Social media editor competencies

Social media editor competencies

In this post, you can ref competencies needed for Social media editor position. The standard job competencies include knowledge, skills and abilities (KSA model).

Apart from that, you can ref a job qualification also contains other elements such as education, experience, license, qualities, training courses, physical requirements, degree or certificates…

I. Job qualifications

You can find out competencies from standard job qualification below:

      1.            Bachelor’s degree.

      2.            5-7 years of digital journalism experience; management experience preferred.

      3.            Expert-level knowledge of emerging trends in the social media space.

      4.            Must be able to articulate a clear vision for how USA Today Sports will grow its brand through the use of social media.

      5.            Ability to analyze metrics, use them to identify patterns and develop action items for exploiting them.

      6.            Proven success building an audience on social media platforms, especially Facebook and Twitter.

      7.            Sports news junkie that understands what sports fans need from their social media experience.

      8.            Savvy across all platforms with skills to share stories visually (video, photo, etc.).

      9.            Great communicator that can also work closely with sales, marketing, digital.

II. Key skills employers are looking for

Below are top 7 skills/abilities that every employers are looking for, you should pay attention to them:

1. Adaptability/Flexibility
2. Dependability/Reliability/Responsibility
3. Teamwork
4. Positive Attitude
5. Professionalism
6. Willingness to Learn
7. Communications Skills