Hiring: Community and Social Media Manager

Wise Bread is a fast growing online publishing company looking for long term team members. We believe in training and promoting from within!

People who worked with us have received great opportunities like nationally syndicated columns, top ranked iTunes podcasts, book deals, consulting gigs for top brands, blogger conference speaker invitations, and interviews with magazines, newspapers, radio, and TV shows.

You'll be working on a site that gets over a million pageviews a month and over 15,000 Twitter followers.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious blogger or marketing associate to make connections, expand their personal brand, build an impressive writing portfolio, and learn the business of online publishing and marketing.

This is a telecommute contract position. Looking for 20-30 hrs/week, but we're open to more hours or full-time for the right candidate.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Manage and encourage participation on Wise Bread's blog comment threads, forums, Twitter, and Facebook pages.

Be our spokesperson in media interviews and our ambassador to other bloggers and publishers.

Plan, execute, and track social media campaigns. Create press kits and press releases.

Write quality articles related to personal finance and frugal living.

General office and blog administrative work.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Minimum 1 year experience working for any of the following: a marketing/ad agency, blog (your own blog counts if it is a good one), forum, or other online publication.

Excellent writing skills. Able to write compelling, ready-to-publish blog posts and press releases quickly.

Loves chatting with people in forums or blog comment threads. A real people person.

Strong personal interest in frugality or personal finance.

Basic knowledge of HTML and Photoshop. Proficiency with Google Docs and MS Office (esp. spreadsheets) and blogging platforms (Wordpress/Drupal, WYSIWYG editors).

Learns new technology quickly. Excited to try out new social media tools and read about social media in your free time.

Expert Facebook and Twitter user. Demonstrated ability to build a social media following.

Extensive relationships with relevant bloggers and online thought leaders a plus. Feel free to name drop!

HOW TO APPLY

Email resume and writing sample to recruiting@wisebread.com. Put: “Marketing Associate 2010: [Your Name]” in the Subject line.

Submit at least two writing samples via link or attachment: 1 article about personal finance or frugal living and 1 press release.

In email, answer the following questions:

What is your salary requirement ($/hr) and preferred hours per week?
Where do you see your career 3 years from now? How can working for Wise Bread help you achieve that goal?
Describe the most successful marketing campaign you were in charge of.
If you have a $500 /month budget, how would you increase our Facebook subscribers?
Name 5 sites you read for fun.
Name 5 sites you would go to find viral story ideas for Wise Bread.

Thank you and good luck! Due to the high volume of applications, we apologize in advance if we cannot get back to each of you with a personal message.

ABOUT WISE BREAD

Wise Bread is a member of the Federated Media, a premiere advertising network that represents top sites like Digg, BoingBoing, Mashable, and Dooce. We're also a member of the LifeRemix Network (members including Zen Habits and Dumb LIttle Man), and we're the founder of Money Tips Network (members include Get Rich Slowly and The Simple Dollar). Wise Bread's own writing crew also work for or contribute to companies like PC Magazine,Variety, Discovery Channel, Chicago Tribune, Mashable, and Lifehack.org.

We've worked with Skyhorse Publishing (publisher of our book), Macmillan (producers of our Dealista podcast), Dystel Goderich (our literary agent) as well as the editors of several top magazines.

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