Job Posting: Audience Engagement Manager

Reasons to be Cheerful is seeking a part-time Audience Engagement Manager to manage and grow our social media feeds and newsletters.

Description:

  • Create posts for our social media feeds to promote each published story, plus additional posts for regular features, semi-annual membership drives, live events, raffles, etc.
  • Draft, lay out and send weekly newsletters, as well as additional emails promoting special series, membership drives, raffles, etc.
  • Coordinate with funders on promoting sponsored editorial content, including collaborative posts, hashtags, etc.
  • Monitor social media comments and respond when appropriate.
  • Attend a biweekly editorial meeting on a regular schedule (currently every other Tuesday at 11am ET).
  • Create graphics using Canva or similar software for social media and emails. 
  • Other duties as assigned.

Ideal Candidates Will Have:

  • Minimum three years experience managing social media accounts and newsletters with 50,000+ followers/subscribers, preferably for a journalism outlet.
  • A track record of crafting and executing strategies that grow social media and newsletters audiences.
  • The skills to create beautiful, compelling audience engagement content with minimal oversight.
  • The ability to distill lengthy written articles down to core themes and messages.
  • Exacting attention to detail, accuracy and deadlines, including proofreading.
  • A firm grasp of journalistic practices, standards and ethics, and a demonstrated aptitude and passion for journalism.
  • Proficiency in Instagram, Facebook, Bluesky, Linkedin, Pinterest, Hootsuite, Later, Canva and Mailchimp.
  • Authorization to work in the United States.

Terms: Part-time (approximately 15 hours per week) working as an independent contractor

Compensation: $2,000 – $2,500 per month, to be determined commensurate with experience

Start Date: April 2024

About Us: Reasons to Be Cheerful is a solutions-based online magazine founded by artist and musician David Byrne. Through compelling stories of progress and solutions, our award-winning reporting aims to inspire curiosity about how the world can be better, and to ask ourselves how we can be part of that change. Reasons to be Cheerful does not discriminate against any applicant for employment, or any employee because of age, color, sex, disability, national origin, race, religion, or veteran status.

To Apply: Email a one-page cover letter, a one-page resume, and links to your portfolio or published work to [email protected] with the subject line “Audience Engagement Manager Application.” Short-listed applicants will be invited to an interview and edit test.