Senior Social Media Manager

About the role:

Mix of creative work, community management and reporting. The Evanston Times posts daily across five channels and answers comments and DMs seven days a week, with shared weekend coverage. Remote position. Most of the team is in Evanston, but nobody is required to come in. Monday to Friday, regular working hours, flexible start and finish. Strong written English is important, since much of our work is async.

Your responsibilities:

• Shoot and edit short-form video in CapCut or Premiere Rush
• Follow brand voice guidelines and the legal approval process for product claims
• Escalate customer complaints to support and potential PR issues to leadership
• Maintain a library of approved brand assets and templates in Canva
• Report monthly on reach, engagement, follower growth and site traffic from social

Minimum qualifications:

• 5+ years managing social channels for a brand, agency or creator
• Portfolio showing content you created and the results it got
• Familiar with Meta Business Suite and TikTok analytics
• Comfortable on camera and behind it
• Experience with Sprout Social, Hootsuite or Later

Benefits:

Salary range: $98,000 - $112,000 annually

• Health insurance
• Employee discount
• Health, dental and vision coverage starting on day one
• Flexible schedule
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance
• Short- and long-term disability

A bit about us:

Founded in 1985, the paper has not missed an issue since. Small newsroom, one press day a week, and an office on the square. Founded in 1985, we now have 41 employees.

EOE. We participate in E-Verify.

Start: Immediately.

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