{"id":100037922,"date":"2025-12-24T11:30:50","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T11:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nbn.org.il\/jobboard\/?post_type=job_listing&#038;p=100037922"},"modified":"2025-12-31T13:48:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T13:48:10","slug":"social-media-manager-33","status":"expired","type":"job_listing","link":"https:\/\/www.nbn.org.il\/jobboard\/?post_type=job_listing&p=100037922","title":{"rendered":"Social Media Manager"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Times of Israel, the largest English-language news publisher covering Israel and the Jewish world, seeks a <\/span><b>Social Media Manager<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019re looking for a rock star to join our multi-media team at The Times of Israel. A cross between social media management and content creation, plus helping on our podcast production. Must have excellent English and flexible work hours. Office is in Jerusalem, but some remote work is ok. This is a full-time position.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Responsibilities include:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Overall responsibility for user engagement and growth of The Times of Israel\u2019s social media channels<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, including Instagram, TikTok, WhatsApp, Telegram, Facebook, X (Twitter), YouTube Shorts, Threads, and BlueSky. We increasingly view these channels as endpoints for our journalism to reach audiences who consume news away from our site and podcasts, so your role as the manager of these channels is both creative and editorial in nature.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Create social platform-native content<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Produce vertical videos and compelling slideshows for Instagram Reels, TikTok, and YouTube Shorts, focusing on breaking news, explainers, and trending topics.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Translate news stories and longer analysis pieces into compelling social formats:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> boil them down to the essentials or reframe them to work well on mobile, social, and largely visual platforms.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Craft strong hooks, intros, and visual first seconds<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to reduce drop-off and maximize engagement.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Train traditional reporters on social video<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Conduct workshops to help news staff develop social-native reporting and capture quick videos during assignments; take the lead on project managing their deliverables<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Help manage the full production cycle: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">scripting, shooting, editing, captioning, sound design, motion graphics, and post-production<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Experiment<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with trends, formats, and emerging tools (AR, AI, interactive, filters, etc.).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Prioritize <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">what stories to invest resources in, and what stories and platforms to automate our posting to<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Monitor and analyze social performance<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Track metrics, engagement rates, and audience feedback to optimize content strategy and inform editorial decisions. Observe and learn from other news publishers\u2019 effective social content.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Ensure accuracy, fairness, editorial standards, rights permissions, and brand consistency<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in all content.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Requirements:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Proven experience producing short-form social video\/visual content <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Reels, TikToks, Shorts, slideshows), ideally in a journalism or media context.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Strong news sense:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ability to assess what stories matter, why they matter to particular audiences, and how they can be told in a compelling social format.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Strong visual sense:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ability to frame, pace, pick visuals, design thumbnails, and guide aesthetic decisions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Solid technical skills:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> video shooting (on phone and camera), editing (e.g. Premiere Pro, Final Cut, CapCut, InShot, etc.), motion graphics or basic animation, audio, captioning.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Familiarity with social media platform algorithms<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, trends, formats, constraints (lengths, aspect ratios, best practices).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Excellent writing \/ scripting ability<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to craft succinct voiceovers, hooks, captions, and narrative pacing under constraints.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Comfort with ambiguity and fast pivots<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, including the<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ability to work under tight deadlines and turn out content quickly.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Data-driven mindset:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> experience generating and interpreting metrics (views, retention, drop-off, click-through, engagement) and iterating content based on performance.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Collaborative spirit: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ability to work across teams (reporters, editors, video, product\/design) and provide constructive feedback\/training.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Familiarity with social media management and scheduling tools<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (e.g. Later, Hootsuite, Sprout, etc.)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Identification with The Times of Israel<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s journalistic principles and mission<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Strong Hebrew <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; 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