Responsibilities

• Own the daily Do312 newsletter from planning through send, including writing, editing, curation, quality control, and performance improvement.
• Shape and maintain a forward-looking editorial calendar major events, local trends, seasonal moments, audience needs, and partner opportunities.
• Create and edit distinctive guides, roundups, interviews, recurring features, and evergreen content for the website.
• Maintain a high-quality website by keeping event listings, venue and artist pages, guides, and other core content accurate, useful, and current.
• Lead our social content strategy and develop platform-native posts across channels.
• Use data to make better content, improving engagement across our newsletter, website, social channels, and membership.
• Make Do312 MORE a natural, valuable part of the content ecosystem through useful storytelling, ticket-drop promotion, and audience education.
• Work with our Sales and Accounts teams to deliver sponsored content that serves partners while staying true to the Do312 voice.
• Manage freelancers, interns, and contributors to keep content consistent, high quality, and on schedule.
• Build relationships with local venues, artists, promoters, and brands to create exclusive content, giveaways, and experiences while fostering an engaged DoStuff community across email, social media, and other channels.

Requirements

• Exceptional writing, editing, and proofreading skills, with a conversational and audience-first voice.
• At least three years of relevant experience in editorial, content, social media, digital marketing, local media, events, or entertainment.
• A strong pulse on emerging trends across content channels, cultural moments, and evolving audience behaviors.
• A deep connection to Chicago and strong knowledge of its music, nightlife, food, arts, events, neighborhoods, and local culture.
• Excellent organization and the ability to manage multiple channels, deadlines, and collaborators independently and proactively.
• Experience using performance data to improve content, plus comfort working in newsletter, CMS, social, and project-management tools.
• Experience supervising or mentoring junior team members, including assigning work, managing deadlines, giving actionable feedback, and helping others improve.

Preferred

• Already a fan of Do312
• You\'ve grown an audience - whether that\'s a newsletter, social account, community, or brand.
• Short-form video planning, editing, photography, or production experience.
• Experience with sponsored content, events, venues, promoters, or cultural organizations.
• Working knowledge of SEO, evergreen-content strategy, Google Analytics, tracking links, or campaign dashboards.