Social Media Strategist Full Time

About the Role

YETI is looking for a Social Media Strategist to oversee social media campaigns from concept to execution. The Social Media Strategist will partner with the Creative Team, Brand Strategy, and Marketing Operations teams to strategize, plan, source, and create brand-focused social content. This individual should be adept at multi-tasking and will thrive as content strategist, creative thinker, and project manager.

The ideal candidate for this role is passionate about social media and has experience with new platforms like TikTok and Instagram Reels and understands how to bring social-first content to life. They are a highly collaborative team player and comfortable both leading and contributing to cross-functional team brainstorm sessions.

A Look At Your Day-to-day

• Develop and execute social media strategies to support campaigns relating to YETI products, seasonal holidays, and brand storytelling.
• Partner with Social Media and Creative Studio teams to ideate social-first concepts with an emphasis on video content.
• Lead internal cross-functional team brainstorms to develop social story concepts for social-first content and extensions of creative brand campaigns.
• Strategically plan social asset placements across the social channels; demonstrate understanding of the value each social channel plays for the YETI brand and community.
• Collaborate with the Digital Video team to concept and create always on social-first video content for TikTok and Instagram Reels.
• Draft and present tactical social media campaign strategies with thoughtful channel-specific executions.
• Develop monthly and campaign social media performance reporting to understand channel health; develop insights and key learnings to inform the social strategy.
• Contribute to the social media editorial calendar and oversee campaign execution.
• Capture social media content at community events to integrate into social media content.
• Draft social copy that adheres to the YETI social brand persona and writing style.
• Collaborate on production of content during live events and campaign photoshoots.
• Draft and schedule social media content through 3rd party platforms and native platforms.
• Leverage social listening tools and collaborate with team to mine for trends that align with YETI’s social media strategy, including user-generated content, real-time engagement opportunities, and key seasonal topics.
• Stay informed of social media marketing trends and social channel capabilities as they rapidly evolve. Be proactive in informing the team of social media trends and opportunities that directly support the YETI social media strategy.

Now for a little bit about you….

• Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing or similar field
• At least 3+ years in social media or marketing experience at an agency or brand.
• Demonstrate advanced knowledge in social media platforms and asset requirements (experience with utilizing TikTok on behalf of a Brand account is a plus)
• Experience working with a wide range of creative formats including short-form video, photography, GIFs, and live videos.
• Proven track record creating large-scale social campaigns, providing examples for reference
• Excellent writing skills and the ability to customize copy to specific activities/markets
• Comfort with working with data in Microsoft Excel
• Self-starter with the ability to succeed in a fast-paced, changing work environment
• Moves with a sense of urgency and comfort with managing deadlines
• Passion for the outdoors and/or YETI pursuits a plus

Any offer of employment with YETI is contingent on a successful criminal background check and successful reference checks.

YETI is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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