Social Media Lead

📋 Description

• Lead day-to-day social coverage for US politics and major current affairs across platforms.
• Develop short- and long-term social coverage plans around breaking news.
• Mentor social media producers/editors and maintain high quality standards.
• Create platform-specific strategies for Facebook, X, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok.
• Identify angles, hooks, headlines, thumbnails to maximize engagement.
• Collaborate with editorial, video, design, and audience teams for top-performing content.

🎯 Requirements

• Significant experience leading social media within news, politics, or digital media.
• Experience managing or leading social media teams.
• Strong understanding of US political landscape and major news cycles.
• Deep knowledge of major platforms, audiences, formats, and best practices.
• Proven success growing audiences and engagement with platform-specific strategies.
• Strong editorial judgment and ability to identify resonant stories and formats.

🎁 Benefits

• Full-time position within a digital media and social content environment.
• Opportunity to lead social strategy across major platforms and breaking news coverage.
• Leadership and mentoring opportunities within a growing social media team.
• Exposure to breaking news, political events, elections, and major current affairs.
• Collaboration with editorial, video, design, and audience development teams.
• Opportunity to influence audience growth and platform performance at scale.