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Social Media Competency

Level 1 involves basic personal social media use like posting and sharing. Level 2 adds understanding of cultural expectations, hashtags, searching, browsing, and basic strategy. Level 3 involves customizing privacy, relevant content, engaging audiences, live events, and basic paid advertising knowledge.

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Social Media Competency

Level 1 involves basic personal social media use like posting and sharing. Level 2 adds understanding of cultural expectations, hashtags, searching, browsing, and basic strategy. Level 3 involves customizing privacy, relevant content, engaging audiences, live events, and basic paid advertising knowledge.

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Social Media Competency Levels

Level 1: Has one or more personal social media accounts; demonstrates ability to post text and pictures; ability to tag friends and share content
Fundamental

Level 2: Level 1 skills + Communication & Content: understands and operates within the unique cultural expectations needed for effective engagement
Basic and communication across a variety of platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and blogs; demonstrates basic knowledge and
use of hashtags; demonstrates ability to effectively search and browse for contacts, information, and resources in various platforms;
understands topic trending and popular social media trends. Graphics: demonstrates ability to select compelling images and crop. Strategy:
demonstrates basic knowledge of best times/days to post content; ability to articulate and understand various social media platforms and their
roles

Level 3: Level 2 skills + Communication & Content: demonstrates ability to customize privacy settings; can find and use key hashtags (popular or niche)
Intermediate and create strong branded hashtags; can select relevant content and write basic marketing copy in various formats including text, links, video,
visual and more; demonstrates basic ability to research and find interested audiences, influencers and potential partnerships; basic ability to
cover events live on social media (live-tweeting, posting) and engage with online participants during an event; has knowledge of Twitter lists
used to monitor competition, community needs and for content curation. Graphics: demonstrates basic photo editing abilities as well as ability
to overlay text; knowledge of and competency in various photo editing apps. Strategy: demonstrates ability to contribute creative ideas to the
larger strategy; basic implementation of strategy with supervision; basic knowledge of Hootsuite scheduling tools as well as in-platform
scheduling tools. Paid & Targeted Advertising: demonstrates basic knowledge of filters to target posts by age and demographic; basic
knowledge of when and how to boost posts; ability to create trackable links. Data Analytics: demonstrates basic understanding of key terms
such as clicks, views, reactions, etc.; basic understanding of Google Analytics.

Level 4: Level 3 skills + Communication & Content: demonstrates ability to negotiate online partnerships and cross-promotions; ability to create
Advanced promotions packets for partnerships; ability to live-tweet panel discussions and engage with online participants live; knowledge of live-
broadcasting tools and appropriate use; ability to critically evaluate content online for accuracy, bias, and authority; ability to adopt new tools
and technology quickly and effectively. Graphics: demonstrates ability to create high quality marketing images through a variety of software and
applications; ability to design and edit images quickly for distribution in real time. Strategy: demonstrates ability to develop and implement
small campaign focused strategies with flexibility; knowledge of trends, industry standards, and emerging technologies. Paid & Targeted
Advertising: demonstrates ability to set up basic targeted ads (geo and demo), select compelling images, and write copy; ability to interpret
performance data; ability to manage a budget. Data Analytics: demonstrates ability to find and accurately interpret campaign data in Google
Analytics; understanding of in-platform analytics; ability to compile reports and analyze data as well as communicate findings in a meaningful
way to a broad audience.
Level 5: Level 4 skills + Communication & Content: demonstrates high awareness of ethical and legal use of social media and Internet; high level of social
Proficient intelligence needed to handle conflict resolution and crisis management within the digital community; ability to protect an organization’s brand
and reputation; ability to manage several different brands and platforms simultaneously. Strategy: demonstrates ability to develop and
implement multiple complex strategies over multiple brands and platforms simultaneously with the flexibility required for dynamic
environments; ability to create post-event strategies that extend community engagement and further foster meaningful relationships; ability to
create buzz campaigns leading up to large events that generate broad awareness and encourages social media ambassadors to contribute
actively, culminating in trending online locally or nationally; ability to anticipate social trends, tools and directions; ability to align needs with
larger goals; ability to analyze strategic approaches and processes. Paid & Targeted Advertising: demonstrates understanding of the principle
behind social media algorithms and how to work with them to achieve marketing goals; ability to set up highly targeted ads (based on interests,
behavior, lookalike audiences, etc.); understanding of ad optimization and A/B testing; ability to run and monitor several ad campaigns
simultaneously. Data Analytics: demonstrates ability to set and determine meaningful goals; ability to measure progress quantitatively; ability to
set goals in Google Analytics; ability to troubleshoot; comprehensive understanding of Google Analytics as well as other reporting software and
tools. Teaching: demonstrates ability to communicate level-appropriate feedback to train and empower social media users in a variety of
capacities and roles; ability to identify, evaluate and recommend tools that best suit an individual’s or organization’s needs; ability to promote
strategic ways of thinking (proactive versus reactive).

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