Associate Social Editor, Unbothered

Job Description

Associate Social Editor, Unbothered

About Refinery29:

Refinery29 is the leading digital media and entertainment company focused on millennial and gen-z women with a global audience footprint of 550 million across all platforms. Our mission is to bring the stories of women and non-binary people to the forefront of conversations by providing diverse and ambitious storytelling as well as radically relevant points of view across all content areas. We deliver style and substance to an audience that's highly engaged across a variety of devices and destinations, from the original video and editorial features, to live experiences and social storytelling. Please visit www.refinery29.com for more information and to browse content.

About The Team:

We create content for Refinery29 Unbothered, the sub-brand dedicated to celebrating and serving Black millennial women. Our team operates across several departments including editorial, social, video, experiential, and more. We create anything from long-form articles and programs to social assets, videos, and experiences. We help shape and guide how Refinery29 supports and serves the Black femme audience, delivering on those promises with fresh content, tools, and discussion every day.

About The Job

As an Unbothered Associate Social Editor, you've got your eyes and ears tuned to all things that hit with Black culture, from what's on screen, to how celebrities are making headlines, to the next musicians on the scene. You're on the pulse of the intersection between celebrity and stan culture, and understand how to translate conversations in the headlines into real life relevance for our audience. and aren't afraid to take risks when capturing the Unbothered voice. You're a quick reporter who's able to turn around a breaking news story, with a thoughtful eye on how to have broader, in-depth conversations around what makes the culture and who gets to claim it.

What you'll do:
• Pitch engaging and watchable social content across platforms, with a special focus on Twitter, that align with current trends across entertainment, pop culture, lifestyle, and ongoing trending topics
• Ideate, create, edit, and program original content for social across platforms
• Identify and regularly socialize moments, news, and creators that matter to the Unbothered audience on the channels they engage on a daily basis
• Build and support the launch of new and innovative social-first stories and series for Unbothered channels, both existing and emerging
• Strategize imagery, meme-able moments, and copy across Unbothered channels
• Appear as on-camera talent across platforms as needed
• Request, review and provide feedback and insights on social performance and optimization tactics
• Work closely with existing social, editorial, video, insights, referral teams to create cross-platform moments that start on social
• Support Unbothered's overall social execution calendar in conjunction with the existing team

What you have:
• 1-2 years experience working as a social media editor or social producer
• Expertise programming across all social platforms and editorial schedulers (i.e., Later, Asana, etc.); experience with design platforms like Adobe and Canva is a major plus
• Natural curiosity about audiences and the different ways we can engage with them
• While we are a fun and communal work environment, we always expect good judgement, discretion, and professionalism from our team members

To be successful here you are:
• Comfortable and energized working in a fast-paced, high volume operation
• Collaborative and open to feedback in pursuit of constantly pushing content to new heights
• Ready to adapt with an ever-changing environment and industry

Working at VICE:

We want to find people who believe in our mission and goals and feel inspired to grow while they're here, rather than someone who checks the boxes but isn't invested. We encourage you to apply and show us what you've got.

VICE Media Group prioritizes the voices, ideas and people that other media companies miss. We believe that innovation is a direct result of diverse, inclusive cultures so we don't just ''tolerate'' difference s , we celebrate it and see it as essential to our staff, culture, and business. To learn more read the VICE Guide to VICE.

In alignment with our Core Behaviors and to ensure the safety of all of our employees and the communities we serve, we require all incoming employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. If hired, you will be required to provide proof of vaccination, which will be kept confidential. If you require reasonable accommodation during the application and selection process, please let us know by contacting Accommodations@vice.com. We will work together to best meet your needs.

Agencies: VICE Media Group is not partnering with agencies nor accepts unsolicited resumes and will not be responsible for any fees or expenses related to such unsolicited resumes and/or applicants.

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