Best Social Media Manager
Social media managers are now the backbone of the marketing industry building a voice for their company by executing strategies across Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare, YouTube, Tumblr, Instagram, Pinterest and more. According to a leading career site Social Media Manager job listings increased by 48% this year proving that you can still get a job in a tough economy if you’re savvy at the social web. This award, presented by Unmetric, the social media benchmarking company, honors the social media manager from a consumer facing brand or agency that has gone above and beyond in managing their brand’s social presence to effectively enhance the company’s image, likeability,engagement and marketing effectiveness. Click here to see the previous winner and nominees.
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About Unmetric
Unmetric works with leading brands and agencies to help them establish benchmarks for their social media teams and social media campaigns. The platform monitors daily activity on the social media outposts of over 5000 brands from 25 sectors to users analyze competitors, benchmark performance and compete intelligently. The data provided by the Unmetric (SaaS) platform is therefore instrumental in facilitating understanding and driving down costs by creating more efficient social media brand and customer service teams.
Winner
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Andy Cohen for WWHL
Produced by: Bravo
Andy Cohen may be a top Bravo executive, but he still manages to keep his fingers on his keyboard tweeting, Instagram-ing and connecting with his fans on a daily basis. As the host of “Watch What Happens: Live,” Bravo's late-night, interactive talk show, Andy has evolved the talk show from a web only series to a multi-night, on-air success, which ...
Finalists
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Omar Todd - Sea Shepherd Technical Director
Produced by: Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
Established in 1977, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS) is an international non-profit, marine wildlife conservation organization. Our mission is to end the destruction of habitat and slaughter of wildlife in the world's oceans in order to conserve and protect ecosystems and species. Sea Shepherd uses innovative direct-action tactics to investigate, document, and take action when necessary to expose and ...
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12-12-12 Concert to Benefit Robin Hood
Produced by: Robin Hood
In response to the devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy, the 12-12-12 benefit concert was announced in early November to raise money for the Robin Hood Relief Fund. In just a few weeks, the producers, Clear Channel Media & Entertainment, The Madison Square Garden Company and The Weinstein Company put together a historic line-up of artists including: Bon Jovi, ...
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Richard Margetic, Dell Social Media Manager
Richard has been instrumental in the launch of Dell’s social media presence from inception in 2006 to today’s leadership position. Richard led many strategic efforts in the Dell social space over the last few years that included spearheading Dell’s global presence on Facebook, launching Dell as a brand on Google+, and leading efforts for a structured training program for ...
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KFC Social Rockstar: Ginny Sidell
Produced by: KFC
As KFC social media community manager, Ginny has transformed herself into the persona of the Colonel, leading creative content development, strategy, engagement, insights and optimization for the brand (with the help of an awesome team). Focusing mostly on the @KFC_Colonel Twitter handle and Facebook page, her overall goal as Community Manager is to get more people talking about and to ...
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World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Social Team
Produced by: WWE
The five-person WWE Social Media Team, led by Director of Social Media Corey Clayton, has a myriad of responsibilities, ranging from education, brand awareness, social corporate responsibility and most importantly fan-Superstar interaction. The team utilizes 11 major platforms, including Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, YouTube and Tout, totaling more than 144 millions users. As such, WWE has become one of ...
Browse Entries
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Jason Nickel for Brooks Brothers: America's Oldest Clothier meets Social
Produced by: Brooks Brothers
Jason Nickel is not only the founder and manager of Brooks Brothers’ social media presence, but also serves as a brand ambassador. He began working at America’s first clothier in 2007 and since has been a jack-of-all-trades, living the brand from how he takes his scotch to the very "nickels" he places in his well-polished penny loafers. In addition to ...
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Jeff Mellin - Brush Buddies Worldwide Music Search
Produced by: Brush Buddies
Brush Buddies is an emerging consumer brand with a growing social media audience of people who like music and love their teeth. As Director of Marketing, Jeff Mellin has been responsible for launching Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, One Direction, LMFAO & Psy lines of Brush Buddies Singing Toothbrushes, along with the social media support.
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Kyle Hoedl
Produced by: Viacom International Media Networks
Kyle Hoedl is the Senior Social Media Manager at Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN). In this global role, Kyle manages all things social media-related for MTV and Nickelodeon outside of the United States. Hired in 2011, he created and oversees the global social media strategy for VIMN as well as the day-to-day work of dozens of social media managers around ...
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Nomination for Maria Poveromo, leader of Adobe’s social media program
Produced by: Adobe
Maria is responsible for driving a unified communications strategy across social media, PR, and AR. The social media group within her communications organization established the organizational framework and strategic direction for social media activities across the company. Her team also leads social media efforts for Adobe’s two primary business areas, digital media and digital marketing, as well as the Adobe ...
