Social Media Marketing Manager

Overview

We are looking for a Social Media Marketing Manager to join the Xbox Social and Global Investment team. This role reports into the Senior Manager, overseeing titles and events, supporting social campaigns, analytics and our short form video agency.

As Team Xbox, we are on a mission to bring the joy and community of gaming to everyone on the planet. We deliver on that vision by putting players at the center, enabling you to play the games you want, with the people you want, anywhere you want. We are passionate about our mission, our vision, and delighting Xbox fans worldwide. We are looking for people who believe in our mission and will strengthen our culture, people with diverse skills and new perspectives that will strengthen our team.

Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond

Responsibilities

• Manage campaigns inclusive of timelines, approval processes, agency resources
• Monitor trends in social media tools, applications, channels, design, and strategy and implement ongoing education for the team
• Direct oversight of short form video creation funnel, driving channel growth and engagement across the ecosystem
• Collaborate with internal and external teams to ideate and develop social-first campaigns
• Partner closely with PR/Influencer teams, identifying opportunities within influencer programs and user-generated campaigns
• Manage the flow of content creation to ensure content is developed in a timely manner, proactively finding opportunities and efficiencies to maximize content opportunities for evergreen and social campaigns.
• Cultivate and maintain relationships with internal and external partners
• Support Senior Manager and team with adhoc campaign needs including routing creative and approvals, timeline tracking, paid media creative support, and others team needs.

Embody our culture and values

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Marketing, Communications, Economics, Public Relations, or related field AND 1+ year(s) integrated marketing (e.g., digital, relationship, social media, campaign), event management, marketing strategy, business planning, marketing operations, or related work experience
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 1+ years social media experience at a major brand or creator account

Additional or Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Marketing, Communications, Economics, Public Relations, or related field AND 3+ years integrated marketing (e.g., digital, relationship, social media, campaign), event management, marketing strategy, business planning, marketing operations, or related work experience
  • OR equivalent experience.

• Driving passion for social media, building community, interacting with various audiences.
• Experience in social media and online engagement tools, preferably Sprinklr.
• Experience working with creative teams to influence content so it delivers meaningful business impact through our social media ecosystem.
• Excellent organizational, time and self-management skills.
• Sense of initiative and ability to work under pressure on multiple projects.
• Understanding of paid social media strategy, from running paid campaigns to boosting and whitelisting organic content
• Project management skills, including handling multiple projects and campaigns from conception to completion, delivering documented results.

Integrated Marketing IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $83,400 - $167,800 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $108,900 - $183,000 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until June 14, 2024.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

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