Social Media Manager

Brentwood, CA (On-site)

$18/hr – $20/hrEntry Level2+ years expPart time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own social storytelling and audience engagement across platforms, turning daily posts and trends into fresh content while strengthening brand presence.

  • Content creation and copy for day-to-day posts, breaking news, and long-form campaigns across platforms.
  • Audience understanding and engagement: tailor messaging to diverse platform audiences and track performance.
  • Trend scouting and news judgment to fuel timely, shareable social content.

Job Description

Own social storytelling and audience engagement across platforms, turning daily posts and trends into fresh content while strengthening brand presence.

  • Content creation and copy for day-to-day posts, breaking news, and long-form campaigns across platforms.
  • Audience understanding and engagement: tailor messaging to diverse platform audiences and track performance.
  • Trend scouting and news judgment to fuel timely, shareable social content.

Responsibilities

  • Write original copy for social media posts. This includes copy for day-to-day posts, breaking news as well as for more long-term projects.
  • Assist the marketing and advertising teams with social media copy as needed.
  • Scour social media each day for story ideas and trends with an eye toward creating fresh, social media content.
  • Maintain familiarity with user interfaces and general trends on each major social media platform.
  • Develop a deep understanding of our audiences across various platforms and how to engage them.
  • Exercise excellent news judgment.
  • Help strengthen our growing brand awareness.

Requirements

  • 1-2 years experience managing social media accounts with a demonstrable track record for success in growing a loyal audience
  • Ability to meet deadlines and to prioritize among short-term and long-term projects
  • 2-3 years experience working for media outlets
  • Practical experience with Google Analytics, Apple News, and/or similar tools as well as programs such as Adobe Premier, InDesign and Photoshop
  • Basic familiarity with HTML, Excel/Google Sheets and Google Data Studio
  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
  • Experience: Social Media Management: 2 years (Required)

Preferred

  • Expert knowledge of social media trends and best practices
  • Ability to fact-check and quickly assess fast-moving social media commentary
  • Experience with selecting key performance metrics for websites, newsletters and social media
  • Strong writing and reporting skills in AP style with emphasis on clarity and attention to detail

Benefits

  • 401(k)
  • 401(k) matching
  • Dental insurance
  • Flexible schedule
  • Vision insurance
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Brentwood Press & Publishing

The local news source for East Contra Costa County. We cover community news for the cities of Brentwood, Oakley, Antioch and Discovery Bay. We produce 3 weekly printed newspapers, the yearly East County Welcome Guide, Best of Brentwood and Best of Oakley magazines, and the local yellow pages. We have a very active website, thepress.net, with many online resources for the community and advertisers.

Founded in 1999
Brentwood, California, USA
42 employees (28 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
27.9K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
49%
Direct
42.5%
Referral
4.2%
Social
3.3%
Paid
0.8%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~42

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
24 (57% of company)

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