Become part of the Converse Team
Converse is a place to explore potential, break barriers and push out the edges of what can be. The company looks for people who can grow, think, dream and create. Its culture thrives by embracing diversity and rewarding imagination. The brand seeks achievers, leaders and visionaries. At Converse, it's about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving world to make things better as a team.
If You Get People, You're Our People
Sure, there's a whole science behind marketing. But behind that is real people. With needs and wants and quirks and dreams. And we need someone who gets people, who knows how to find our people. The creators, thinkers, and rebels who find themselves at home putting on some Converse. You're the one that shows them we're the same. You're the connector.
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WHO YOU'LL WORK WITH
This role reports into the Senior Manager, Global Social Media of Converse. You will partner cross-functionally with Global Brand Engagement, Brand Creative, Digital, Geo-based Marketing, Consumer Communications, and external agency partners.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
Converse is seeking a Social Media Specialist II to join the Global Marketing team. We are seeking someone tapped into culture with tangible work experience supporting social media campaigns.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education, experience or training.
- A minimum of 2 years directly relevant work experience
- Advanced knowledge and understanding of today's most popular social platforms and their place in Gen Z culture.
- Internet junkie, tapped into streetwear/fashion news with the ability to identify social media trends across style, sports, art, music, pop culture, etc., with a particular love of basketball culture.
- Proven experience in social media management and community management for a brand(s), executing a best-in-class engagement strategy with fans/followers.
- Strong writer with the ability to adapt to a brand TOV, embodying brand persona in all outbound messaging.
- Creative thinker with excellent written and communication skills.
- A highly motivated and collaborative worker, able to drive projects forward independently, deliver within tight timelines and work cross-functionally.
- Ability to travel domestically.
- Ability to work in our Boston WHQ 4 days/week.
WHAT YOU'LL WORK ON
- Community Building & Management: Engage with, listen to, and grow our social communities through monitoring, responding to and engaging directly with our followers.
- Platform Management: Manage distribution of all content across global social media channels and maintain daily hygiene of all handles.
- Content Development: Support team in conceptualizing and creating compelling social-first content across multiple verticals.
- Social Listening: Keep a pulse on sentiment and trends across social ecosystem, elevating opportunities to react and participate.
- Brand Voice: Maintain and evolve brand TOV across social platforms, ensuring consistency with our brand positioning.
We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment for all employees and job applicants. We offer a number of accommodations to complete our interview process including screen readers, sign language interpreters, accessible and single location for in-person interviews, closed captioning, and other reasonable modifications as needed. If you discover, as you navigate our application process, that you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please complete the Candidate Accommodation Request Form .
Converse is more than a company; it's a worldwide advocate for self-expression. This belief motivates our employees, permeates our working environment and inspires our products. No two of us look or think exactly alike. We are each one-of-a-kind. Individually and as a culture, we have the freedom to create and grow professionally. Generous benefits packages only sweeten the experience. From Boston to Shanghai, from Brand Design to Finance, Converse is a brand that celebrates the unique and creative people of the world. Together, we're different.
Benefits
Whether it's transportation or financial health, we continually invest in our employees to help them achieve greatness - inside and outside of work. All who work here should be able to realize their full potential.