Manager, Marketing - Social Media

Verano Holdings Corp.   Chicago, IL   Full-time     Advertising / Marketing / Public Relations
Posted on May 6, 2024
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Job Summary

Verano is seeking a creative and experienced storyteller to join our growing team as a Social Media Manager. The role will be responsible for developing and managing content that drives engagement, audience growth, and increases brand awareness across Verano’s retail entity (Zen Leaf, MÜV and Cabbage Club). The ideal candidate is an idea machine—someone who has a strong understanding of on-brand language and visual aesthetic, a pulse on trends, cannabis, and an obsession for all things social media. This role reports directly to the Director of Brand Marketing.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

  • Develop and grow our social media presence across current and new platforms including Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Tik Tok and other relevant platforms.
  • Create editorial/content calendars, and publish daily content that builds meaningful and unique connections and encourages community members to take action.
  • Copywrite creative, concise content for various mediums that reflect each of our brands’ tone and voice.
  • Collaborate with teams across the marketing department - creative, copywriting, digital among others - to build a best-in-class strategy.
  • Track and analyze social KPIs and provide monthly/quarterly insights that tailor future strategy.
  • Assist in overseeing and executing on social-related ops and logistics such as event planning, merch, activation ideation, and more.
  • Perform other duties as assigned by management.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing, Communications, or related field.
  • 4+ years’ experience in social media management.
  • Strong knowledge of social media platforms (ex. Sprout, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn).
  • Exceptional project management skills: ability to own multiple, high-priority or complex projects at once.
  • Able to assist with content creation with basic graphic design skills (ex. Canva, Photoshop).
  • Adaptive to change, tight deadlines, and can work with a sense of urgency.
  • Experience with photography or videography is a plus, but not required.
  • Genuine interest in and passion for the cannabis industry is required.

Travel

  • This position requires occasional travel across the company’s national footprint

Physical and Mental Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to remain in a stationary position, move and/or position oneself, communicate, operate and/or prepare, place, position objects, tools, or controls. The employee must occasionally move packages weighing up to 10 lb. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close observation and the ability to adjust focus. The mental and physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an individual, with or without reasonable accommodation, to successfully perform the essential functions of this position.

Working Environment

Work is performed in an office environment. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an individual encounters while performing the essential functions of this position.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We place priority in an environment of inclusion, diversity and social justice and are committed to securing a better, brighter way forward for our employees, our markets, and our communities.

Verano Holdings Corp. (CSE: VRNO) (OTCQX: VRNOF), one of the U.S. cannabis industry’s leading companies based on historical revenue, geographic scope and brand performance, is a vertically integrated, multi-state operator embracing a mission of saying Yes to plant progress and the bold exploration of cannabis. Verano offers a superior cannabis shopping experience in medical and adult use markets under the Zen Leaf™ and MÜV™ dispensary banners and produces a comprehensive suite of high-quality, regulated cannabis products sold under its diverse portfolio of trusted consumer brands including Verano™, MÜV™, Savvy™, BITS™, Encore™, and Avexia™. Verano’s active operations span 13 U.S. states, comprised of 14 production facilities with over 1,000,000 square feet of cultivation capacity.