Social Media Coordinator - Sampson Lab

The Sampson Lab for Kidney Genomics at Boston Children's Hospital/Harvard Medical School is dedicated to uncovering the genetic causes of rare kidney diseases that affect children (http://sampsonlab.org). We collaborate with physicians, scientists, patients, and families across the U.S. and around the world to recruit affected children into our research studies and use the information collected to advance discoveries.

As our Community Outreach & Social Media Coordinator, you will play a key role in supporting our mission by expanding, managing, and enhancing our online presence. Through web and social media platforms (@thesampsonlab), you'll help educate the community about our research and engage individuals interested in participating in our studies.

The Sampson Lab for Kidney Genomics is located at Boston Children's Hospital and is affiliated with Harvard Medical School, the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, and Brigham & Women's Hospital. It is a vibrant, highly collaborative, and multidisciplinary group made up of nephrologists, computational geneticists, biostatisticians, and epidemiologists, and bench researchers.

The Social Media Coordinator will:

• Create content for social media (Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, etc.), including graphics, photos, videos, and written copy tailored to different audiences.
• Manage and grow social media platforms by scheduling content, monitoring engagement, and implementing strategies.
• Nurture online communities by responding real time to comments, messages, and questions in a timely and professional manner.
• Use website and analytics platforms (SquareSpace, Google Analytics, Buffer, etc.), and graphic design programs like Canva or Adobe Suite to ensure social media is being leveraged most effectively.
• Keep up to date on the latest tools and social media tactics. Collect data and analyze social media metrics to inform strategy and improve engagement.
• Promote events such as webinars through digital marketing and social media.

To qualify you should have:

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, Marketing, or a related field.
• 1 year experience in a communication/social media/digital related field.
• Prior experience in a healthcare, nonprofit, or academic research setting with a focus on health communication is a plus.
• Work requires a good understanding of social networking and social media marketing.
• Demonstrated experience with third party social analytics and efficiency tools (e.g., Spredfast Radian 6, Brandwatch, Sysomos, Google Analytics).
• Work requires Photoshop skills, and some design education preferred.
• Work requires excellent communication and time management skills to write and manage multiple priorities.
• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of marketing and promotion via high profile communities on Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Pinterest, etc.
• Bilingual in Spanish preferred.

Boston Children's Hospital offers competitive compensation and unmatched benefits including flexible schedules, affordable health, vision and dental insurance, childcare and student loan subsidies, generous levels of time off, 403(b) Retirement Savings plan, Pension, Tuition and certain License and Certification Reimbursement, cell phone plan discounts and discounted rates on T-passes. Experience the benefits of passion and teamwork.