Title: Junior Social Media Editor
Location: New York
Department: Content
Reporting to: Social and Video Lead, USA
Role overview
Are you immersed in the world of social media? Do you carry around a mental briefcase of memes and trending sounds? Love to explore your city and TikTok? We’re looking for a sharp, witty, proactive and well-rounded Junior Social Media Editor to create and share content on our growing social channels. You’ll be equally as comfortable editing engaging Instagram Stories or crafting the perfect Facebook post. This role will report to the USA’s Social and Video Lead with an eye for growing our reach, engagement and following on both local channels and nationally.
Responsibilities
• Schedule social media output across Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and TikTok for core cities across the USA and Canada as well as national channels
• Champion and adhere to Time Out’s social media and tone of voice guidelines
• Moderate comments and feedback on social channels in an intelligent and chatty manner—we’re all humans here!
• Analyze traffic and engagement to identify trends and opportunities using Dash Hudson and other analytics tools
• Keep up with what’s trending in NYC, Chicago, LA and other major US cities and across the internet to report at daily meetings
• Work closely with the editorial team to repurpose content for Instagram carousels, stories and TikTok
• Explore new platforms for growing our social audience like WhatsApp, Pinterest and more
• Shoot shareable images and video at key NYC events and happenings
• Produce and edit short-form video for our social outlets, as and when required, using a smartphone
• Source UGC across Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and TikTok
• Embrace Time Out’s digital-first, mobile-first philosophy: strong background in digital production is essential
Qualifications:
• A demonstrable passion for and excellent knowledge of social media
• Writes highly engaging copy in line with editorial standards
• A creative view of social media and flare for originality and innovation
• Ability to identify relevant breaking news stories across social
• Maintains a high standard of accuracy and attention to detail
• Desirable: working knowledge of Echobox, Dash Hudson, Canva or similar scheduling tools
Internal Stakeholders:
• North American Editorial Team
What we look for in a candidate
Time Out is a company filled with individuals as diverse as the cities we are in and cover. At the same time there are common characteristics and values we all share. To join our team, you’ll want to…
• Be commercially astute
• Either have experience at or want to dive headfirst into a fast-paced transformative company in pursuit of excellence
• Think globally
• Have excellent communication and relationship building skills
• Have a high sense of ownership, urgency and drive
• Be a team player
About our culture
At Time Out Group we believe in diversity and equal opportunity for all people. We do not discriminate against external or internal candidates on the basis of age; disability; gender, gender reassignment; race; religion or belief; sexual orientation; marriage and civil partnership; pregnancy and maternity. We believe that diversity develops creativity and enables personal and professional growth where we all learn from each other. We believe in an open culture where ideas are shared candidly and where there is no fear of failure, but rather an understanding that we must experiment and have the freedom to succeed. We believe that everyone has the right to express themselves as they are as this enriches us all. We believe in an open world, social justice, and the pursuit of happiness, after all, we are in the happiness business.
About Time Out Group plc
Through Time Out Media and Time Out Market we help our large audience go out in the world's greatest cities and connect global brands as well as local talents with this valuable audience.
Time Out Media’s multiple digital and physical channels span websites, mobile, social media, video, audio and Live Events. Across these channels, Time Out distributes its high-quality content – curated and created by a global team of local expert journalists – around the best food, drinks, culture, art, music, theatre, travel and entertainment in 333 cities and 59 countries. The Company is giving international, national and local brands and businesses the opportunity to connect with this global reach and strong traffic from a desirable audience by offering bespoke 360-degree multichannel advertising solutions. Since its launch in 1968, Time Out has become a global brand that advertisers and consumers love and trust.
Time Out Market is the world's first editorially curated food and cultural market, leveraging the Time Out brand to bring the best of the city together under one roof: its best chefs, drinks and cultural experiences – based on the editorial curation Time Out has always been known for. The first Time Out Market opened in 2014 in L
Location: New York, NY
Posted: Aug. 18, 2024, 8:50 p.m.
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