About the Role
ARTnews and Art in America seek a social media editor to oversee their presence, voice, and strategy across social platforms. The ideal candidate will be a strategic thinker and creative executor, capable of setting social strategy, producing engaging content, and collaborating with internal teams. This role requires a passion for visual art and art history, with the ability to translate this knowledge into accessible social media content.
Responsibilities
- Own the development and execution of ARTnews and Art in.America’s social media strategy.
- Grow the magazines’ following, engagement, and authority on social media platforms.
- Analyze strategic performance over time and continuously optimize strategy and creative production to ensure continued growth and effectiveness.
- Produce content for Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, X, and other social media accounts, including shooting short-form video and appearing on-camera regularly.
- Regularly attend and produce content around art events and gallery openings.
- Document ARTnews and Art in America events for the brands’ social media accounts, through photography, video, and/or text.
- Collaborate with editors and writers on producing unique and engaging social media content for both quarterly print magazines and daily digital news coverage.
Requirements
- At least 2-3 years of experience managing and directing strategy for social media platforms, ideally covering art or culture.
- Knowledge of art and the art world.
- A passion for keeping up with social media, marketing and engagement best practices and industry changes.
- A demonstrated ability to collaborate with reporters/editors, marketing, and design teams.
- Expertise in using analytics to make real-time and long-term strategic decisions and a record of driving audience and platform growth at a major digital media outlet.
- An ability to work quickly and accurately, synthesizing short- and long-form editorial content in ways that will engage different types of readers.
- A clear, engaging, jargon-free writing style.
- An ability to juggle multiple social media accounts, editorial calendars, and project lengths.
- Experience using content management systems and project management, analytics, AI systems, and social media management tools (i.e. Google Analytics, TrueAnthem, Claude, ChatGPT, Elvex, Channel One, Later, etc.).
- Experience using Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator Premiere, and After Effects are a major plus, as is basic design knowledge.
Skills
- Social media strategy
- Content creation
- Video shooting and editing
- Data analysis
- Collaboration
- Writing
- Editing
- Project management
- Content management systems
- Analytics tools
- AI systems
- Social media management tools
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Premiere
- Adobe After Effects
- Basic design knowledge
Location
- New York
Work Type
- Onsite
Experience Level
- 2-3 years
Salary/Compensations
- $67,500
Benefits
- PMC-Paid Healthcare with no employee paycheck contributions on medical, dental, and vision for you and your family
- Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare, Dependent Care & Commuter)
- Employee Assistance Program
- Life Insurance
- Short- & Long-Term Disability
- Paid Parental Leave
- 401(k) Retirement Plan with an Employer match
- Company discounts and perks including Pet Insurance, Home & Auto Insurance, Mortgage discounts, and a variety of other savings on wellness, lifestyle, and financial essentials
- Flexible Vacation Policy
About the Company
- ARTnews is the oldest art magazine in the world and the world’s leading authority in art journalism, reaching hundreds of thousands of readers per month.
- Art in America has published groundbreaking critical insights about contemporary art and culture since 1913.
- Penske Media Corporation (PMC) is a leading global media and information services company whose award-winning content attracts a passionate monthly audience of more than 500 million people.
- PMC owns over 300 live events and is recognized as one of the Top 100 Private Companies in the United States and North America.
