We’re Hiring! Join Our Team!
We are moving from a purely volunteer organization to an organization with a few staff folks! Want to be a part of Kaur Life expanding to the next level? Apply now! Join our team!
Job Description:
Kaur Life is looking to hire a social media manager with outstanding skills to uplift and share Kaur Life articles across its platforms: Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Mailchimp, and Pinterest. The social media manager is expected to possess fantastic organizational and interpersonal skills in order to create social media plans for increasing the reception, circulation, and readership of Kaur Life. To ensure success, social media managers should demonstrate a superb command of English with a keen interest in shaping Kaur Life to distinguish its content to its target audience of multilingual speakers. As part of the Kaur Life team, the social media manager would work with the editor of Kaur Life.
Notes:
This is a one year, contract position starting January 2024 and ending in January 2025. Position may be extended based on available funds and job performance.
This is a remote position that requires an internet connection.
You will be working with one or two other people, who will also be remote.
This is a position that requires initiative and self-direction.
Must be legally authorized to work in the USA.
Apply by June 1, 2023.
Responsibilities:
- Manage Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Mailchimp, and Pinterest
- Develop social media marketing plan and calendar (in conjunction with article pipeline/editorial calendar)
- Create and post content that drives website traffic
- Monitor post performance and adjust plans, schedule, language, and graphics accordingly
- Develop campaigns that engage users, increase engagement, and increase audience.
- Interact with comments/communications with audience relevant media (ie: Video/Reels)
- identifying audiences and curating audience-specific content?
Requirements:
- Competency with multiple social media platforms and awareness of how to share content across different platforms
- In addition to English fluency, an ideal candidate would have workable skills to either read or write in Gurmukhi and/or Punjabi in order to reach our target audience
- Proficiency with graphic design programs such as Capcut, Canva, Illustrator, and Photoshop
- Understanding of graphic design and marketing principles
Shared Orientations for Working with Kaur Life:
Feel free to share how you strive for any of these values in your cover letter.
- You’re on the Sikh path and strive to be Gurmat-oriented (based on your interpretation). Since Kaur Life seeks to be an organization that empowers Kaur with self-confidence and the spirit of Sikhi to embrace challenges and pursue their dreams, it is essential that whomever we hire is also excited about this vision.
- You work towards being an intersectional-feminist meaning that you understands that different forms of historic and contemporary discrimination combine in people’s experiences, while practicing a belief that every person is equal; want for all people to be liberated from sexist and misogynist roles, patterns, domination, exploitation, and oppression.
- You can and are willing to learn quickly.
- You’re patient, cool-tempered, and polite (even in the face of online hate)
- You demonstrate empathy, patience, advocacy, and conflict resolution.
- You are balanced in how you tackle problems drawing from logic and facts along with emotions and imagination.
- You can manage yourself.
- You enjoy engaging with people and building community.
- You’re constantly seeking to learn and improve.
- You’re kind, creative, and passionate.
- You pay attention to detail.
- You are a critical-thinker and problem-solver.
Hours:
- Be able to commit 20 hours/week towards this position
Salary:
- 20 hours/week = $23,000/year
How to apply:
By June 1, 2023: Please send the following to [we will publish the email address shortly] with the subject line “Social Media Application”.
- Cover letter or portfolio that includes:
- Links to social media profiles you manage
- Why you want the position
- What drew you to apply
- What has been your experience with Kaur Life
- What skills, experiences, and values make you a good fit
- What your vision is for Kaur Life and Kaur Life’s social media
- CV/Resume
- Examples of projects created on Capcut, Canva, Illustrator, and/or Photoshop
- Apply by June 1, 2023