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Social Intelligence Strategist

The Social Lights

Minneapolis, MN
Full Time
Senior
70k-80k
4 days ago

Job Description

About the Role

At The Social Lights, we're a band of creative and energetic problem solvers who love nothing more than to help brands and individuals powerfully connect to their consumer utilizing the power of social media. In other words, our superpower is transforming social capital into brand equity. The Social Intelligence Strategist is a critical independent contributor on our Social Intelligence team, responsible for turning data into stories and actionable insights, interpreting data trends, and presenting insights directly to clients. The role involves shaping KPI discussions, elevating storytelling, contributing to broader strategy conversations, and mentoring associates in reporting best practices.

Key Responsibilities

  • Help develop and apply measurement strategies and key social metrics across social platforms, including engagement rate, reach, impressions, saves, shares, CTR, CPM, sentiment, and share of voice
  • Pull, organize, and clean data using tools like Meltwater, native social platform analytics, and other third-party tools (e.g. Sprout, Sprnklr, CreatorIQ, Meta Ads Manager)
  • Identify intriguing anomalies, trends and patterns in paid and organic social performance data
  • Translate data into relevant, actionable insights and connect these back to clients' social objectives
  • Build social reporting across formats, including dashboards, campaign performance, content performance, channel health, quarterly reviews, annual reports, and influencer performance
  • Refine insight development through collaborative data discussions to elevate reporting and insights for clients
  • Prepare client-ready reports and summaries with oversight, and present independently
  • Create charts, graphs, and visuals for reports and presentations to support data storytelling
  • Share social content performance, audience insights, and channel learnings with Strategy and cross-discipline partners
  • Collaborate to establish KPIs and growth objectives grounded in data for social playbooks, campaign strategies, and influencer strategies
  • Set up and manage social listening queries, conduct native platform research, and analyze social data to extract meaningful insights
  • Identify strong social proof to support data findings and insights
  • Conduct thematic social listening on crises, campaigns, brands, product launches, and other key topics
  • Provide insights to inform briefs and monthly content planning
  • Own paid boosting executions on key accounts and report findings
  • Partner with Paid Strategists on measurement and reporting

Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience in Data Analytics, Business Analytics, Data Science, Statistics or related field
  • 5-7+ years of experience in a social, marketing, paid media or connections strategy role with a focus on data analysis and reporting
  • Strong data interpretation skills and ability to explain the “so what” to advise clients on data-driven recommendations
  • Demonstrated ability in social measurement, social reporting, and storytelling through data
  • Experience with social platforms (Meta, TikTok, YouTube, LinkedIn, etc.) and their analytics
  • Proficiency in Google Sheets/Excel and comfort working with data sets
  • Ability to clearly communicate data insights in writing and visually on PowerPoint and Keynote
  • Experience with tools like Sprout, Meltwater, Sprinklr, Brandwatch, and CreatorIQ
  • Support in establishing taxonomy and implementing proper tagging for data analysis
  • Strong organizational and time management skills
  • Desire to learn and experiment with new data tools and AI platforms used for social research and analysis
  • A collaborative mindset with attention to detail and follow-through
  • Willingness to take on new challenges to learn and grow
  • Ability to mentor associates in reporting standards and best practices

Nice to Have

  • Experience with tools for data warehousing, business intelligence, and data visualization
  • Experience with data analysis, business intelligence, and data visualization tools
  • Experience supporting in data quality monitoring and taxonomy implementation

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience in Data Analytics, Business Analytics, Data Science, Statistics or related field
  • 5-7+ years of experience in a social, marketing, paid media or connections strategy role

Benefits & Perks

  • Medical Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Voluntary Vision Insurance
  • HSA + Company Contribution
  • Dependent Care FSA
  • 401k + Company Match
  • Generous PTO Policy
  • Cell Phone Stipend
  • Paid Parking
  • Technology Enablement + AI Tools
  • Summer Hours + Flexible Work Options
  • Dog-Friendly Office

Working at The Social Lights

We Power Brighter Futures®. We're a team of creative and energetic problem solvers dedicated to helping brands and individuals connect with their consumers through social media, transforming social capital into brand equity.

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Job Details

Posted AtSep 17, 2025
Job CategorySocial Media
Salary70k-80k
Job TypeFull Time
Work ModeHybrid
ExperienceSenior

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About The Social Lights

Website

thesocial-lights.com

Location

Minneapolis, MN

Industry

Marketing Consulting Services

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