Associate Social Media Editor, Food & Wine
About The Position
Food & Wine is looking for an Associate Social Media Editor who will be primarily responsible for overseeing our creator network project and community management on our social platforms. Additionally, the person in this role will be tasked with supporting promotional strategies across the brand’s social media channels—including Instagram, TikTok, Pinterest, Threads, Facebook, and X—as needed, to support traffic and engagement, and audience goals. The ideal candidate will feel very comfortable using data and insights to guide creator outreach, understands how great brands and publishers stand out in feeds, and knows how to create engaging posts that drive results. Hybrid 3x a week- (New York) In-office Expectations: This position is hybrid in-office, with the ability to work remotely for up to 2 days per week.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Journalism, Marketing, Public Communications, or equivalent professional experience
- 1-2 years of professional experience in social media for a food or lifestyle brand.
- Excellent writing skills and editorial judgment; experience writing engaging copy specifically for digital and social media.
- Strong communication skills and are comfortable relaying issues, needs, and wins with team members.
- A love for brainstorming new ideas.
- Ability to handle multiple tasks in a deadline-driven environment.
- No reluctance to experiment, try new things, and learn new tools and features.
- Flexibility to be available for social support as needed for special events, which may occur on evenings and weekends.
- A passion for all things related to food, cooking, and being in the kitchen
- A desire to connect with people through social media.
- A self-driven attitude; high degree of collaboration, organization, and positivity; the ability to thrive in a fast-changing environment.
Nice To Haves
- Experience working in Facebook Insights, TrueAnthem, Dash Social, and Looker is strongly preferred.
- Experience with visual storytelling, basic photo editing, and video production.
- Experience with and enthusiasm for using analytics tools to create reports and inform decision-making.
Responsibilities
- Handle day-to-day outreach to creators who are a fit for our audience and voice.
- Manage relationships with creators and work with them to acquire assets and develop partnerships.
- Monitor and report on social trends and rising talent.
- Authentically engage with followers on our social media platforms as well as other relevant handles to foster community and engagement.
- Curate content for social promotion using data, trends, and insights.
- Report on tests, traffic, and platform metrics (views, engagements, impressions) and use these insights to contribute to content ideation discussions.
- Monitor social and video analytics to help inform the brand’s social, site, and video strategy.
- Assist in content planning, creation, and execution for social channels.
- Pitch content ideas and attend editorial planning meetings.
- Help to execute campaigns around editorial tentpoles and social-first franchises.
- Work with editorial and design to create custom graphics when relevant for promotion.
- Have the opportunity to participate in digital video creation and promotion, including but not limited to: brainstorming topics, writing scripts, doing background research, and appearing on-screen.
- Be comfortable liaising with platform partners and communicating platform-specific needs.
- Be up for any project, from writing photo captions to resizing images and producing Reels.
Benefits
- medical
- dental
- vision
- prescription drug coverage
- unlimited paid time off (PTO)
- adoption or surrogate assistance
- donation matching
- tuition reimbursement
- basic life insurance
- basic accidental death & dismemberment
- supplemental life insurance
- supplemental accident insurance
- commuter benefits
- short term and long term disability
- health savings and flexible spending accounts
- family care benefits
- a generous 401K savings plan with a company match program
- 10-12 paid holidays annually
- generous paid parental leave (birthing and non-birthing parents)
- voluntary benefits such as pet insurance, accident, critical and hospital indemnity health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Number of Employees
11-50 employees
