The Company:
The Forking Group (a division of Foodie Card, Inc.) aspires to emerge as the foremost hospitality-focused, comprehensive marketing agency nationwide. Acknowledging the time constraints experienced by restaurant owners, our aim is to alleviate their burdens by managing key marketing functions, including social media, email campaigns, paid media, and more on their behalf. Our dedication lies in supporting small businesses, and as part of our ethos, we actively contribute to local food banks in our community outreach initiatives.
Our organization holds a deep commitment to both restaurants and the local communities they serve. Every initiative we undertake includes a charitable component. To date, we have proudly contributed over 125,000 meals to local food banks. We are actively seeking like-minded individuals who share our passion for supporting small businesses, aiming to assist them in saving time and boosting revenue through their restaurants.
What We’re Seeking:
We are in search of a dynamic, self-motivated Social Media Manager with a strong passion for the hospitality industry. The ideal candidate thrives keeping up with the latest digital social media trends. This position offers an exciting opportunity to join a rapidly expanding company with a focus on bringing to life (digitally) the essence of restaurants across the country.
This position demands the skill to administer social media accounts, creating original text and video content, managing posts and responding to direct messages and comments.
Our emphasis is on finding someone dedicated to supporting independent restaurant owners. The chosen candidate will play a key role in assisting restaurants in optimizing their digital presence across all social media outlets.
Responsibilities:
- Design and implement social media strategy to align with business goals
- Generate, edit, publish and share engaging content daily
- Monitor key KPIs and metrics
- Collaborate with other teams like sales, media, and customer support
- Ability to train and assist other team members
- Communicate with followers, and respond to direct messages
- Oversee social media accounts (Facebook, Tik Tok, Instagram)
- Suggest and implement new features to develop brand awareness
- Stay up to date with the latest trends in social media
- Creative writing and copy, hashtags
- Keep up with trending music and editing techniques
Candidate qualifications:
- Proven work experience as a Social Media Manager
- Hands on experience in content management
- Excellent copywriting skills
- Ability to delivery creative content (image, video, text)
- Solid knowledge of SEO, keyword research
- Knowledge of online marketing channels
- Familiarity with web design (not mandatory)
- Excellent communication skills
- Analytical and multitasking skills
- Ability to train and supervise others
Compensation:
What We Offer:
- Stock option participation
- Uncapped commissions
- Unlimited vacation
- Health, dental, and vision benefits
- Flexible health and wellness plan
- Parental leave
- Career progression & professional development
- Volunteer program with our food bank partners
- Flexible remote work or in-person (both options are available)
