Social Editor, The Strategist

New York City, NY (On-site)

$80K/yr – $85K/yrMid LevelFull time

Posted 7 days ago

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Job Summary

Own social storytelling for The Strategist by creating and posting content, developing video franchises, and shaping engagement strategies across platforms in collaboration with editorial and social teams.

  • Develop videos and posts across TikTok, Instagram, and other platforms
  • Track trends and evolve tone and social identity
  • Collaborate on rollout plans for major packages and events

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Work directly with the Senior Editor on any social and audience needs across social platforms. Responsible for both creating content and posting across social platforms.
  • Develop, film and edit quick-turn videos and recurring franchises across TikTok, Instagram, and other platforms.
  • Track shopping trends, pitch creative concepts, and help evolve our tone and social identity.
  • Write and produce smart, engaging copy and visuals that reflect The Strategist's distinctive tone and perspective.
  • Collaborate with editorial, art, and social teams on rollout plans for major packages, covers, and sales events.
  • Identify and track emerging trends, memes, and conversations across the shopping space.
  • Help build and refine strategies to grow engagement and reach across new and existing platforms.
  • Be proactive in pitching ideas, testing formats, and finding new ways to make The Strategist's stories travel.

Requirements

  • A shopping obsessive with a deep passion for service journalism – you're a compulsive noticer with an eagle eye for detail
  • Chronically online with a finger on the pulse of trends, influencers, and relevant voices in the shopping space
  • Strong, engaging writing voice. Willingness to appear on camera is a plus.
  • Prior experience growing an audience
  • Experience making and editing social content across multiple platforms
  • Flexible, fast, and collaborative — equally comfortable ideating and executing
  • Strong understanding of the Strategist sensibility, tone, and audience
  • Strong understanding of analytics and social media trends across platforms
  • Confidence in generating ideas
  • Experience writing engaging headlines and teasers

Preferred

  • Willingness to appear on camera is a plus.

Benefits

  • This job is benefits-eligible. We pride ourselves in providing comprehensive benefits to support all of our employees wherever they are in life. You can find more information about our benefits here.
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Vox Media, the leader in modern media, is home to a portfolio of top talent and engaging editorial brands that ignite conversations and set trends, including Eater, Vox, The Verge, SB Nation, The Dodo, New York Magazine, The Cut, and Vulture. The company’s podcast network is one of the largest in the U.S., publishing premium shows that inform, entertain, and delight, including Pivot, Criminal, Today Explained, Where Should We Begin?, Stay Tuned with Preet, The Vergecast, Waveform, and A Touch More. Across platforms, Vox Media defines culture through stories that shape all aspects of our audience’s lives.

Founded in 2003
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
11K employees (2,301 in marketing)
69% recommend to a friend
75% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
208.2K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
28.2%
Direct
42.1%
Referral
26.8%
Social
2.1%
Paid
0.6%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~10.6K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
1,881 (18% of company)
Median Career Experience
10.5 years
Median Tenure
4.2 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
2

Funding

Total Funding
$407.6M
Last Raise
$100M
Corporate Round, 3 years ago

Funding History

  • Feb 2023
    Corporate Round • $100M
  • Aug 2015
    Series F • $200M
  • Dec 2014
    Series E • $46.5M

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