Temporary Assistant Social Media Editor

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Bring inspiring home and design stories to life across the platforms where audiences discover, engage, and share. As a Temporary Assistant Social Media Editor at House Beautiful, you'll help shape a dynamic social presence, experiment with emerging trends, and create content that grows our community while celebrating the creativity and style that define the brand.

About Hearst Magazines (Why Us?)

Hearst Magazines is one of the world's largest publishers, with a portfolio of 30 brands that reach millions of readers across print, digital, social, and experiential platforms. From fashion and beauty to home, food, wellness, and entertainment, our iconic brands create trusted content that informs, inspires, and connects audiences every day. We foster a collaborative, innovative environment where creative thinkers can grow their careers while helping shape the future of media.

Key Responsibilities (What You Are Doing)

• Contribute to House Beautiful's cross-platform social media strategy to grow audience engagement and brand reach across Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and emerging platforms.
• Develop and maintain the social media content calendar while supporting promotional plans for editorial initiatives, features, and launches.
• Create, schedule, and publish compelling social content that aligns with House Beautiful's editorial voice, visual standards, and deadlines.
• Monitor platform performance, analyze engagement metrics, and share actionable insights to help optimize content strategy.
• Collaborate with editorial, art, commerce, and photo teams to develop creative, social-first storytelling initiatives.
• Identify emerging social trends, formats, and platform features, and recommend opportunities to keep House Beautiful's content fresh and competitive.
• Utilize social publishing and analytics tools, including TrueAnthem, Parse.ly, and Dash Hudson, to inform programming decisions and improve performance.

Qualifications (What We're Looking For)

• 1+ years of experience managing or supporting social media content for a media brand, publisher, or comparable digital environment.
• Strong editorial judgment with excellent writing, editing, and proofreading skills.
• Passion for home, interior design, lifestyle, and digital storytelling.
• Demonstrated knowledge of major social platforms, including Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and emerging channels.
• Experience using or the ability to quickly learn tools such as TrueAnthem, Parse.ly, Dash Hudson, or similar social publishing and analytics platforms.
• Creative mindset with an eye for engaging visual and social-first content.
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
• Curious, adaptable, and eager to experiment with new social trends and formats.
• This is a remote position.
   

The hourly pay for this role is $25.00 per hour. This position is not eligible for bonus or commission compensation. Actual compensation will be determined based on experience, skills, qualifications, and location.

Hearst Magazines is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.  

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