Apply to be Our Social Media Manager

Position Description:

Lighter Magazine is looking for a creative, organized, and innovative social media manager to build our brand and expand our presence on Instagram and eventually, additional platforms.

This is a great opportunity to work alongside an ambitious group of editors and writers as a part of an up-and-coming and supportive team. As we are a young brand, you will have room to experiment and expand on your own skills and strategy.

The ideal candidate should have some experience with professional social media strategy, though it is not required. Artistic, graphic design, or video/content production experience is necessary, though we understand that type of experience can take many forms. You will work closely with our team of editors, helping to devise a social media marketing strategy that aligns with our values and goals for the website. Additionally, you will create posts once a week to keep up engagement with our community.

What You’ll Do:

• Build and execute a comprehensive social media strategy 

• Create visually striking and consistent posts at least once a week

• Manage our community interactions through DMs and comments

• Use tools and analytics to track metrics and the performance of our social campaigns

• Build our Instagram audience

What We’re Looking For

• Artistic, graphic design, or content/video production background

• A strong aesthetic sense

• An understanding of our target audience

• A collaborative and self-motivated mindset

• Excellent time management and communication skills

• Experience using social media analytics tools and creating social media campaigns

• Ability to think outside the box creatively

• Understanding of the algorithms of social media channels is preferred