Social Producer, New York

Babe is hiring a Social Producer to join our social and video team in its office in Brooklyn, New York. This is an opportunity to join one of the fastest growing women’s sites, and gain experience in a newsroom that has been described by The New York Times as “deeply irresponsible.”

You will be creating highly distinctive content for babe’s Instagram and Facebook pages, distributing our stories and videos on social, hosting and editing videos for our platforms, and fighting our haters in the comments.

The position is full time and will start in July 2018.

Responsibilities

Working alongside 15 other people in our office in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, you will be responsible for:

• Creating distinctive content (memes, viral videos, supercuts etc) for babe’s Instagram and Facebook
• Hosting daily videos on babe‘s Instagram story
• Developing original ideas for growing babe’s Instagram

• Distributing babe’s stories on Facebook and Twitter
• Achieving growth across babe’s Instagram and Facebook pages
• Developing growth strategies when necessary to achieve success

A successful candidate will have:

• Experience in growing an Instagram account by thousands a month
• Knowledge of the recent trends across Instagram and Facebook
• Intermediate video editing skills (Adobe Premiere or Final Cut Pro)
• Be comfortable on camera

• A deep understanding of babe’s voice and humor
• Evidence of exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail
• Demonstrated ability to take the initiative and solve problems

We may try promising candidates on internship trials if they don’t have much experience.

Other useful experience includes:

• Contacts who run successful Instagram and Facebook pages
• Experience swapping content with other publishers
• Basic photography experience on iPhone and/or DSLR cameras

Compensation and benefits:

• Competitive salary
• 20 vacation days per year (plus federal holidays)
• Breakfast provided in the office
• Employer-paid health insurance
• Drinks in the office on Friday afternoon

About babe

Babe started in May 2016 as an experiment by a group of editors in our early twenties. We now reach more than 3 million readers a month, and over a million girls follow us across Facebook and Instagram.

Our office is fun, hard-working and extremely supportive. The average age of our staff is 23. Read what others have said about us in Mashable, Slate and New York Magazine.

Read more about us here.

How to apply

To apply, email Josh Kaplan ([email protected]) by June 30 with your résumé, a cover letter and the following:

• 100 words on why your past experience makes you suitable for this role
• Examples of Instagram accounts you managed and have successfully grown by thousands. Mention how much growth you added per month, and what your strategy was to do so
• Three examples of memes you’d post on babe’s Instagram and Facebook pages
• A 200 word review of what three other publishers are doing on Instagram and what you could learn from them

Applications close June 30 at 11:59pm EST, but we advise you apply as soon as possible.