Want a Great Job in Social Media Marketing? Here's one:

Do you live, eat and breathe social media marketing? I do, and I personally love that I get to do this for a living. As a result, lots of people ask me if I know of any positions that would be really great for them. I’ve found one and wanted to share it.

If you love social media marketing, want to work for one of the leading technology brands on the planet and love fresh salmon, you just may be in luck.

I just got back from Seattle where we were meeting with our client, the Windows Social Media Team at Microsoft. They’re a great group, and they’ve recently posted a position for a person to lead the social media effort for Windows7. Marty Collins runs the team, and the job description is over on her blog, but here’s an excerpt:

Windows7 Social Media Lead
The Windows Social Media team has an exciting opportunity for a passionate Online Marketing Manager to research, coordinate, project manage and implement social media marketing initiatives as part of the Windows7 launch team. The ideal person will be immersed in what it means to “live life online” through channels such as; Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, etc. This team member will stay up to date on latest social media developments, consumer behaviors and trends, identify current and future opportunities and develop business case, marketing plans and proposals for implementing social media solutions within Windows consumer marketing. This person is a strong collaborator and team player that can function in a cross group, ambiguous environment.

Knowing the team there, here are my tips for getting the job (actually they’re my tips for getting most any job):

• Move quickly, they’re looking to hire soon;
• Don’t move so quickly that you haven’t done your homework. (This is social media folks, it’s not hard any more to do a bit of background research.)
• Make it easy for them to see you’re the one. Don’t make them do the work. (After all, if you’re not a great communicator, this is probably not the gig for you.)

Good luck. I hope you get it, so we can work together going forward.