Social Media Manager

• 85 - 85 USD per Hour
• Full Time
• Posted : 11 months ago

Salary: $85-96,000

• Create and implement social media strategies and develop social media content for current and new platforms
• Manage Daily Kos’ social media calendar and posting schedule across all platforms
• Cover live events, including presidential debates, congressional hearings, press conferences, and breaking news situations, in coordination with Newsroom staff
• Serve as the point of contact for all social media platforms
• Use analytics tools, including Chartbeat, Google Analytics, Amplitude, and platform-specific metrics tools, to monitor content performance and generate monthly reports to identify trends and new opportunities
• Work cross-functionally with members from Content, Community Moderation, and Activism to strategically promote content and advocacy initiatives on social
• Create visual, audio, and video assets for distribution on multi-media and social platforms
• Collaborate with head of content to better consider and center diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in Daily Kos’ social media approach
• Create social toolkits for campaigns and disseminate amongst key stakeholders
• Support community engagement and moderation across Daily Kos’ flagship social channels
• Capture Daily Kos’ brand voice in social copy and ensure consistency across social channels
• Other responsibilities as assigned

• 3+ years of relevant work experience managing social media accounts, with newsroom experience strongly preferred
• Excellent writing and communication skills
• Demonstrated history tracking social analytics and distilling them into actionable takeaways
• Deep knowledge of social and media analytics tools, including Buffer, Google Analytics, Chartbeat, Amplitude, and platform-specific metrics tools
• Be adept at balancing a creative approach with a data-driven mindset
• Experience working in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
• Project management experience from concept to completion
• Experience with video-clipping software, such as TVEyes
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Understanding of progressive national politics
• Excellent news judgment
• Strong time management and organizational skills
• Comfortable with a virtual working environment
• Be tech and internet savvy (we use Google Docs, Slack, Dropbox, Asana, and lots of other tools that make work life easier)

• Basic Photoshop Skills
• Experience working for a digital publisher, public media, or nonprofit organization
• Experience creating and managing paid social ads
• Interest in the evolving social media landscape
• Possess a proactive approach in looking for opportunities where the team/business can improve whether it be efficiency, measurement, or collaboration

Skills

• social media
• Communication
• digital publisher
• paid social ads
• Adobe Photoshop