Senior Manager, Social

Yahoo serves as a trusted guide for hundreds of millions of people globally, helping them achieve their goals online through our portfolio of iconic products. For advertisers, Yahoo Advertising offers omnichannel solutions and powerful data to engage with our brands and deliver results.

 

 A Little About Us

Yahoo is a global media and tech company that connects people to their passions. We reach nearly 900 million people around the world, bringing them closer to what they love — from news, finance and sports, to shopping and gaming — with the trusted products, content and tech that fuel their day.

At Yahoo News, we are laser-focused on becoming the world’s best curator for our 35 million daily users, expanding our distribution to meet millions more users where they are through high-quality content from premium publishers and the Yahoo News staff. Building the best guide to the internet (and the world) requires building the best team.

A Lot About You

We’re seeking a Senior Manager to lead a team of social editors working across the Yahoo News, Entertainment and Lifestyle accounts. As a senior manager, you will be instrumental in shaping our visual storytelling and audience engagement approach on social by effectively harnessing your teams’ creativity to make our content sing and bring new audiences to the Yahoo brand. 

In this role, you will oversee the team responsible for the creation and publishing of all visuals and articles across Instagram, Facebook, X, Threads, Reddit, LinkedIn and WhatsApp, working closely with the video team to ensure a well-rounded approach to each story. You will work closely with the Director of Social and Senior Manager of Video to develop strategies for social platforms that drive engagement, referrals, and growth. 

This role requires an experienced and collaborative people leader who is also able to dive into the day-to-day creation of content. The ideal candidate will be a senior professional who is able to manage multiple projects simultaneously and swiftly pivot between assignments. 

Responsibilities:

• Team Leadership: Manage and mentor social editors with varying levels of experience. Provide guidance on captions, visuals, and content choices. Foster a collaborative environment that encourages creativity and innovation.

• Strategic planning: Along with the Director of Social and Senior Manager of Video, maintain a content calendar for Yahoo News’ social media channels. Oversee the planning, prioritizing, and pacing of content releases to align with strategic goals.

• Content Oversight: Ensure the creation of high-quality, compelling visual and text content. Ensure content is editorially sound, copy-edited, and meets platform-specific needs.

• Visual creation: Quickly create and edit compelling, high-quality visual content in Canva, ensuring alignment with strategic goals and platform-specific needs.

• News judgment and collaboration: Collaborate with teams across Yahoo to ensure timely and accurate coverage of breaking news, key events and conversations taking over the internet. 

• Jump on trends: Use social listening tools to identify viral conversations and internet trends. Generate ideas with your team on how to quickly reflect the conversation across the Yahoo channels in a unique and brand-safe way. 

• Audience focused: Develop and implement strategies that consider platform-specific requirements and audience preferences. Use data to make strategic recommendations for content.

• Editorial experience: Maintain a consistent editorial voice and uphold Yahoo News’ standards for news content across all platforms.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 7 years experience in social media-focused journalism roles. Prior management experience required.

• Proven ability to manage multiple projects and a team simultaneously in a fast-paced environment.

• Demonstrated news judgment and copy-editing skills with an ability to adapt text-based journalism for social media platforms.

• Experience as the editorial lead on key news events in a large newsroom or media organization.

• Experience coordinating editors and social programmers with a strong ability to multitask and prioritize.

• Fluency in visual editing tools such as Canva and Adobe Photoshop.

• Fluency in social publishing and analytics tools such as SocialFlow, Emplifi, Sprout and True Anthem.

• Demonstrated knowledge of social media platforms and best practices, including emerging trends and audience engagement strategies.

• Strong strategic thinking and ability to craft content that aligns with editorial standards and business objectives.

• Excellent communication skills and attention to detail, with the ability to adapt content for different platforms and audiences.

• Experience working with RSS feeds for social publishing.

• Experience with analytics tools and making data-driven decisions to enhance performance.

This position will include some evening and holiday work. 

 If you are passionate about informing and empowering social media users with information that helps them in their lives, we encourage you to apply.

 

The material job duties and responsibilities of this role include those listed above as well as adhering to Yahoo policies; exercising sound judgment; working effectively, safely and inclusively with others; exhibiting trustworthiness and meeting expectations; and safeguarding business operations and brand integrity.

At Yahoo, we offer flexible hybrid work options that our employees love! While most roles don’t require regular office attendance, you may occasionally be asked to attend in-person events or team sessions. You’ll always get notice to make arrangements. Your recruiter will let you know if a specific job requires regular attendance at a Yahoo office or facility. If you have any questions about how this applies to the role, just ask the recruiter!

Yahoo is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against based on age, race, gender, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other protected category. Yahoo will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law. Yahoo is dedicated to providing an accessible environment for all candidates during the application process and for employees during their employment. If you need accessibility assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability, please submit a request via the Accommodation Request Form (www.yahooinc.com/careers/contact-us.html) or call +1.866.772.3182. Requests and calls received for non-disability related issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.

We believe that a diverse and inclusive workplace strengthens Yahoo and deepens our relationships. When you support everyone to be their best selves, they spark discovery, innovation and creativity. Among other efforts, our 11 employee resource groups (ERGs) enhance a culture of belonging with programs, events and fellowship that help educate, support and create a workplace where all feel welcome.

The compensation for this position ranges from $110,625.00 - $230,625.00/yr and will vary depending on factors such as your location, skills and experience.The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of discretionary annual bonus or commissions. Our comprehensive benefits include healthcare, a great 401k, backup childcare, education stipends and much (much) more.

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