*** is seeking a Community Engagement Specialist to join our Student Community team and coordinate in person events while amplifying messaging online to the broader student community. The right candidate will be a dynamic person and experienced with event planning while also being a savvy social media marketer/creator. Passion for our audience - higher ed students and the GenZ community - is a must.
The Student Community team is tasked with increasing use of *** applications among college students and the GenZ community. A major way we do this is by creating engaging events and programming that captures our audience's attention, provides an opportunity to have fun creating, and encourages users to amplify their experiences online through social media.
This is a great role for someone who really understands the student and GenZ personas: how to authentically communicate, inspire them to create, and motivate them to share their experiences both in person and online. You'll help execute events from start to finish with your manager, *** Student Ambassadors, and *** internal stakeholders; you'll target school and local communities and play a key role in ensuring everything runs smoothly. You will be an integral part of social media strategy before, during and after events, working with the *** Social Media team, *** Student Ambassadors and local school/community organizations.
If this sounds like you, then read on...
Responsibilities:
•Coordinate Events at each of our target schools by communicating with staff, faculty, *** Student Ambassadors and school organizations/clubs. Multitasking schedules of classroom/club presentations, workshops, catering, and event materials.
•Support Events with vendors, *** staff and *** Student Ambassadors. Be present onsite with a positive personality and energy to engage audiences. Assure events run smoothly and represent the *** brand.
•Amplify Event messaging before, after and during to maximize visibility amongst the local student community and beyond. Work with the school's marketing department/faculty, *** Student Ambassadors, school organizations/clubs and local school influencers. Regularly author original content for all @*** and @***express social platforms: TikTok, Instagram, Twitter.
•Report on events by sharing survey data, event data, feedback, and keeping well-maintained data on our reporting system.
You're well-qualified for the job if...
•You have at least 2 years of experience coordinating events for 100 or more attendees, with experience managing vendors or working with internal and/or external creative teams.
•You understand the ins and outs of social media platforms and how to maximize their reach to our audiences. You're able to strategize unique and engaging content and how to best deploy it while also being a master at creating it.
•You have a basic comfort level with *** creative applications - and you're not afraid to launch and experiment; i.e., you may not be a Photoshop pro, but can discuss it, know its use, pain points.
•You know how to manage a schedule and timeline while remaining flexible and intuitive about the challenges or the "what ifs", always seeing down the horizon and a few steps ahead.
Skills:
You know how to manage a schedule and timeline while remaining flexible and intuitive about the challenges and "what ifs", always seeing a few steps ahead. You're a quick thinker, calm on your feet, and can problem solve creatively for whatever might come your way.
•You are able to effectively write for both our program audience and our internal stakeholders; you communicate about program performance in meaningful and actionable ways, and you represent the growing scale of our events in exciting presentation materials and reporting.
•You are detail oriented and can keep track of many tasks both big and small in an organized fashion and prioritize effectively. Bonus for knowing how to manage data and create new databases in AirTable.
•You can communicate ideas for improvements in process and how we can better organize and promote events.
Primary Talent Partners is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity, or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.
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