As a top Las Vegas dispensary, Planet 13 strives to provide the best quality recreational cannabis, cannabis extracts, and infused products available at competitive prices and with compassion that can only come from those who are knowledgeable in the field. 

Summary 

The Social Media Marketing Specialist is a highly organized, detail-oriented, creative individual whose responsibilities will include producing marketing copy to advertise Planet 13 and its products in the realm of Social Media, keeping up to date on industry-related topics and market trends, managing all Planet 13’s social media accounts including strategy, scheduling, captioning, and social listening. To be successful in this role, you should have experience with digital publishing and generating traffic and leads for new business. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned. 

• Writing, reviewing, editing, and updating content for company websites, blogs, marketing materials, and similar platforms. 

• Spearhead updates for all Planet 13’s ordering menus to include product descriptions and packaging photos. 

• Support external partners with content and requests. 

• Manage and monitoring social media and company website. 

• Using social media to engage consumers, respond to questions or complaints, and to promote company initiatives.

• Collaborating with internal departments to establish campaign objectives, complete tasks, and identify and solve problems. 

• Suggesting new ways to promote company offerings and to reach consumers. 

• Helps prepare for involvement in community organizations and events. 

• Conduct market research and keep up with industry trends to help guide the creative development of marketing campaigns. 

• Maintains inventory of photo work, artwork, and film, and maintains marketing literature, archive files, and sample files. 

Supervisory Responsibilities

This job has no supervisory responsibilities. 

Competencies

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

Continuous Learning - Seeks feedback to improve performance; pursues training and development opportunities; strives to continuously build knowledge and skills; shares expertise with others.

Job Knowledge - Competent in required job skills and knowledge; exhibits ability to learn and apply new skills; keeps abreast of current developments; requires minimal supervision; displays understanding of how job relates to others; uses resources effectively.

Use of Technology - Demonstrates required skills; adapts to new technologies; troubleshoots technological problems; uses technology to increase productivity; keeps technical skills up to date. 

Design - Generates creative solutions; translates concepts and information into images; uses feedback to modify designs; applies design principles; demonstrates attention to detail.

Problem Solving - Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner; works well in group problem solving situations; uses reason even when dealing with emotional topics.

Communications - Expresses ideas and thoughts verbally; expresses ideas and thoughts in written form; exhibits good listening and comprehension; keeps others adequately informed; selects and uses appropriate communication methods.

Cooperation - Establishes and maintains effective relations; exhibits tact and consideration; offers assistance and support to co-workers; works cooperatively in group situations; works actively to resolve conflicts.

Oral Communication - Speaks clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations; listens and gets clarification; responds well to questions; participates in meetings. Teamwork - Exhibits objectivity and openness to others' views; contributes to building a positive team spirit.

Written Communication - Writes clearly and informatively; edits work for spelling and grammar; varies writing style to meet needs; presents numerical data effectively; able to read and interpret written information. 

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

Education and/or Experience

High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to two years’ social media or marketing or advertising related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Cannabis experience preferred but not required. 

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations
Must possess a Nevada Dispensary Agent work card and be 21 years of age or older.

Must complete 10 hours of OSHA Industry Training after six months of employment 

Planet 13 would like to make its customers aware that certain individuals might try and approach them, call them, email them, text them, or reach out to them via social media, presenting themselves as our employees and/or affiliates to try and gain access to your personal information. This is a phishing scam. Planet 13 will never call a potential employee or customer for any form of payment in return for training material, ask for anyone’s direct deposit information, and their banking login and password. Planet 13’s Board Members, and Executives do not work as recruiters and do not communicate with potential employees directly via any form of communication nor do they engage in the offering of positions to potential employees. These claims and offers are fraudulent and we advise everyone to use discretion when handling these situations. If you feel as though you have been a target of this type of scam, please reach out to your local law enforcement. Thank you.