Social Media Manager

Crooked believes that we need a better conversation about politics, culture, and the world around us—one that doesn’t just focus on what’s broken, but what we can do to fix it. We are a media network that showcases stories, voices, and opportunities for activism that inform, entertain, and inspire action, because it’s up to all of us to do our part to build a better world.

Job Summary:

Crooked is looking for a Social Media Manager who will implement growth strategies on all Vote Save America social media channels (Instagram, Twitter, Facebook) as well as move VSA onto new platforms. ). This role is perfect for you if you know everything there is to know about social media and you’re excited at the idea of building community and engagement so that Vote Save America can accomplish their goals - to get more people engaged in their communities and out in the world making the progressive change they want to see. 

Crooked is moving toward a hybrid work model for our entire staff.  Ideally we are looking for Washington, D.C. based candidates, or candidates willing to relocate within the first 3 months of accepting an offer. In addition, Crooked requires all employees to provide proof of full vaccination and booster to combat the spread of Covid-19. 

How You’ll Spend Your Time:

Strategy

• Translate overall political and Vote Save America strategy into social media community growth, engagement and editorial strategy across VSA profiles to advance political priorities.
• Develop platform specific strategies, voice, and content that drive growth and engagement. 
• Create a rapid response process that balances responding to relevant breaking news and long-term campaigns that advance overall political priorities. 
• Develop new ways for our political and Vote Save America strategy to thrive, whether it’s through launching on new platforms, crafting original and compelling initiatives to increase engagement/grow our brand or identifying different ways to engage with Crooked talent and political influencers.
• Work with the Director of Digital Political Campaigns and the larger Political Team to understand Vote Save America’s audience and best practices to engage them.
• Remain knowledgeable on Crooked’s overall social media strategy and, when appropriate, leverage Crooked’s audience to grow Vote Save America’s audience. 
• Work with your manager and team to plan, resource and socialize your strategies.

Promotion and Publishing

• Collaborate with other departments to create plans for our new initiatives and goals for the year.
• Partner with Programming and Marketing to cross-collaborate on relevant social campaigns and rapid response needs. 
• Engage with the Programming team to identify moments to showcase on social. Whether it be moments that are relevant to the current news cycle, calls to action or other important matters. 

Ops

• Create, produce, publish and optimize content for use across all VSA social platforms.
• Engage our community and listeners on social in real time.
• Work with your manager to optimize performance and our monetizable social content.
• Report on content that's driving traffic and make suggestions for how to maximize audience and engagement. 
• Develop best practices and tone of voice tailored to VSA accounts and platforms and be able to translate to other teams, including internal partners and external agencies.
• Synthesize findings and recommendations in presentations to be shared internally.
• Other duties as they arise. 

What You’ll Bring To The Table:

• 4-6 years of experience managing a political social account and demonstrated success in growing audiences and developing original content. 
• Social Media expertise – including Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Twitter and TikTok.
• Experience in Adobe Premiere is a strong plus.
• Must be extremely organized with a passion for process, procedures and structure.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• A working knowledge of current and relevant trending content and breaking news best practices. 
• You should be easy to adapt and calm under pressure. On any given day, you’ll interact with our founders and executive stakeholders, high touch talent and directly with your community.
• Detail oriented, ability to multi-task by prioritizing and executing concurrent activities.
• Ability to work proactively, independently, and reliably under tight time frames in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to work effectively and cross-functionally, think practically, and be solution-oriented.
• Willingness to tackle matters beyond areas of expertise.

Pay and Perks: 

At Crooked, we believe in paying employees at or above market rates that are informed by salary surveys and industry benchmarks. In addition to competitive salaries, we offer full-time employees excellent benefits including:

• Paid healthcare
• 401k match 
• Generous vacation
• 16 weeks of paid parental leave
• A discretionary year-end bonus
• Did we also mention our offices are closed at the end of the year? 

When we open up a position, we conduct a market analysis to ensure we have the most up-to-date data. Once we’re ready to extend an offer, we look at the individual’s years of relevant experience and other compensable factors to determine a competitive offer. And for this role, the starting salary range is $75,000 -$80,000.