Social Media Strategist (Paid)

Thrive is one of the fastest growing and top digital marketing agencies in the world. We are a full-service agency that handles everything in-house and delivers massive and sustainable growth to our business partners and clients. We think about our work in two words; Relationships and Results.

President Matt Bowman founded Thrive in 2005 and has grown the company to over two-hundred employees in thirty-five different states and eleven different countries. We have a deeply rooted talented team (respectfully referred to as Thrivers) of project managers, web designers, content writers, social media specialists, and search engine optimization specialists. We are a close-knit team that is motivated, smart, disciplined and committed to turning ideas into actions.

We now have new headquarters located in Arlington, Texas and have an exciting opportunity for a Social Media Strategist (Paid Ads) to join our team in South Africa!

• Ability to work effectively in a remote work environment
• Strong content writing skills for the web
• Strong customer service skills
• Ability to manage client expectations and successfully overcome barriers
• Strong communication skills (written & verbal)
• Above-average time management skills
• Highly organized
• Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously
• Comfortable working on a deadline, with a personal drive to complete tasks

• Constantly create “Client Delight” by providing high-levels of service and communication with manager and clients, including regular video meetings and calls.
• Execute social media strategy through competitive research, platform utilization, benchmarking, brand messaging, and audience identification.
• Perform bid management, ad campaign builds, and promotional copy development.
• Generate, edit, publish and share content (original text, images, videos) that reflects the client and their brand while building meaningful connections. Promote community involvement through a focus on engagement.
• Continuously improve social media strategies by capturing and analyzing the appropriate social data/metrics, insights and best practices, and determining how to best utilize the information.
• Create monthly reports and communications to inform clients of results and progress of activities.
• Stay current with social media trends and tools, through ongoing education/certification.

• 2+ years of proven work experience executing social media strategy and campaign management.
• Past agency experience preferred.
• Active Facebook Blueprint certification.
• Knowledge of A/B Testing is a plus.
• Experience managing paid social media advertising campaigns through social media advertising platforms.
• Experience, including but not limited to: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Instagram, TikTok and more.
• Experience with social analytics including Facebook Insights, and other analytics platforms.
• Basic knowledge of media relations, public relations, and content marketing.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and manage multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously.
• Excellent writing, editing, presentation and communication skills.
• Positive attitude, detail-oriented, and customer-focused.
• Experience with WordPress platform is a plus.
• Experience with Google Analytics is a plus.