Social Engagement Editor

Overview

Vox Media is one of the fastest growing media companies today, combining the best content, technology, and distribution capabilities to connect with an audience of 170 million people each month who rely on us for a modern, intelligent take on the world. Simply put, we create smart media brands for smart audiences.

We are eight distinct media brands: SB Nation (Sports), The Verge (Technology and Culture), Polygon (Gaming), Eater (Food and Nightlife), Racked (Shopping, Beauty and Fashion), Curbed (Real Estate and Home), Vox.com (General News), and Re/code (Tech Business).

As an Engagement Editor, you will drive sustainable audience growth on Facebook, Instagram, and other platforms. This is initially a three-month contract position beginning in January 2017.

What you’ll do:

• Design and implement strategies to build social media audiences, focusing primarily on Facebook and Instagram engagement.
• Identify and build relationships with outside influencers and media partners to drive audience growth.
• Work with Vox Media’s Editorial and Video teams to conceptualize stories that can be told natively on social platforms.
• Collaborate with our newsroom on packaging story ideas for social audiences, surfacing hooks for headlines, adapting our content and voice natively to each platform, and conceptualizing new formats for production.
• Interface with paid media and branded content partners in relation to social platforms.

What you’ll bring:

• Expertise in developing and implementing social media content strategies.
• A proven track record growing social audiences for editorial media properties.
• A proactive and strategic approach to building social media audiences.
• Demonstrated strength in collaborating across functions to achieve a common goal
• Ideas about the best ways and tools to organize work effectively.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience working in a fast-paced, high-growth digital media company preferred.

We encourage candidates of all experience levels to apply. If the above doesn’t describe you perfectly, please get in touch anyway and tell us why you want to work with us.

Vox Media is committed to building an inclusive environment for people of all backgrounds and everyone is encouraged to apply. Vox Media is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, disability, national origin, protected veteran status, age, or any other status protected by applicable national, federal, state, or local law.