Social Community Specialist, PC Hardware Details

Social Community Specialist, PC Hardware

Liaison Creative + Marketing - Austin, TX

Employment Type : Full-Time

Liaison Creative + Marketing has a career opportunity for a tech-savvy Community Manager / Social Media Specialist to join our high-tech client's our global marketing team in Southwest Austin, Texas. As a Community Specialist on a solid team of social media marketing professionals, you will be primarily involved in marketing and community development strategies and tactics; including managing the advocate program, engaging the user community at industry events, in forums and social channels and creating community content. The ideal candidate should have a thorough understanding of today's social platforms, have a passion for PC and console gaming and basic PC hardware skills. This role is based in the Southwest Austin campus of our client and candidates who are able to be onsite fulltime are preferred. Howevever we are open to exceptional candidates based elsewhere in Texas who are able to travel to Austin at their own expense several at least quarterly.

• Moderate, create content and engage the community on social networks such as Twitch, Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, YouTube, LinkedIn etc., forums and the upcoming Community Website
• Handle reporting needs (sentiment, paid/organic) as needed. Will train on specific tools
• Support the client's Community by answering questions on social networks such as Twitch, Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, YouTube, LinkedIn etc., forums and at industry events
• Assist with the management of the client's â??Advocate Programâ? by overseeing both internal and external resources, while creating content, organizing events, and producing required collateral assets to grow the program
• Create innovative community development strategies and tactics by collaborating with Marketing, Sales and Public Relations teams
• Develop a relationship with members of the Community while building an identity. Assess the community's pulse, understand its needs, concerns and communicate to internal teams
• Report and flag key community feedback and issues in real time for the relevant internal stakeholders
• Leverage key members of various hardware and gaming communities to help evangelize the client's brand both online and off
• Attend various industry events and plan community meet-ups

• Please discuss your experience with social media in a high tech setting in the first line of the "how does this opportunity fit you" section of the application
• Your resume shows 3 to 5 years of experience in a community management or social media marketing role
• Experience in the hardware technology CPU and GPU, or video games industry is a major plus
• Demonstrated track record in developing and executing short and long-term marketing or community management plans, and the ability to work effectively with senior management and partners
• Experience in customer moderation and support in the online space including, email, Twitter and forums is another major plus
• Bachelor Degree or equivalent in Marketing, Public Relations or Communications
• Please link to all professionally-relevant social media profiles in your application
• If you are applying from outside the Austin, TX, please indicate your acknowledgment of the need for quarterly travel to Austin at your own expense in the last line of the "how does this opportunity fit you" section of the application

• Ability to have an intelligent conversation about PC Hardware and gaming
• Familiar with Discord and a passion for gaming and building PCs
• Strong understanding of social networks, its media and trends; especially Facebook, Twitter, Twitch and Reddit
• Proficient with MS Office
• Must be able to handle reporting needs (sentiment, paid/organic) as needed. We will train to use specific tools, but need to have ability to pull reports together

• Full employee benefits package includes 100% Liaison-paid medical and dental insurance
• Paid vacation/sick and holiday leave
• 401k program with company matching
• Short- and long-term disability insurance
• Paid group term life insurance
• Optional supplemental insurance and life coverage
• Optional Pet Insurance
• Those enrolled in our medical plan get free enrollment in our Wellness Program and Employee Assistance Program