilitate client-company communication (respond to queries, get reviews, and organize chats and Q&A sessions)
• Prepare weekly and monthly reports on social media performance and audience engagement
• Monitor user engagement and suggest content optimization to improve overall performance
• Communicate with industry professionals via social media to create a strong network and stay informed about automotive trends
• Train internal teams to integrate and maintain a cohesive social media strategy across all brand accounts
• Stay up-to-date with new digital technologies and social media best practices in the automotive industry

About You
The essentials:
 

• Proven work experience as a Social Media Strategist or Social Media Manager, preferably in the automotive industry
• Hands-on experience using social media for brand awareness and community building
• Understanding of social media metrics and analytics tools
• An ability to identify target audience preferences and build content to meet them, specifically for automotive brands known for their luxurious, innovative, and high-performance vehicles
• Familiarity with social media content creation and publishing best practices
• In-depth knowledge of the social media environment, formats, trends and up-to-date on relevant cultural events
• Proven ability to develop digital ecosystems and find opportunities in emerging and new platforms
• Excellent multitasking skills and the ability to manage multiple accounts simultaneously
• Strong understanding of the automotive industry and its unique social media challenges and opportunities
• Strong analytical, strategic, and problem-solving skills
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills

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What We Offer

Media.Monks has provided a compensation range that represents its good faith estimate of what Media.Monks may pay for the position at the time of posting. Media.Monks may ultimately pay more or less than the posted compensation range. The salary offered to the selected candidate will be determined based on job-related factors, but not based on a candidate's sex or any other protected status.

Salary Range

$90,000-$119,000 CAD

About Monks

Monks is the global, purely digital, unitary operating brand of S4Capital plc. With a legacy of innovation and specialized expertise, Monks combines an extraordinary range of global marketing and technology services to accelerate business possibilities and redefine how brands and businesses interact with the world. Its integration of systems and workflows delivers unfettered content production, scaled experiences, enterprise-grade technology and data science fueled by AI-managed by the industry's best and most diverse digital talent-to help the world's trailblazing companies outmaneuver and outpace their competition.

Monks was named a Contender in The Forrester Wave™: Global Marketing Services. It has remained a constant presence on Adweek's Fastest Growing lists (2019-23), ranks among Cannes Lions' Top 10 Creative Companies (2022-23) and is the only partner to have been placed in AdExchanger's Programmatic Power Players list every year (2020-24). In addition to being named Adweek's first AI Agency of the Year (2023), Monks has been recognized by Business Intelligence in its 2024 Excellence in Artificial Intelligence Awards program in three categories: the Individual category, Organizational Winner in AI Strategic Planning and AI Product for its service Monks.Flow. Monks has also garnered the title of Webby Production Company of the Year (2021-24), won a record number of FWAs and has earned a spot on Newsweek's Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplaces 2023.

We are an equal-opportunity employer committed to building a respectful and empowering work environment for all people to freely express themselves amongst colleagues who embrace diversity in all respects. Including fresh voices and unique points of view in all aspects of our business not only creates an environment where we can all grow and thrive but also increases our potential to produce work that better represents-and resonates with-the world around us. 

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