Audience & Community Manager: Substack/Reddit & Live Streams

Nashville Public Radio; New York (NY); On-site; USD 56,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401K matching

Paid holidays

PTO

Life and disability insurance

Job summary

The Daily Beast is seeking a Community Manager to help grow and engage our audience across Substack, Reddit, YouTube, and our on-site commenting platform. This cross-functional role sits across editorial, social, audience, and product.

You’ll work closely with our editors and producers to ensure conversations are sharp, lively, and on-brand—and that our readers keep coming back for more. If you live on Substack and believe internet discourse can be better with the right tone-setters, this

Qualifications

• 1–3 years of experience in social media, community management, audience development, or digital journalism
• Familiarity with Reddit and Substack, including what drives engagement and how conversations flow
• Strong editorial instincts with the ability to write sharp prompts and comment responses
• Analytical mindset with basic comfort reading data to inform content and community strategy
• Highly organized and able to work across multiple teams in a fast-paced environment
• Genuine interest in media, news, and digital communities

Responsibilities

• Build and execute a robust Substack community content plan that complements our growing network of authors and publications
• Assist with the production and community management of the Daily Beast’s livestreams across Substack, YouTube, and other new platforms
• Contribute to the Daily Beast’s Reddit strategy, including posting, commenting, and community building
• Grow on-site community engagement via OpenWeb, including comment moderation, prompt creation, and community management as well as working with the product team to bolster our community offering
• Track and report on engagement trends and user behavior across platforms
• Collaborate with our podcast production team to suggest, cut, and publish social video clips to promote new episodes and livestream events
• Contribute ideas to help shape the future of our community voice and editorial tone across platforms

Job description

The Daily Beast is seeking a Community Manager to help grow and engage our audience across Substack, Reddit, YouTube, and our on-site commenting platform. This cross-functional role sits across editorial, social, audience, and product.

You’ll work closely with our editors and producers to ensure conversations are sharp, lively, and on-brand—and that our readers keep coming back for more. If you live on Substack and believe internet discourse can be better with the right tone-setters, this