Social Media Manager
Part-Time - Moving to Full Time
 

At Professional Idiots, you will be responsible for

• Develop and refine our social media strategy, to build our brand.

• Create compelling longer-term strategies, create engaged communities of fans and advocates

• Create unique content customized for each social channel that is on-brand

• Collaborate with our Creative Services, Marketing, and Editorial teams to develop compelling assets for posts

• Develop a calendar and regular cadence of content, while being opportunistic with timely news/content. 

• Regularly and proactively monitor social channels for customer engagement, elevating support issues as needed

• Develop and meet monthly KPIs for cross-channel community growth and posts. 

• Analyze progress and identify areas for improvement and further optimize content for additional engagement

• Stay up-to-date on developments on each social platform and how they may impact our social activity

• Identify tools and technology to better manage our social activity and platforms
   

You should have experience

• BA in communications-related field, or exceptional equivalent work history

• 5-7 years of experience managing multiple social media accounts, with at least half of that experience for B2C audiences.

• Experience in a publishing and/or events company a huge plus.

• Experience in editorial social media marketing, or understanding of the difference between editorial

• Ability to quickly learn an industry, its players, audiences, dynamics, culture, and language

• Track record of growing both audiences and engagement in B2C environments

• Mastery of short-form communication, an expert in being able to say a lot in very limited spaces through the use of images to support it

• Expertise in all major social platforms including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, and YouTube

• An analytical mind, with a passion for testing, and a data-driven approach to optimizing content

• Experience running successful social media campaigns on both small and large scales

• Excellent writing and grammatical expertise is a must.

• Excellent time management and project management skills, with the ability to multi-task and adapt in a fast-paced environment

To be successful at Professional Idiots, you need to be

• Independent but also a team player

• Self-motivated and have strong organizational skills

• Vocal about your opinions but not married to them

• Driven to learn and self-improve

• A strong written communicator

• A master at your craft
   

At Professional Idiots we

• Are 50% remote, for now, but will have an office soon!

• Use GitHub, Trello, Basecamp, Slack, and Sneek to collaborate

• Are community-driven and work both hard and smart

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Benefits of working at Professional Idiots​​

• Top compensation

• 100% company-paid medical, vision and dental

• 5 Paid sick days each year

• 2 weeks paid vacation each year
   

More about Professional Idiots

• One of the fastest growing online networks this side of the milky way

• We focus on doing the right thing and not hockey stick-shaped charts

• Have over 160,000 members… and growing

• Grew 100% by word-of-mouth

• Serve over six million requests a month​

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How to apply
 

Send an email to jonas@proidiots.org. In the email, please include:
 

• Tell us about 2-3 of your favorite projects you worked on and were responsible for

• Link to your LinkedIn profile -or- a PDF copy of your resume

• If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to email us