Senior Social Media & Brand Strategist
Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa, 52245, USA
Listed on 2026-02-02
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Marketing / Advertising / PR
Social Media Marketing, Digital Marketing
At ACT, Your Work Makes a Difference
Education has power - a power that changes lives forever. It creates opportunities that lift up individuals, their families, and sparks societal change that echoes through generations to come. From our grassroots we have fought the good fight for equity in education, and we remain devoted to helping anyone who struggles to access that power. This is what matters to us and we must do better -- we've never been more sure of our purpose.
ACT team members are part of an organization dedicated to a mission that has never been more important:
Helping people achieve education and workplace success. Advancing that mission within our organization, by helping our team members achieve education and workplace success of their own, is core to our values. ACT values a diverse workplace and is committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable environment in which every team member has an opportunity to grow.
We want our team members to have the well-being and confidence they need to do their best work, in an environment where both they and ACT thrive. To support this, our total rewards include company paid life insurance, medical, dental, vision, flexible health and dependent spending accounts, 401(k) retirement savings with company match, paid holidays, paid time off, and so much more.
You can find a comprehensive list of our benefits here.
We are seeking a Senior Social Media & Brand Strategist to help us fulfill that mission.
The Senior Social Media & Brand Strategist plays a critical role in shaping ACT's brand storytelling and creative strategy across social channels. This role is social-first, focusing on brand voice, messaging, and concept development that strengthens ACT's presence across high-impact organic content and paid social ads.
You'll collaborate with ACT's content creator, designer, copywriter, and media strategists to build campaigns, elevate ACT's tone, and ensure the brand shows up in ways that resonate with today's students on the platforms they use most.
This is a highly collaborative individual contributor role with no people management responsibilities, designed for someone who brings deep expertise in organic social media strategy or social-led brand building.
The finalist will be hired at the salary and level commensurate with their qualifications. For this position, we anticipate offering an annual salary $85,000 to $100,000. ACT manages salaries within the range based on relevant factors including, skills, experience, and internal equity.
Location: This is a remote position, based in the United States.
Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for visa sponsorship.
What you will be working on:
- Social Strategy (Paid & Organic):
- Lead the strategic approach to ACT's social presence-ensuring every theme, narrative, and message aligns with platform behaviors, cultural trends, and student expectations.
- Partner with the Senior Manager to define messaging direction across Tik Tok, Instagram, You Tube, Snapchat, and emerging platforms.
- Identify insights from paid and organic performance data to inform message testing, creative optimization, and content evolution.
- Ensure social content-paid and organic-is aligned with brand voice, relevant to student culture, and tied to engagement and campaign goals.
- Brand Voice & Messaging:
- Shape and uphold ACT's brand voice across paid and organic social content to ensure messaging is clear, consistent, and student-centered.
- Translate ACT's mission, value propositions, and research insights into compelling, platform-appropriate narratives.
- Develop and refine messaging frameworks and creative briefs that guide campaign concepts and content series.
- Creative Development & Execution Support:
- Collaborate with creative team to bring campaign ideas to life across formats (short-form video, static ads, stories, reels).
- Provide constructive, strategic feedback to ensure assets are platform-appropriate, culturally relevant, and brand-aligned.
- Contribute to test-and-learn frameworks for ACT to stay agile and competitive on fast-moving platforms.
- Performance Insights & Optimization:
- Collect and review paid and organic social performance data to identify messaging opportunities and refinements.
- Translate insights into actionable direction for future campaigns, brand voice evolution, and social strategy.
- Keep the team informed of emerging social trends, shifts in platform behavior, and cultural moments shaping student engagement.
What This Role Offers:
- A key role in shaping ACT's social brand voice and elevating its presence across paid and organic channels.
- The opportunity to apply social expertise to national campaigns and large-scale student-facing messaging.
- A strategic role partnering with creative, media, and social teams.
- A mission-driven organization committed to improving student outcomes through fresh, modern storytelling.
Role Progression:
At the end of 3 Months you will have:
- Completed onboarding - reviewed Brand guidelines and logged into…
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