Creative Services Specialist Social Media

About the role

Join the City of Flagstaff's Convention and Visitors Bureau as a Creative Services Specialist Social Media and help tell the story of one of Arizona's most vibrant destinations.

Responsibilities

• Provides excellent, proactive customer service to both internal and external customers, to include providing a high-level of design, production, and related consultation services to the CVB, within own division and other COF divisions.
• Occasionally, outside agency coordination may be needed.
• Provides an annual plan with strategy and goals supporting the organization’s annual goals.
• Takes the lead with maintaining the CVB’s presence on all social media channels and handles in direct collaboration with the marketing and media department.
• Communicating with social media followers, including responding to queries in a timely manner.
• Weekly, captures photography for multiples posts and creates graphics which support the CVB’s marketing campaigns and initiatives, City of Flagstaff and partners.
• Produces at least two :15-:30 videos weekly which includes storyboarding and video editing for distribution on social media.
• Advises and assists the Creative Services Manager and staff in developing advertising strategies and communications materials to support CVB’s overall marketing mission.
• Builds and maintains relationships within the community to gain commitment from hotels, restaurants, retail, local organizations, Northern Arizona University and attractions toward our common goal of increasing visitation to Flagstaff.
• Develops and implements long-range programs, as well as the day-to-day performance of duties that lead toward establishing and maintaining positive and productive community relations and outreach efforts between the CVB and citizens, the business community, media, event organizers, local attractions, outside agencies and public officials.
• Assists with the conceptualization of creative marketing and branding strategies to position Flagstaff as a premier tourism destination.
• Develops and edits copy for advertising and communications, working in tandem with the team.
• Weekly, designs and produces print and online creative, collateral and publications.
• Assists with the production process, copy approvals, proofreading, printing approvals and attends press checks when necessary.
• Collaborates with the Sales, Marketing, Public Relations and Visitor Services programs to develop presentations, collateral material and other items necessary to the work program of each section.
• Contributes to the procurement of all photo imagery and illustration necessary for CVB-produced advertising, collateral and publications.
• Maintains positive, proactive relationships with various members of the media community by promptly fulfilling image and information requests.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Associate degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communications, or a related field.
• Two (2) years of progressively advancing creative responsibilities with an ad agency, design firm, publishing house, and/or in-house marketing environment.
• Valid driver's license.

Benefits

To review the full job description, please click here: Creative Services Specialist Social Media

Current compensation and benefits:

• Competitive pay
• Affordable benefits package
• Opportunities for professional growth and development
• Work-life balance with flexible scheduling
• Community involvement and engagement opportunities

The City of Flagstaff is a Qualified Public Student Loan Forgiveness Employer. To view comprehensive benefits information, click here.