Student Social Manager (Contract)
We are thrilled to announce Handshake’s $200M Series F funding round. At Handshake, we believe that a career opportunity shouldn’t be determined by who you know or what you’ve done. It’s about what you can - and will - do. Your future, not your past. Our Series F fundraise and new valuation of $3.5B will fuel our next phase of growth and propel our mission to help more people start, restart, and jumpstart their careers.
Handshake is the #1 place to launch a career with no connections, experience, or luck required. Handshake’s community includes 20 million students and young alumni around the world from 1,400 educational institutions, including four-year colleges, community colleges, boot camps, and 290+ minority-serving institutions. The platform connects up-and-coming talent with 650,000+ employers - from Fortune 500 companies like Google, Nike, and Target to thousands of public school districts, healthcare systems, nonprofits, and even sports teams like the LA Dodgers. Handshake is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in Denver, New York, and London and teammates working globally.
Everyone is welcome at Handshake. We know diverse teams build better products and we are committed to creating an inclusive culture built on a foundation of respect for all individuals. We strongly encourage candidates from non-traditional backgrounds, historically marginalized or underrepresented groups to apply.
If you are not sure that you’re 100% qualified, but up for the challenge – we want you to apply. We believe skills are transferable and passion for our mission goes a long way.
Your Impact:
Handshake is hiring a creative Student Social Manager (Contract) to engage our student audience through social media, by creating content and managing our community. Your goal will be to grow our engagement with our brand among college students and recent graduates. You’ll be a part of the team that manages our Instagram, TikTok, and other student social content efforts to raise brand awareness, provide valuable insights for young job-seekers, and increase Handshake’s engagement among the college student community. You’ll envision, write, and bring to life compelling social content that deeply engages our audience, cementing Handshake’s value for early job-seekers and helping us connect with students on a deeper level. You’ll curate and manage our student social channels as a member of our Student Marketing team.
Your Role:
Be one of a team that writes, edits and coordinates our student-facing social media channels
Partner with the design, video producers and influencers to create content and build the Handshake Student Brand
Partner with stakeholders across the business to engage our student social media audiences and encourage engagement and sharing
Own content calendar that will inspire and engage students throughout the year
Actively respond to and engage with our audiences, working to drive user-generated content and collect authentic student stories for marketing material
Engage with social influencers to expand our social impact and build momentum through partnership
Increase # of social followers and drive community engagement, complementing marketing efforts
Leverage user insights to drive content and channel strategy
Create a wide range of content types in partnership with our brand design team: video, articles, social, and more
Have a “test and learn” mindset, quickly trying and validating content types
Measure, track, and optimize performance via data-driven decision-making
Build and optimize content creation and publishing processes
Your Experience:
4+ years of experience with 2 years actively managing social content channels
Experience targeting a range of audiences, ideally Gen Z consumers (B2C), with video, consumer, and lifestyle content
Exceptional writer, ideally with expertise engaging Gen Z audiences
Expertise using content marketing tools and platforms: CMS; social media mgt/listening
Experience creating many types of content: video, short format, infographics
Able to measure, understand, and communicate the impact of content and social efforts
Exceptional written and verbal communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, data-driven environment
Strong project skills; drive from insight to ideation to execution
Prior experience at a consumer technology or media company preferred
NOTE: please submit 3 content samples with your application
For cash compensation, we set standard ranges for all roles based on function, level, and geographic location, benchmarked against similar stage growth companies. In order to be compliant with local legislation, as well as to provide greater transparency to candidates, we share salary ranges on all job postings regardless of desired hiring location. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including geographic location as well as candidate experience and expertise, and may vary from the amounts listed above.
Benefits:At Handshake, we'll give you the tools to feel healthy, happy and secure.
- Stock: Ownership in a fast-growing company.
- Hub-Based Remote Work: Handshakers can enjoy the flexibility of remote work whilst ensuring in-person collaboration, and team experiences remain possible.
- Financial Management with Origin: We provide you with a professional financial planner via Origin to gain a better understanding of making the most of your compensation, equity, benefits, and perks.
- Paid Parental Leave: All new parents at Handshake (both birth and non-birth giving) are encouraged to take time to focus on their growing family and are eligible for paid family leave. US Handshakers are provided up to 16 weeks of paid family leave for birth-giving parents and 10 weeks for non-birth-giving parents.
- Mental Health Assistance: We are here to support you in every step of your mental health journey; our benefits include Employee Assistance Programs that offer counseling support for those eligible.
- Home Office Stipend: Handshake offers $500/£360 for you to spend on setting up a productive and comfortable workspace at home.
- Learning: Learning & Development opportunities and an annual $2,000/£1,500 stipend for you to grow your skills and career.
- Team Bonding: Regularly scheduled virtual company-wide and team events! Once it’s safe, we’ll provide meaningful connection points throughout the year for Handshakers to build community and meet teammates in person.
- Great team: Working with fun, hardworking, nice people who are committed to making a difference!
(US Handshakers)
- 401k: We care about your ability to save for your future. Launching Spring 2022, Handshake will offer a dollar-for-dollar match on 1% of deferred salary, up to a maximum of $1,200 per year.
- Healthcare: World-class medical, dental, and vision policies including LGTBQ+ Coverage.
- 2022 Time Off: All full-time US-based Handshakers are eligible for our flexible time off policy to get out and see the world. We also offer 8 standardized holidays, 2 additional days of flexible holiday time off, and 2 one-week periods of Collective Time Off (7/4-7/8/2022) and (12/26-12/30/2022).
(UK Handshakers)
- Pension: Handshake matches 3% of your salary towards your pension scheme.
- Healthcare: Handshake's comprehensive healthcare policy covers 100% of employee premiums & 100% of dependent premiums for medical, dental, and vision benefits.
- 2022 Time Off: Up to 25 days of vacation to encourage people to reset, recharge, and refresh, in addition to 8 bank holidays throughout the year.
Benefits above apply to employees in full-time positions.
Looking for more? Explore our comprehensive US benefits at joinhandshake.com/careers.
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