FUNATIX EVENTS
Content Specialist
Bismarck, North Dakota
Job Title: Content Specialist
Reports To: Dani Miller, Director of Marketing
Location: Bismarck, North Dakota (in-office)
Status: Full-time, exempt
Are you ready to be part of a winning culture?
We are looking for a Content Specialist who sees a rodeo chute, a sold-out concert, and a finish line and immediately knows the shot. If you can capture it, cut it, write it, post it, and then read the comments and adjust, this is your seat.
About Funatix Events
Funatix Events is a full-service event company based in Bismarck, North Dakota. We handle event management, marketing, sponsorship, ticketing operations, and media for local and statewide events.
Our portfolio includes some of the region's most recognized experiences: Mandan Rodeo Days, North Dakota's longest-running event; the Bismarck Marathon; the Williston Basin Petroleum Conference; and a full summer season at the Bismarck Depot featuring Fiesta Fest, Wiener Fest, Rumble at the Depot, Bismarck Rocks!, the Bismarck Food Truck Festival, and Otto Von Bismarck Fest. We also produce Red White & Boom, run corporate celebrations for major North Dakota employers including the Sanford Family Summer Celebration, and manage the North Dakota Governors' Cup and the NDACo Annual Conference. In all, more than 27 events a year.
Learn more at www.funatixevents.com.
Our Core Values
Everything we do runs through EPIC:
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Experience Obsessed. We obsess over the guest experience, from the first ad they see to the last thing they remember.
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Positive Energy. We bring energy to the work and to each other, especially at hour 14 of a show day.
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Innovating Constantly. We do not run last year's playbook because it worked last year.
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Community Minded. We build events that make this community a better place to live.
Job Summary
The Content Specialist owns the story Funatix tells across social, video, photo, and web. This role builds the content calendar, is on the ground capturing at events, edits and publishes fast, manages our social channels day to day, and grows our owned audiences.
This is a creator role with a strategist's brain. The Content Specialist is not waiting for assignments. They are looking at the event calendar three weeks out, deciding what needs to be shot, and showing up with a plan and a camera.
Key Responsibilities
Content Strategy and Planning
Own the content calendar across all Funatix event properties and corporate channels.
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Build shot lists and content plans ahead of every event, so capture is intentional rather than reactive.
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Develop content series and recurring formats that build audience between events, not just during them.
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Capture
Shoot photo and video on site at events, including nights, weekends, and holidays.
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Capture behind-the-scenes, build day, talent, guest reaction, and sponsor activation content.
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Run live coverage during event days, including stories, reels, and real-time posting.
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Production and Editing
Edit short-form vertical video for social with fast turnaround, often same day.
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Cut recap videos, sponsor recap content, and promotional assets for the following year's campaign.
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Maintain an organized, searchable content library so assets are findable a year later.
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Social Media Management
Manage day-to-day publishing across Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and LinkedIn for the event portfolio.
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Write platform-native copy that fits each event's voice and each channel's format.
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Handle community management, including comments, direct messages, and guest questions, escalating service issues to the right person.
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Track platform changes and format trends, and test new formats rather than waiting for permission.
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Writing and Storytelling
Write social copy, web copy, blog and article content, and supporting email content.
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Develop human-interest stories from the event portfolio: competitors, vendors, volunteers, longtime guests, and community partners.
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Draft scripts for video, emcee content, and promotional spots as needed.
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Creative Collaboration
Work alongside the graphic designer and videographer to keep visual and written content aligned.
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Partner with the Marketing Manager so content supports live campaigns instead of running parallel to them.
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Supply content assets required for sponsor fulfillment and recap materials.
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Performance and Growth
Report on content and social performance, including reach, engagement, follower growth, and content-driven traffic.
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Identify what formats and topics actually move the numbers and reallocate effort toward them.
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Maintain content and social metrics on the marketing scorecard.
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Other Duties as Assigned
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Take on additional responsibilities as the business and the event calendar require.
What We Are Looking For
Two or more years creating content professionally, whether in-house, agency, freelance, or for a team or venue.
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A portfolio. We care more about what you have made than where you made it.
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Strong video editing skills, including short-form vertical, with working knowledge of Adobe Premiere, CapCut, or comparable tools.
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Solid photo skills and comfort operating your own capture on a busy event floor.
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Genuine command of social platforms as a publisher, not just as a user.
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Sharp writing. Short, specific, and human.
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Willingness to work nights, weekends, and holidays during event season, and to be on your feet all day.
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Career Development
Content is how Funatix events grow, and this seat has room to grow with them. A Content Specialist who builds an audience and proves it converts can expand into broader brand and creative leadership as the portfolio scales. You will have real creative latitude here, and your work will be seen by hundreds of thousands of people across the state every year.
Community Connection
Funatix Events are woven into the fabric of North Dakota. Our work supports local nonprofits, drives tourism and hospitality revenue across the state, funds workforce development, and gives families reasons to gather. The person in this seat will see their work show up in their own neighborhood, and will be part of building the traditions this region grows up with.
Benefits and Compensation
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Salary: Competitive salary based on experience.
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Insurance: Health, dental, and vision coverage.
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Paid Time Off: Paid time off, plus flex time following major event weekends.
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Events: Full access to Funatix events for you and your family.
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, gender identity, marital or veteran status, or any other protected class.
