Community Engagement Architect

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401K employer matching

Paid holidays

PTO

Job summary

The Daily Beast is seeking a Community Manager to grow and engage our audience across Substack, Reddit, YouTube, and our on-site commenting platform from our NYC office. You will work with editors and producers to keep conversations sharp, lively, and on-brand, ensuring readers keep coming back for more.

Primarily Sundays through Thursdays, four days a week in NYC. You’ll lead content plans, moderations, and cross-platform initiatives to enhance our community voice and editorial tone.

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, engaging 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, highlighting their voices and expanding their reach.
• 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.

Skills

Social media management

Community management

Editorial writing

Data analysis

Cross-team collaboration

Moderation

Tools

Reddit

Substack

Job description

The Daily Beast is seeking a Community Manager to grow and engage our audience across Substack, Reddit, YouTube, and our on-site commenting platform from our NYC office. You will work with editors and producers to keep conversations sharp, lively, and on-brand, ensuring readers keep coming back for more.

Primarily Sundays through Thursdays, four days a week in NYC. You’ll lead content plans, moderations, and cross-platform initiatives to enhance our community voice and editorial tone.