Manager, vendor relations vs social media director

The differences between managers, vendor relations and social media directors can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 2-4 years to become both a manager, vendor relations and a social media director. Additionally, a manager, vendor relations has an average salary of $110,966, which is higher than the $70,846 average annual salary of a social media director.

The top three skills for a manager, vendor relations include vendor management, vendor relations and vendor performance. The most important skills for a social media director are facebook insights, instagram, and twitter.

Manager, vendor relations vs social media director overview

	Manager, Vendor Relations	Social Media Director
Yearly salary	$110,966	$70,846
Hourly rate	$53.35	$34.06
Growth rate	8%	8%
Number of jobs	22,325	39,016
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 64%	Bachelor's Degree, 80%
Average age	42	42
Years of experience	4	4

Manager, vendor relations vs social media director salary

Managers, vendor relations and social media directors have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Manager, Vendor Relations	Social Media Director
Average salary	$110,966	$70,846
Salary range	Between $77,000 And $158,000	Between $40,000 And $124,000
Highest paying City	-	Seattle, WA
Highest paying state	-	Idaho
Best paying company	-	Accenture
Best paying industry	-	Internet

Differences between manager, vendor relations and social media director education

There are a few differences between a manager, vendor relations and a social media director in terms of educational background:

	Manager, Vendor Relations	Social Media Director
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 64%	Bachelor's Degree, 80%
Most common major	Business	Communication
Most common college	Stanford University	Northwestern University

Manager, vendor relations vs social media director demographics

Here are the differences between managers, vendor relations' and social media directors' demographics:

	Manager, Vendor Relations	Social Media Director
Average age	42	42
Gender ratio	Male, 40.2% Female, 59.8%	Male, 42.8% Female, 57.2%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 5.9% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 9.0% Asian, 5.1% White, 74.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%	Black or African American, 5.9% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 9.0% Asian, 5.1% White, 74.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%
LGBT Percentage	16%	16%

Differences between manager, vendor relations and social media director duties and responsibilities

Manager, vendor relations example responsibilities.

Manage lead generation: website, Google AdWords and SalesForce.
Develop and manage value-based pricing strategy that maximize profitability and marketability of limited-inventory advertising portfolio.
Issue request for proposals (RFP's) and request for information (RFI's) for assign commodities.
Structure project plans for new and existing salesforce product.
Help to coordinate and implement RFP process for vendors to bid and negotiate territories and pricing.
Monitor monthly ROI and internal reports verifying webinars providing value, while continuing to capture new prospects.

Social media director example responsibilities.

Manage client Facebook accounts to increase their sales/promotions.
Perform administrative duties including ordering photography supplies, managing expenses bookkeeping, updating photography inventory and archives.
Determine KPIs and metrics for success across platforms and develop strategies to meet client ROI expectations.
Create addiction and recovery relate blog posts for fifteen hours each week through a WordPress account.
Negotiate SmartPlus, Arbitron and Nielsen contracts.
Engage and nurture social media communities using HootSuite.

Manager, vendor relations vs social media director skills

Common manager, vendor relations skills

Vendor Management, 26%
Vendor Relations, 17%
Vendor Performance, 9%
Customer Service, 6%
SLA, 5%
Vendor Compliance, 4%

Common social media director skills

Facebook Insights, 10%
Instagram, 9%
Twitter, 8%
Social Media Marketing, 7%
Digital Marketing, 6%
Web Content, 5%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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