About the Role

The New York Times is one of the world's most influential news organizations with 1,700 journalists, and subscribers in every country in the world. The Times is known for independence, accuracy, depth and authority, and produces award-winning journalism, breaking news coverage, opinion and commentary along with deep databases of content and rich multimedia presentations.

The Marketing team plays an important part in extending the journalistic legacy and mission of The Times into the future. Our job is to answer the question, “Why is quality journalism worth paying for?” We create award-winning marketing that demonstrates our mission, how we're leading the journalism industry and all the ways our readers can subscribe. Above all, we strive to be, straightforward and relevant in our marketing — to prove how much we value our readers and subscribers.

As Social Media Producer (Temporary) you will be a member of our in-house Social team. You will develop and produce content for our marketing-led Instagram and TikTok platforms.

You will report to the Director of Social and Influencer, Creative Marketing.

This is a hybrid role that is based in NYC with an in office requirement of 3 days per week.

Responsibilities:

You will lead the resourcing of our social team to ensure efficient end-to-end creation of content, coordinating with project management, marketing and creative leadership.

You will work with marketing and creative leadership to refine the creative development process. You will partner with project management to create project level and post specific timelines with accountability to deadlines. You will coordinate shoots and content capture with journalists, podcast hosts and external subjects, their teams and agencies where applicable.

You will provide a POV and help introduce new social tools (e.g., Sprout) to improve our operation and make it less manual.

Ensure best practices and refinements are born from insights and help to manage the feedback process.

You will demonstrate support of NYT mission and our value of journalistic independence and a commitment to our mission to seek the truth and help people understand the world.

Basic Qualifications:

7+ years' experience growing a social media account.

7+ years' experience with social media operations and the creative process and video shoot production experience.

You will bring experience in operational tools (e.g.., scheduling, analytics), systems within the social media space, and Airtable and resourcing skills.

You will bring your experience in social media best practices, online trends and conversations and which content and formats work on different platforms..

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This is a Temporary role that does not include benefits.