Senior Social Media Manager

Job Category: Social Media Marketing
Job Type: Full Time
Job Location: Chicago - IL

Kimberly-Clark

You’re not the person who will settle for just any role. Neither are we. Because we’re out to create Better Care for a Better World, and that takes a certain kind of person and teams who care about making a difference. Here, you’ll bring your professional expertise, talent, and drive to building and managing our portfolio of iconic, ground-breaking brands. In this role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world. It starts with YOU.

Are you a strategic leader with a passion for building powerful social media presences and driving measurable business impact? This Senior Social Media Manager will shape how beloved, iconic brands connect with millions of consumers through data-driven strategy, innovative campaign development, and cross-platform excellence.

The KCNA Social Media team is seeking a highly strategic and results-oriented Senior Social Media Manager to join our team. This role is ideal for someone who thinks strategically while executing flawlessly, excels at developing comprehensive social media strategies that align with business objectives, and thrives on leading campaigns from concept through performance optimization. You’ll be responsible for developing content strategies, campaign roadmaps, and platform-specific approaches that drive engagement, overseeing a social media team to bring these strategies to life, managing organic campaign execution including boosting and audience targeting, and partnering with analysts to transform performance data into actionable insights. Your work will directly influence how consumers experience and engage with our brands, building lasting connections that drive brand love and business results.

The Senior Social Media Manager will bring to life the KCNA social media approach by developing and executing strategic initiatives with precision and excellence. You’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams including Marketing, PR, and Customer Service, work alongside agency and platform partners, and lead your social media team through integrated marketing strategies and the latest in digital innovation, ensuring brand consistency and cultivating strong social presence that keeps our brands at the forefront of cultural conversations.

In This Role, You Will

  • Develop and execute comprehensive social media strategies aligned with business objectives, including content calendars, campaign roadmaps, and platform-specific approaches for optimal engagement
  • Partner with brand team & media team counterparts on development of creative content briefs, agency direction, content coordination, and holistic performance reporting, ensuring consistent quality across all deliverables
  • Own the creation and management of organic social media campaigns across multiple platforms, including cohort identification, boosting budget allocation, audience targeting, and ROI optimization
  • In partnership with Social Media Analysts, define social media metrics and create detailed performance reports for brand team leadership, providing actionable insights and recommendations for strategy refinement & creative optimization
  • Establish and maintain brand voice guidelines across all social channels while adapting content style for platform-specific audiences and trends
  • Cultivate relationships with internal marketing services teams, agency, platform & industry partners, and key stakeholders to develop collaborative content opportunities and expand brand reach
  • Monitor emerging social media trends, tools, and best practices, implementing innovative approaches to keep the brand at the forefront of digital engagement
  • Support crisis communication protocols for social media channels, including response strategies and stakeholder communication during sensitive situations
  • Drive cross-functional collaboration with Marketing, PR, and Customer Service teams to ensure aligned messaging and integrated campaign execution
  • Manage the sourcing, curation & deployment of User Generated Content (UCG) & Employee Generated Content (ECG)

About Us

Huggies®. Kleenex®. Cottonelle®. Scott®. Kotex®. Poise®. Depend®. Kimberly-Clark Professional®. You already know our legendary brands—and so does the rest of the world. In fact, millions of people use Kimberly-Clark products every day. We know these amazing Kimberly-Clark products wouldn’t exist without talented professionals, like you.

At Kimberly-Clark, you’ll be part of the best team committed to driving innovation, growth and impact. We’re founded on more than 150 years of market leadership, and we’re always looking for new and better ways to perform – so there’s your open door of opportunity. It’s all here for you at Kimberly-Clark.

Led by Purpose. Driven by You.

About You

You perform at the highest level possible, and you appreciate a performance culture fueled by authentic caring. You want to be part of a company actively dedicated to sustainability, inclusion, wellbeing, and career development.

You love what you do, especially when the work you do makes a difference. At Kimberly-Clark, we’re constantly exploring new ideas on how, when, and where we can best achieve results. When you join our team, you’ll experience Flex That Works: flexible (hybrid) work arrangements that empower you to have purposeful time in the office and partner with your leader to make flexibility work for both you and the business.

Qualifications

In one of our professional roles, you’ll focus on winning with consumers and the market, while putting safety, mutual respect, and human dignity at the center. To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in advertising, marketing or related field
  • 7+ years’ experience in a relevant social role, with a minimum of 3 years in a strategic or client services role on a social team (not just community management or social production)
  • Background in social content strategy, organic, paid and earned/influencer marketing with a history of developing social strategy and driving results across all facets of social media management, including social listening, community management, content strategy, and analytics.
  • Deep understanding of the social media landscape, social platform algorithms, and advanced native platform features.
  • Excellent communication/presentation skills; ability to inform, influence and negotiate across functions and with all organization levels. Ability to story tell well via PowerPoint.
  • Experience with social listening tools and track record of applying listening insights to work
  • Ability to manage and influence stakeholders at various levels of seniority across a highly matrixed organization.
  • Travel up to 25% may be required for content capture, team collaboration, or event coverage

Total Benefits

Here are just a few of the benefits you’d enjoy working in this role for Kimberly-Clark. For a complete overview, see www.mykcbenefits.com.

Great support for good health with medical, dental, and vision coverage options with no waiting periods or pre-existing condition restrictions. Access to an on-site fitness center, occupational health nurse, and allowances for high-quality safety equipment.

Flexible Savings and spending accounts to maximize health care options and stretch dollars when caring for yourself or dependents.

Diverse income protection insurance options to protect yourself and your family in case of illness, injury, or other unexpected events.

Additional programs and support to continue your education, adopt a child, relocate, or even find temporary childcare.

To Be Considered

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