Social Media Marketing Coordinator

Do you have experience in online marketing? Do you love working in a fast-paced environment? Do you want to make a difference in the lives of thousands?

About Us: CauseForce is a thriving Los Angeles-based company that produces large-scale fundraising events that help non-profit organizations raise millions of dollars for world-class medical research and services. The events that CauseForce produces are walking, running and cycling events that engage participants to do extraordinary things: walk 60km in two days, ride over 200km in two days, and raise a tremendous amount of money, that often they thought they never could. These events in total have raised over $140 million for our clients’ organizations. Our website is causeforce.com and our event websites are:

– endcancer.ca
– kidsk.ca
– conquercancer.ca
– uncoverthecure.org

Our marketing team strives to engage new participants and support our existing participants, and is presently seeking an:

Social Networking Coordinator

The Job: The Social Networking Coordinator is a Web 2.0 guru, expertly using online communities to encourage people to sign up for our fundraising events and stimulate conversations and provide advice about their fundraising. This person must be an excellent communicator and have a flair for driving sales. He/she will manage our facebook and MySpace groups, profiles and fan pages, and infiltrate other external online communities where athletic, philanthropic and cancer-conscious people spend time. He/she will be a proactive leader, taking our existing Web 2.0 presence and coming up with creative ideas to greatly expand on it. Sound exciting? It is. Rewarding too, especially because this work ultimately helps thousands of scientists, doctors and patients.

The Social Networking Coordinator will work directly with the Online Marketing Manager in the Los Angeles office. Key skills required in this role are strategic and creative thinking, sales, writing, editing, proofreading, and online QA. Secondary, non-essential skills are graphic design and video editing. Written French is also an asset but not required.

You:
• You have 2-5 years marketing experience, preferably in online marketing.
• You have great writing skills and compose compelling messages to get people to take immediate action.
• You have perfect spelling and razor-sharp attention to detail. In fact you obsess over it.
• You put your mark on your work and ensure it is outstanding and error-free before submitting it.
• You are highly organized and have a system for keeping a multitude of things in order.
• You are able to multi-task.

Benefits:
In return for your hard work and dedication, we offer a competitive salary, excellent benefits and a fun, positive working environment in the vibrant area of West Hollywood, Los Angeles.

To Apply:
Please email your resume to mgurrieri@causeforce.com and provide your salary history and salary requirements.
To Apply: mgurrieri@causeforce.com