Job Title: Social Media Marketing Manager
Reports to: CEO
Location: NYC, NY
Position Summary
Kommissary is a social enterprise on a mission to spread joy through food. We produce and deliver high volumes of meals spanning a diverse array of cuisines to every demographic in New York City.
We are seeking a growth-oriented and creative Social Media Marketing Manager to join our team. You will be responsible for building and managing our company's social media presence, coordinating marketing events, working closely with partnered non-profits and driving our overall branding strategy in close collaboration with our Business Development and Leadership teams. As an independent problem-solver, you have the opportunity to shape our online presence and build our brand from the ground up.
Note that there is a required screening question. If you apply and don't answer it, you will be immediately rejected.
What You’ll Do
- Build our social media presence from scratch and define our online voice. Manage our social media channels across multiple platforms and create compelling content to engage our audience and promote our brand, events, and initiatives.
- Plan, coordinate, and execute organic social media strategies, collaborating with the Business Development team to drive long-term growth.
- Develop event concepts in collaboration with the Business Development team. Manage logistics and participate in on-site execution to ensure a seamless and impactful experience.
- Identify and cultivate relationships with community advocates, influencers, and aligned brands to amplify our reach and impact.
- Analyze and report on social media performance, audience insights, and analytics, highlighting successes and identifying new opportunities for improvement.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align event objectives with broader marketing and business goals.
- Monitor and respond to media inquiries, ensuring consistent and accurate messaging across all communication channels.
Success in the Role:
Onboarding Period:
As you step into the role of Social Media Marketing Manager at Kommissary, your initial focus will be on immersing yourself in our culture, mission, and team. During this period, you'll familiarize yourself with our short, medium, and long term organizational goals, and develop and deliver a marketing plan to publicize those goals through social media that will be updated regularly.
Within your first week you will develop a social media schedule that will thereafter be reported to the CEO every week. You’ll develop a plan to create original social media content and events on a schedule to be reported to the CEO weekly.
3rd Month Goals:
By the end of your third month, you will have achieved five-digit engagement across various social media platforms, inform our CEO about ever changing algorithms, successfully plan, coordinate, and execute at least one marketing event in collaboration with the Business Development team.
You’ll establish initial analytics and reporting mechanisms to track social media performance and begin to identify and implement improvements based on performance data.
1st Year Goals:
Over the course of your first year, you'll have established Kommissary as a recognized brand with a clear voice in the community. You will have achieved at least five-digit followers and maintained a high level of engagement. You will have successfully executed multiple marketing events with significant community impact, built and maintained strong relationships with community advocates, influencers, and aligned brands to amplify our reach. You’ll continuously refine and improve social media strategies based on performance data and emerging trends.
You’ll ensure consistent and accurate messaging across all communication channels and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams to align marketing and business goals.
Future Growth:
Looking ahead, your role as Social Media Marketing Manager offers ample opportunities for personal and professional growth within our organization.
Must Have
- Exceptional storytelling abilities.
- Passion for our mission and a genuine interest in improving access to nutritious and quality food.
- Knowledge of photography, videography, and editing software, with the ability to create visually appealing content.
- Demonstrated experience planning, executing, and coordinating successful marketing events and community outreach initiatives.
- Strong understanding of branding strategy and the ability to tie social media, events, and PR efforts to overall brand objectives.
- 2+ years of experience in social media management, events coordination, and/or public relations, with a proven track record of successful campaigns and high-growth initiatives.
- Bonus: Experience working in politics, government, the nonprofit sector, or political campaigns.
Compensation:
$75,000.00-$90,000.00/Annual commensurate with experience.
Other Duties:
This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive list of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Other duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.
Benefits:
Paid time off
Health Insurance
Equal Employment Opportunity: Kommissary does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factor. Kommissary is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request reasonable accommodation, contact us at HR@kommissary.com.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $75,000.00 - $90,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Weekends as needed
People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply
Application Question(s):
- Come up with a sample 150-word script for a IG reel or post that you think would grow our following.
Experience:
- Marketing: 2 years (Required)
Ability to Commute:
- Astoria, NY 11106 (Required)
Ability to Relocate:
- Astoria, NY 11106: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: In person