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The primary purpose of the Specialist, Digital Social Media is to lead the company’s social media efforts. Continually elevating and refining our social media strategy, finding new ways to engage with our customers across various social media channels, creating compelling content and measuring and reporting on our success.This position is virtual/remote which means the work can be completed from anywhere is the United States except Hawaii or United States Territories.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Develop, create and execute a social media strategy that conveys a consistent brand voice, highlights our differentiation and positions the company as an industry leader.
Manage day-to-day activities, organic and paid social campaigns, media budgets and oversee external agency relationships.
Serve as the community manager for all official and social media channels. Respond quickly and accurately to comments and questions by channeling information between contributors and business stakeholders.
Responsible for education and training of employees to be better stewards and brand advocates on social media.
Implement and execute an editorial calendar to create, manage and publish digital content that supports the company’s social channels and overall digital marketing efforts.
Responsible for social listening activities and keeping up-to-date on conversations happening on social media about the company, its brands, its competitors and the industry at large. Regularly share insights gained from social media monitoring to the respective owners.
Work cross-functionally to seek out interesting news from across the company that can be used for social media engagement as well as training internal teams to be brand advocates on digital channels.
Serve as resident social media expert, staying up-to-date on the latest and most effective B2B social media strategies to increase awareness of initiatives. Monitor trends in social media tools, trends and applications. Work with creative and IT teams to ensure social media tools are kept up to date.
Identify KPIs, establish success metrics and create regular reporting process to gauge success and effectiveness of various strategies, campaigns and channels.
Education/Training:
Bachelor’s degree in communications, marketing or similar field required.
Related Experience:
Minimum 5 years of digital marketing and social media experience preferred. Strong and demonstrated knowledge of using social media platforms including Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn to promote brands.
Proven experience with social media monitoring, listening and analytics tools. Must be familiar with developing and executing compelling content, tailored for digital mediums.
Microsoft Office and Adobe Suite are obligatory.
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
The ideal candidate will possess a positive attitude, outgoing personality, be highly collaborative, adaptable and show a willingness to take initiative.
Demonstrating the ability to manage information from disparate sources, provide proactive, timely solutions and play the role of internal reporter to uncover news gems is desired.
This role will also receive an annual incentive plan bonus.
Benefits for this role may include health insurance, pre-tax spending accounts, retirement benefits, paid time off, short-term and long-term disability, employee stock purchase plan, and life insurance. To review available benefits, please click here: https://www.usfoods.com/careers/benefits.html.
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Compensation depends on relevant experience and/or education, specific skills, function, geographic location, and other factors as applicable by law (for example: state or local minimum wage thresholds). The expected base rate for this role is between
$75,000 - $120,000***EOE – Race/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Age/Genetic Information/Protected Veteran/Disability Status***
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in communications, marketing, or a similar field
- Minimum five years of digital marketing and social media experience
- Strong knowledge of Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn for brand promotion
- Experience with social media monitoring, listening, and analytics tools
- Experience developing and executing compelling digital content
- Microsoft Office proficiency
- Adobe Suite proficiency
US Foods Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about US Foods and has not been reviewed or approved by US Foods.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision coverage with multiple plan options and day-one eligibility in many roles is highlighted as a relative strong point. Union agreements and company materials reinforce that health coverage is a core part of the total rewards package.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — Incentives such as overtime, case/stop pay, and uncapped commissions often boost earnings in delivery, warehouse, and sales roles. Earnings can rise notably when hours are heavy or targets are met.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) plan is standard, and recent union contracts add pension coverage in some locations. Together these programs support longer-term financial security.
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What We Do
US Foods is one of America’s great food companies and a leading foodservice distributor, partnering with approximately 300,000 restaurants and foodservice operators to help their businesses succeed. With 28,000 associates and more than 70 locations, US Foods provides its customers with a broad and innovative food offering and a comprehensive suite of e-commerce, technology and business solutions. US Foods is headquartered in Rosemont, IL, and generates more than $28 billion in annual revenue. Visit usfoods.com to learn more. ------------ Rules of Engagement Statement: We are proud to support community engagement on the US Foods LinkedIn page, and we're excited to see your comments, photos and videos. Please note that the views expressed by the community do not necessarily reflect those of US Foods. Before posting, please take a moment to read our rules for community content. We reserve the right to remove content that violates these rules. 1. Don't break the law. Content that appears to break the law or that advocates for breaking the law also is not permitted. 2. Be polite and courteous to everyone, even those you disagree with. This also means you may not post anything that is threatening, harassing, abusive, bullying, discriminatory, profane, sexually explicit, obscene, violent, gruesome, or similarly objectionable. 3. Stay on topic for this community and dialogue. Off-topic content may include but is not limited to irrelevant or out of context material, spam, promotional content, and links to third-party sites. 4. Follow LinkedIn's Terms and Conditions. 5. All posts must be by a real person and from a real profile. Content from fake or anonymous profiles is not permitted. 6. Our employees must also follow all of our applicable policies and guidelines, including but not limited to our Code of Conduct and Electronic Social Networking Policy
