Social Media & Distribution Content Manager

Our client is a local news website tailored for the mobile web. It brings free county- level news to any internet-enabled phone. It sources all its news stories from local ‘citizen reporters’ (i.e. anyone who wants to report the news) who are paid via mobile-money for each article our editors publish. Our client is one of the most far-reaching and cost-effective media models presently available in the country. They are looking for a Social Media & Distribution Content Manager

Key Responsibilities:

Oversee the way our 15 county news editors run all our social media platforms: FB, Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp.
Design and execute experiments & campaigns to grow our reach/following on all our platforms.
Design, update, communicate best-practice social media guidelines for writers to share their content.
Find new innovative ways to distribute content; e.g. WhatsApp broadcast lists, pop ups, sms alerts.
Design campaigns to allow our followers to inform the news content we produce (content, story tips).
Design quarterly and yearly objectives with CEO.
Communicate progress weekly to the team.

Qualifications:

Outstanding verbal and visual communication skills.
Do you have at least 3 years experience being the lead social media manager for an online publisher? (being in charge of at least 3 social media platforms incl. Facebook).
Do you have a passion for social media and a natural curiosity on how to improve audience reach?
Proof you led the growth of social media reach for an organization.
Proof you designed and carried out content experiments?
Ability to pick up new programs quickly (What is your approach in learning a new program like Google Suite, Slack, CRM…)
Programs: Social Media management software, Facebook Analytics, Google Analytics, Google Suite, Excel, Slack.
Strong and long-lasting passion to write about a particular subject (any)
Self-driven: show several examples where you carried out a project from start to finish.
Ability to adapt quickly to new ideas or technologies and ability to multitask, working independently under deadline pressure and prioritize task.
Do you have a scientific mind for experimentation? Build a hypothesis > test > conclude > reiterate
Proven examples of picking up new programs quickly (how do you go about learning a new program like Google Suite, Slack, CRM…).
To keep up with the speed and energy you must be very organised, and a rapid & clear communicator.
Risk-taker and creative thinker: we’re building the media and distribution channel of the future.