About the role

  • Social Media Editor at EW responsible for audience development and content strategy across social platforms. Collaborating with diverse teams to capture and create video content for engagement.

Responsibilities

  • Execute EW’s strategy, content, and audience development on social platforms
  • Work closely with EW’s Social Media Director as well as video, edit, and sales teams in exploring and developing strategy for emerging platforms
  • Execute social-first or social-only original franchises, including short or platform-specific video series
  • Secure social content from photo shoots, red carpets, and other exclusive opportunities
  • Conduct interviews both on- and off-camera
  • Support EW partnerships such as award shows, tentpole events, parties, panels and screenings
  • Capture and quickly turn around high-quality video content from events
  • Collaborate with SEO, growth and other audience analysts to understand and strategize how to expand audience reach

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Journalism, Communications or related field or equivalent work experience
  • Minimum 2-5 years of digital and/or social media experience, preferably with at least one major role at a news organization
  • Proven ability to build and grow audiences for entertainment content via social media, particularly among younger audiences
  • Impeccable news judgment, prioritization, writing and editing skills
  • Calm under pressure of breaking news
  • A strong attention to detail with the ability to multitask
  • A strategic thinker who considers analytics before making decisions
  • An idea generator who can think of new, fresh ways to package content
  • Excellent people skills
  • Experience with SEO, content management systems, analytics tools, Photoshop

Benefits

  • Health insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • 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
  • 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

Job title

Social Media Editor

Job type

Experience level

JuniorMid level

Salary

$78,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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