Company description

GRACE Communications Foundation develops innovative strategies and consumer tools to increase public awareness of the critical environmental and public health issues created by our current industrial food system, and to advocate for more sustainable alternatives.

Job description

GRACE is currently seeking a Social Media and Community Engagement Coordinator for FoodPrint.org, reporting to the Senior Content Manager.

FoodPrint is a mission-driven website that aims to help people understand how the food that we eat impacts animals, people and planet, while providing tools for making more sustainable choices.

FoodPrint is filling a new role on our team for a junior content creator with a focus in storytelling, community engagement, and social growth. We are seeking a candidate who has 1-3 years of previous social media marketing experience. This position will be primarily responsible for driving engagement across all existing channels and developing strategies for growing our audience.

Duties of the Social Media and Community Engagement Coordinator will include the following:

• Innovate strategies for developing FoodPrint’s audience across all channels and media, including FoodPrint’s new podcast (including maintaining and refining the FoodPrint voice)

• Develop partnerships with other publications and media outlets, as well as strategic affinity groups, associations or communities
• Social media management
  • Curate, schedule, write and coordinate visually compelling content across multiple social media platforms, including Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram
  • Maintain social media calendar(s) in coordination with broader communications/editorial calendar
  • Monitor user comments on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter and ensure that questions are addressed in a timely manner and routed through proper channels
  • Foster community engagement and build relationships within social communities and identify opportunities for FoodPrint to engage in trending conversations and news.
  • Report on key social media benchmarks
  • Stay on top of social media innovations and trends and find ways to use them in FoodPrint’s social media strategy

• Respond to emails and inquiries addressed to info@foodprint.org

The ideal candidate will possess the following skills and qualifications:

• 1-3 years experience in social media management
• Familiarity and experience with key functions of social media platforms including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and Pinterest
• Excellent writing skills
• High attention to detail and extremely organized
• A hunger to learn more about the ever-changing landscape of social media
• Working knowledge of Canva, Photoshop and social media planning and analytics tools is a plus
• Experience with digital community engagement initiatives is a plus
• Knowledge about/passion for food and agriculture issues a plus
• Demonstrated experience in (or at minimum a dedication to) elevating voices, ideas, needs, and concerns of communities of color and other people historically marginalized in the food and farming landscape.

Location: Our offices are based in NYC. For the moment, we are working remotely, but we are looking to hire someone in the Tri-State area, who could eventually work out of the office a few days a week.

Salary range: $48-55K. This position is non-exempt, and eligible for overtime pay. We track hours accordingly.

FoodPrint is a project of the GRACE Communications Foundation. GRACE Communications Foundation is an equal opportunity employer. All candidates, regardless of race, gender, age or sexual orientation are encouraged to apply.

We offer excellent benefits, and compensation is commensurate with experience.

Compensation

this position is: salaried, varies DOE, $48,000.00 - $55,000.00

Location

job can be done remotely

Application instructions

Deadline

no deadline