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Social Media Manager Reviews
What is it like working as a Social Media Manager?
December 2015
Great job with growing prospects.
Social Media Manager:
Pros: The flexibility and the rewards.
Cons: Working late.
July 2015
Corporate culture, work flexibility, creative process.
Social Media Manager:
Pros: Leadership opportunities, creative opportunities, scale, possibility, customer service, social evolution, marketing strategy, flexible schedule, client communication.
Cons: Stress, unrealistic expectations with managing too many clients at once,
June 2015
Gain as much experience as possible, before you start.
Social Media Manager:
Learn everything you can about social media. If you aren't coordinating that role yet, find ways to support your organization's efforts, or reach out to a local non-profit organization to see if you can help coordinate some of their social media elements. Be up-to-date on traditional media as well, since the two are very closely tied together.
May 2015
Social Media Manager:
Pros: Fun, creativity, creating, being insane.
Cons: People, barriers, no bonus, stuck in 2009.
May 2015
Pros and Cons of being a Social Media Manager.
Social Media Manager:
Pros: I get to engage with people online in social media, blog about news in the urban communities, and I get to be creative and have a creative voice.
Cons: Social media can get over-exhausting sometimes, being on social media all the time can wear me out depending on the hours I spend on it. There are times where I just need a break from it.
May 2015
Fantastic work flexibility, ability to use creativity.
Social Media Manager:
Pros: I really enjoy that I get to flex my creative muscles for a strategic purpose. The best part of working in a higher ed social media capacity is getting to be involved in a thriving academic environment. There are so many stories to be told on a college campus, and different audiences to work with. The days are never the same, and I really appreciate that.
Cons: Bureaucracy can make doing things that are considered ground breaking or creative difficult. Endless meetings.
April 2015
It's more than Facebook status updates.
Social Media Manager:
Pros: Opportunity to learn new technology and an ever changing communications landscape to keep interest and innovation levels high.
Cons: Everyone is an expert because they once posted a Facebook status update that got 50 likes. Management mistakenly think they understand the job despite having zero knowledge or experience and as a result, you end up being project managed by someone who doesn't know what you do.
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