Social Media Manager

Alle Mediavacatures; Hilversum; Hybride; EUR 45 000 - 65 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

25 paid vacation days

Remote or hybrid work

MacBook or similar laptop

Training and conference support

Résumé du poste

Lighthouse Reports is seeking a Social Media Manager to enhance its social presence and trust in public-interest journalism. You will create and manage content across platforms, collaborating with the impact team to support engagement and real-world impact.

You will produce social-first video content, manage creator partnerships, and analyze performance to grow audience and reach. Remote or hybrid work setup applies depending on location.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of experience in video editing and social media management.
• Video editing and graphic design skills.
• Strong editorial instincts for social content.
• Experience collaborating with creators and influencers.
• Knack for spotting new partnership opportunities.
• Independent and able to juggle multiple projects.
• Excellent written and verbal communication in English; fluency in a second language is a plus.

Responsabilités

• Manage day-to-day social media strategy and execution across platforms.
• Produce and edit social-first video and visual content from concept to delivery.
• Collaborate with the impact team to align social content with investigations' goals.
• Build audience and manage community engagement and conversations.

Connaissances

Video editing

Social media management

Graphic design

English communication

Description du poste

Omschrijving bedrijf

Lighthouse Reports is an award-winning pioneer of collaborative journalism. We work with Europe's leading media to deliver deeply reported, public interest journalism on migration, conflict and corruption. We do this by building newsrooms around topics and channeling editors, tools and resources to working journalists with the results reach the public on existing platforms (newspapers, online and broadcast). A non-profit based in the Netherlands, Lighthouse Reports leads complex transnational investigations that blend traditional investigative journalism methods such as FOIAs with emerging techniques like open source investigation. Our newsrooms pioneer new formats and pay particular attention to fresh ways of framing complex issues that will capture public attention and challenge misconceptions. We believe investigative journalism helps people navigate complexity, so we create spaces to make this happen.

Omschrijving functie werkzaamheden

Lighthouse Reports is an award-winning, impact-driven investigative newsroom. We've worked with more than 200 news outlets around the world from leading international broadcasters to innovative metro newsrooms and content creators on ground-breaking public interest stories. Our team, which includes data scientists, visual investigators, impact producers and money trails experts is a sought-after partner for some of the most complex and important journalism collaborations out there. We work across formats from documentary to radio, podcasts, print, socials and other creative formats.Lighthouse is looking for a

full-time

Social Media Manager to help build Lighthouse's social media presence in a way that improves the trust and reach of public interest investigative work. You'll be responsible for content creation and execution across platforms while building and managing relationships with social-media first partners. The Social Media Manger will be part of the impact team, collaborating with colleagues across the organisation to ensure social content supports Lighthouse's wider goals of engagement and real-world impact

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day social media strategy and execution across platforms
• Produce and edit a diverse range of social-first video and visual content from concept to delivery - including behind-the-scenes content, methodology explainers, and investigation coverage
• Work as part of the impact team to align social strategy with each investigation's audience and impact goals, and sharing audience insights that inform how our work is released and promoted.
• Build Lighthouse's audience and manage the community: help define and engage it, engage in comments and replies and community conversation in a way that breaks down investigative findings and builds connection and trust
• Research and identify potential new content creator partners and develop ideas for building and deepening those networks
• Manage and maintain relationships with creator partners
• Track, analyse, and report on social media performance and audience growth metrics

Requirements

• 3-5 years of experience in video editing and social media management
• Video editing and graphic design skills
• Strong editorial and instincts - knowing what makes content land on socials
• Experience collaborating with creators and influencers
• Knack for spotting new partnership opportunities
• Comfortable working independently and juggling multiple projects and content needs
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English, fluency in a second language is a plus

Benefits

• 25 paid vacation days plus, national holidays
• Remote or hybrid work set up depending on location
• Macbook or similar laptop
• Support for trainings and to attend conferences and events