theSkimm’
We’re hiring a Social Media Producer to join our team. This is a full-time, New York City-based position.
About the team and the role
theSkimm is hiring a full-time Social Media Producer to engage and grow our audiences across social media platforms. Reporting to our Senior Social Media Manager, this role is responsible for ideating and creating social-first content and bringing our lifestyle verticals (wellness, money, parenting) to life on Instagram and TikTok in both static and video formats.
What you'll be doing
- End-to-end production of static and video content for Instagram and TikTok, including ideation, writing, asset creation, and scheduling
- Creating assets from existing templates in a timely, thoughtful manner in response to news and pop culture moments
- Producing, editing and delivering video assets for social using in-app editing tools
- Scripting and hosting explainer video content and collaborating with a video editor on post-production
- Embedding with our editorial vertical teams (wellness, money, parenting) to identify opportunities for social engagement
- Analyzing performance metrics of social content and making recommendations for how to iterate based on the data
What would set you up for success
- 2-4 years of social media experience at a media company or relevant consumer brand, with emphasis on Instagram and TikTok
- Experience working in fast-paced production cycles
- Experience creating visual social assets from templates as well as producing video content for social
- Engaging on-camera presence and ability to “talk for TikTok”
- You know how to follow a content calendar and use social media publishing tools
- You understand theSkimm’s brand and voice and can communicate its message with consistency
What would set you apart
- You are a news and pop culture junkie
- You keep up with the industry and can name the latest memes and TikTok trends
- You are comfortable experimenting and are always thinking of creative ways to tell stories
- You are data-driven and/or have experience growing digital audiences
- You have created social-first franchises (Instagram, TikTok and emerging platforms)
- Familiarity with Figma, CrowdTangle, Instagram Insights, and Asana
Please link to three social posts or videos you’ve produced and/or hosted to be considered.
The expected annual base salary for this role is $70,000-$75,000. We’ll consider a variety of factors when determining the offered base salary including an evaluation of a candidate’s skills, abilities, experience, location, market demands, and internal parity.
What about the office?
This is a full-time role based in New York, NY with flexibility for remote work. Our office is available to use three days a week - Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. We have a hybrid environment and ask that employees within the New York Metro area come together in person a minimum of three days per month. All other days are up to the discretion of the employees during the three days a week that the office will be open.
Why we love working here
We are mission driven and values driven:
We are collectively building an impactful brand to empower generations of informed, confident women. Our vision is for every woman to have the info they need to navigate a complex world and the decisions in it. Every role has a purpose and allows us to provide useful information succinctly and contextualized. We tee her up to take action - whichever action is right for her, wherever she is.We are values driven at every point - how we work, the way we work and our culture come straight from our core values.
Each of us supports this incredible brand and takes part in its continued growth, fulfilling the needs of our audience each and every day.
We put you and your personal lives first - we have a generous benefits policy that demonstrates we are listening to what our employees need:
- Unlimited vacation policy and generous holiday observances
- Encouraged days off on your birthday and your work anniversary (Skimm’versary)
- A hybrid working model with flexibility for remote work
- Comprehensive insurance plans and commuter benefits
- Auto-enrollment into an Empower 401(k) plan starting on your first day and employer contribution available after one year of employment
- Rewards for every Skimm’versary
- One month paid sabbatical after your five year Skimm’versary as a full-time employee
We support our parents at all points on their journey:
- 18 weeks of paid parental leave for primary and secondary caregivers (adoption, fostering and surrogacy included)
- Bereavement leave for pregnancy loss
- Phased return to work schedule availability
- Flexibility based on parental schedules
- Access to family building and fertility benefits
- Flexible and broad-scale child support program
Your well being is our priority:
- We honor Sacred Time in our workplace
- We have aligned company “time off” during the summer to truly allow for us all to break from our work at the same time
- We offer fitness membership reimbursement
- We offer subsidized plans to Classpass
- Pet benefits are available for your furry friends
- One Medical Membership is included with our benefits at no cost to you
We have a vibrant, collaborative, and supportive culture (we celebrate and have fun!):
- Weekly company updates led by our leadership team
- Annual employee award ceremony to celebrate individual accomplishments
- Clubs and activities designed to meet other employees like Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), volunteer opportunities, off-sites, and wellness focused classes
- Numerous culture events that enable our workforce, in the office and remote, to connect and have fun
Your career and development are a priority:
- Annual learning and development stipend
- Regular leadership development trainings that are geared toward creating strong and effective leaders
- An internal mobility program designed to give our employees opportunities to grow and explore different career paths
- DEI initiatives to ensure we are the best partners and colleagues to each other
- Career development guidance and planning
And more…
- Competitive salary and equity packages
- The opportunity to be part of a values-driven, hardworking, and diverse group of people building a media company that makes it easier to live smarter
Our story, Skimm’d
We are a digital media company, dedicated to succinctly giving women the information they need to make confident decisions. We make it easier to live smarter.At our core, we are writers, editors, producers, designers, marketers, engineers, analysts, sellers, creatives, and strategists all working together to achieve this goal.Every day we’re breaking down the news, trends, policies, and politics that impact women so that they can navigate their daily lives and futures – from managing their paychecks to casting their ballots – with confidence. We provide our dedicated audience of millions with reliable, non-partisan, information, informing and empowering them while fitting into their daily routines. Since disrupting the media landscape and defining a new category a decade ago, theSkimm has become a trusted source for its audience of millions by seamlessly integrating into their existing routines, fundamentally changing the way they consume news and make decisions.
Today theSkimm ecosystem includes the Daily Skimm, the Daily Skimm: Weekend, Skimm Money and Skimm Your Life newsletters, B2B marketer’s newsletter The SKM Report, the “9 to 5ish with theSkimm” podcast, and theSkimm mobile app. theSkimm also houses Skimm Studios which creates innovative in-house video and audio content, and our in-house creative agency SKM Lab, which conceptualizes, develops, and produces innovative solutions and content for brands to engage with generations of informed women. theSkimm's first book, How to Skimm Your Life,debuted at #1 on The New York Times Best Seller list. Through Skimm Impact, theSkimm's our purpose-driven platform, the company is dedicated to creating change for women. We are proud to support get-out-the-vote efforts with Skimm Your Ballot, which has spurred over two million voting-related actions across the last four election cycles. We have mobilized hundreds of companies to join our #ShowUsYourLeave movement, which has created transparency and pushed for progress for Paid Family Leave in the U.S. And we’re empowering women to take agency of their lives and control of their futures through our State of Women initiative, grounded in a study conducted by The Harris Poll.Come join us!Learn more about us and our other opportunities here.*Any correspondence from our team will come from a @theskimm.com email account!Please click here for theSkimm's Privacy Policy and Terms & Conditions.
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