Head of Social, Vulture

The role

The Head of Social will oversee the social media department and collaborate on Vulture's articles, video, podcasts, games, and live events. This person will manage the social team and establish strategies to meet goals for audience reach, engagement, and brand-building.

What you will do

• Determine ways to reflect Vulture's sensibility and tone across platforms
• Create and publish engaging content
• Establish social strategies for audience reach, engagement, subscription conversion, and sponsorship fulfillment
• Monitor social performance and use data to influence editorial decisions
• Manage the social team by setting priorities and providing coaching
• Introduce efficient processes for working with editorial teams
• Pitch new social franchises
• Work with features and news teams on content capture and live-event coverage
• Identify emerging or underutilized platforms
• Build a roster of freelance social producers and manage a budget

Required qualifications

• Extensive social media experience
• Excellent communication and time-management skills
• Comfort managing direct reports and working with adjacent departments
• A track record of growing an audience and producing distinct creative work
• Familiarity with Adobe Suite (especially Premiere), Figma, Meta Suite, and social scheduling platforms such as Dash Social
• Ability to parse performance data and use insights to influence editorial decision-making, track KPIs, and report on goals
• High degree of entertainment enthusiasm and cultural fluency

Nice to have

• social media experience preferably at a digital media company

Benefits

• comprehensive benefits

About the company

Vox Media is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to building an inclusive environment.