Applications are now being accepted for staff positions for Need to Know, an online and broadcast current affairs project.

Project Description

Need to Know is a new current affairs media project from WNET.ORG, the leading provider of news, current affairs and documentary content for public television. Premiering in the spring of  2010, it will combine a major 24/7 online platform and a weekly, one-hour primetime television broadcast, in magazine format, each Friday evening.

Description of Duties

The Community Coordinator will be responsible for finding new audiences online and using all social media tools available to acquire, retain and engage the audience.

Responsibilities include:

• Identify, cultivate, and engage a core set of bloggers as content distributors and site contributors.
• Raise awareness of the depth and breadth of the site and the program through social media marketing programs: plan the media, create the messages, launch and report on efforts with ROI analysis.
• Develop and manage all aspects of online audience interaction, including user comments, content submission, and crowd-sourcing initiatives.
• Monitor and report on key social media and community trends and metrics.

Skills required:

• 3+ years experience working in marketing, online marketing and social media.
• Experience and understanding of online community participation, social networking, blogging and other social media and Web 2.0 tools.
• Outstanding communication and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to generate and analyze reports.
• Strong analytical and digital research skills with the ability to interpret results and make constructive recommendations.
• Leadership and organizational skills.

Contact

To apply, candidates should submit resume, cover letter and salary history via email. Responses should list the title of the position for which you are applying in the subject line of your email.  Please do not send links to online resumes.

WNET.ORG

Recruiting Manager
450 West 33rd Street, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10001-2605
Fax: 212-560-1350
E-mail: jobs@wnet.org

Qualified candidates only; no phone calls please.  Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

WNET.ORG IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.