Social Media Editor

Rolling Stone is looking for a Social Media Editor to help grow our social audience of nearly 20 million. They must bring the latest insights, trends, and best practices to Rolling Stone as it covers music, entertainment, politics, internet culture, true crime, and more. The editor will serve as an active member of Rolling Stone’s editorial team. The ideal candidate will be creative, detail-oriented, and be ready to dive into the day-to-day work of programming our social channels. They’ll also understand industry shifts in video, and the ways that video is distributed is changing across Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and more.

Responsibilities:

Maximize our audiences on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and more
Manage, schedule, optimize and publish content across social platforms
Develop strategies to roll out major stories, covers, lists, and more
Edit social video for across platforms, sizing for optimization according to industry best practices
Analyze social data
Cover breaking news and live events
Identify opportunities to recirculate evergreen content
Work with our sales and marketing teams

Requirements:

2-4 years of experience managing social media accounts for a brand or publisher
Ability to juggle multiple requests in a fast-moving environment
Attention to detail and an intuitive understanding of how people interact with content on different social platforms
Photo, graphic, and video editing skills (Adobe Suite)
Understanding of pressing topics for diverse cultures and communities
Excellent news judgment and nose for breaking stories and trends
Experience with social media management and analytics tools (SocialFlow, Sprout Social, Creator Studio, etc)

We believe our newsroom should represent the communities we cover and our readership. Women, people of color, and LGBTQ+ candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

Typical wage range: $60k - $75k