Social Media Coordinator

Start Date: Immediate

Public Square Amplified (PSA) is an award-winning grassroots local nonprofit newsroom founded by a team of Black women with over 80 years of combined experience in the nonprofit, academic, journalism, and community organizing sectors headquartered in Newark, New Jersey. 

PSA positions journalism as a civic tool and creates a pipeline for a new cadre of local journalists of color representing their geographic and ethnic community. Our reporting centers on democracy, social and economic justice, racial equality, and the immigrant experience. 

Social Media Coordinator reports to the Newsroom Editor with oversight from the Executive Director. 

Duties and responsibilities: 

In collaboration with the news management team, responsibilities include

  • Prepare newsletters, emails, and social media posts to support newsroom publication, public engagement events, and other organizational content needs

  • Manage the implementation and production of toolkits, including annual campaign materials

  • Lead the development and management of social media content and processes

  • Produce visual assets and write unique copy for multiple platforms 

  • Lead the ongoing scheduling, programming, and management of messaging using in-house and third-party tools

  • Partner with reporters and editors to plan engagement strategies 

  • Manage social media and live chats with engaging original assets, copy and participation tactics to engage audiences in real-time

  • Produce engaging video and blog content

  • Monitor perform analytics to make informed decisions and produce reports

  • Support grant seeking and reporting

  • Keen knowledge of target audiences, geographic target areas, current and trending issues, and historical context

Skills and experience

  • Three-five years managing social media and digital production and engagement

  • Track record of producing high engaging newsletters

  • Excellent communication and writing skills

  • Skilled at content creation and video editing

  • Adeptness at using social media tools and platforms

  • Background in the understanding and use of liberatory language to produce engaging content

  • Degree in marketing and communications is optional

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent 

Reporting: Contractor will report to the Executive Director/Publisher

Timeline: TBD

Compensation: TBD

Time: 10-15 hours/ weekly

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