Regional Social Media & Digital Manager

Reporting to the Regional Director of Internet Marketing, the Reg. Social Media & Digital Manager is responsible for increasing our regional, property-specific and destination brand awareness via digital and social marketing campaigns. This role is integral to establishing a 360 degree regional digital strategy that will integrate all four properties and all key departments. The manager has a passion for social media, is highly collaborative, has a balance of creative flare and analytic backbone, and thrives in a fast past environment.

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Summary of Responsibilities:

Reporting to the Regional Director, Internet Marketing, responsibilities and essential job functions include but are not limited to the following:

• Consistently offers professional, engaging and friendly service
• The Manager has a passion for multimedia social content
• Demonstrates an ability to drive online outreach across digital social channels and is well versed in current digital trends
• Creative thinker with organizational skills, the Social Media & Digital Manager continuously improves the region’s social media reach across our current 28 channels (Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, LinkedIn and Google+.)
• The manager will be responsible for researching new social media channels and platforms, testing and adopting new social media tactics
• Ongoing development of SM standards and processes
• Plan effective social media influencer programs
• Plan and develop amplification campaigns in social media for marketing campaigns; Integrate social media plans into larger marketing campaigns.
  Assess, scope, and plan social deliverables
• Prepare measurement and impact reports summarizing the results of social media campaigns
• Manage social media calendars
• Support 24-7 listening and monitoring programs and reporting
• Develop the talents of team members - Sharing and training said tactics with the social media committees at the respective properties
• Responsible for enabling committee members, initiating healthy competition amongst the committee members and the respective property committees
• Strong communication skills will support the SMM’s need to build relationships with team members in all key departments and with all strategic destination partners
• Link building, digital asset optimization (DAO), social media optimization (SMO), social media integration, content direction, conversion rate optimization
• Support & train social media selling skills in T&L Sales and Group Sales managers
• Coordinate regional marketing opportunities that support all 4 properties
• Working with property marketing managers, lead the GDW planning to position longhaul offers
• Identifying and aligning offers from properties and the segments targeted (eg: Ski, Golf, Summer Outdoor, Family Spring Break, etc
• Collecting content and generating copy for the blasts
• Identifying opportunities & coordinating regional campaigns with local partners, DMO & PMO, etc (eg: Travel Alberta Blasts, ad opps.)
• Integrate/align  branding efforts across e-marketing  and on-line advertising initiatives
• Ad creative
• E-brochures
• Drive digital ad campaigns across Twitter, Facebook, TripAdvisor, GDN, etc.
• Define campaign scopes and schedules
• Identify campaign KPIs
• Assist in the tracking, tagging and trafficking of creative
• Reports on ROI, benchmarks & other campaign successes/failures
• Monitor trends in marketing, applications, and emerging device opportunities
• Develop video ad campaigns
• New mobile targeting, weather triggers, etc.
• Proximity targeting applications  (set up & drive Beacon dashboards)
• Assist in establishing regional SOPs (internal processes, In Touch emails, digital signage & messaging)
• Working with e-Commerce to support Regional Group Sales needs (online placements & ad opportunities)
• Managing Alberta Regional page updates
• Building content as necessary for regional landing pages, on the regional site etc.
• Managing regional online ad campaigns for any regionally aligned offers
• Identifying and developing partner opportunities key to resorts
• Insuring online campaigns are consistent with offline (offer, flight times, creative, etc)
• Assist with the development of marketing budgets (to insure RM regional offers are forecasted
• Provide support in strategic planning, market research, presentation development and any other additional requests as required

Key Interfaces:

• Regional Director of Internet Marketing
• Social Media Committees
• Exec Dir of Sales and Marketing
• Directors of Sales and Marketing
• Regional Director of Tour & Leisure Development
• Manager, Content & Business development
• Regional Director of PR & Director of PR (CWR)
• Marketing Managers
• Special Event Managers

Skills:

• Strong communication and written skills
• Familiarity with:
• Adobe Creative Cloud
• Google Analytics
• SocialBaker or other social media analytics tools
• Hootsuite or other social media monitoring dashboard
• HTML

Visa Requirements: Must be legally eligible to work in Canada. The hotel is unable to assist candidates in obtaining Canadian work authorization.