We’re hiring!
Tor.com is looking for an experienced social media manager to oversee our online magazine’s social media channels and outreach. Responsibilities include strategizing, developing, executing, and analyzing campaigns to promote Tor.com’s articles and fiction over social media outlets. Candidates will need to have detailed knowledge of sci-fi/fantasy literature and visual media, great copywriting and communication skills, and awareness of how to navigate fandom interests and larger social trends. Remote candidates encouraged to apply.
You’d be joining a small tightly-knit team, doing some of the weirdest work out there.
Interested candidates can apply here.
What You’ll Do:
- Creating and scheduling daily posts on relevant social media platforms, including Facebook, Threads, Instagram, Bluesky, Twitter, and more.
- Writing copy on Tor.com’s social accounts and newsletter that matches the voice of the platform, subject of discussion, and Tor.com brand.
- Creating images, animations, or short videos to supplement social media posts or campaigns.
- Tracking and analyzing social media response metrics and presenting conclusions and recommendations to Tor.com’s editorial and production teams.
- Moderating discussions within social media posts to stay appropriate to subject and adherent to a platform’s Terms of Use.
- Assembling, finalizing, and scheduling weekly newsletter.
- Communicating trends and news to editorial team where applicable.
- Creating and updating Tor.com’s long-term social strategy.
What You’ll Bring:
- Strong writing skills and voice.
- Strong organizational skills.
- Detailed knowledge of sci-fi/fantasy literature and visual media.
- Ongoing knowledge of social media and online norms and trends.
- Experience with social media scheduling tools.
- Knowledge of SEO best practices.
- Experience with using data tracking and analysis tools geared towards social media.
- Experience collecting and analyzing data on user behavior and engagement.
- Experience with Dreamweaver, Exact Target, and/or Hubspot is helpful but not required.
Ideal Experience:
- Minimum 1-2 years experience in social media campaign creation and tracking.
- Portfolio of previous social campaigns not required, but would be extremely useful.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
This role will have an annual salary of $70-$75K.
Macmillan Publishers is the U.S. trade division of the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group, a large family-owned media company headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany. Its publishing companies include prominent imprints around the world that publish a broad range of award-winning books for children and adults in all categories and formats.
U.S. publishers include Celadon Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Flatiron Books, Henry Holt & Company, Macmillan Audio, Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group, The St. Martin’s Publishing Group, and Tor Publishing Group. In the UK, Australia, India, and South Africa, Macmillan publishes under the Pan Macmillan name. The German company, Holtzbrinck Deutsche Buchverlage, includes among its imprints S. Fischer, Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Rowohlt, and Droemer Knaur.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are actively seeking job applicants who reflect a broad representation of differences, including race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, physical ability, neurodiversity, age, family status, economic background and status, geographical background and status, and perspective. We believe that the best companies reflect the incredible diversity in viewpoints, backgrounds, and identities of the world in their staffs, and are committed to inclusive hiring across departments and levels. The successful candidate for this position will be an employee of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC.
