Social-Media Manager, The New Yorker

Advance Magazine Publishers • New York, NY

318d • $77,000 - $82,500

About The Position

The New Yorker is seeking a social-media manager to promote the magazine's journalism across social-media platforms. The person in this role must possess excellent writing and editing skills, an ability to manage their work independently, and familiarity with and interest in the stories and issues regularly covered by The New Yorker. In addition to writing posts and creating design assets for social channels, the person in this role will crop photographs for Web articles, pitch and execute creative storytelling approaches, and manage other duties as assigned by the director of social media. The social-media manager will regularly cover weekends as well as some early mornings, late nights, and other assigned shifts. This is a Guild position.

Requirements

• Experience writing and editing for a newsroom
• Excellent critical reading skills and demonstrated ability to accurately, creatively, and effectively translate The New Yorker's journalism into short-form copy
• An understanding of the media landscape and a strong news sense
• Knowledge of, passion for, and experience with social-media platforms
• Ability to manage multiple projects at once and work in a fast-paced, always changing environment
• Meticulous attention to detail and strong organizational and communication skills
• Ambitious, proactive, and a quick learner
• Some design and/or photography experience

Responsibilities

• Writing, editing, scheduling, and publishing social-media posts to share The New Yorker's stories across platforms
• Identifying news pegs and opportunities to repromote archival stories, cartoons, and covers
• Writing and sending push notifications
• Pulling photographs for breaking-news stories
• Cropping photographs for a selection of Web articles
• Managing The New Yorker's social-media channels independently over the weekends, communicating early and often with editors, the copy team, and fact checkers
• Contributing to community management on all social platforms
• Additional duties as required, or as assigned by manager

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Publishing Industries