Community Manager, True Crime

Sinclair prides itself on being first-on-the-scene whenever there is breaking news in our local markets, and through our relentless follow-up we have often played an invaluable role in solving the unsolved.

With nearly 30 years of archival content, and more offenses happening every day, we are creating a new digital destination to unite armchair detectives across the country as we dive deeper into the world of True Crime.

To help bring our vision to life, we are seeking a passionate and highly motivated Manager of Publishing and Community Management to manage and coordinate the publication of digital content across various social platforms.

You will be supporting your team in a variety of functions from creative development to content creation to digital publishing to content performance reporting.

This person will also be responsible for virtually interacting with our true crime fans; therefore, the ideal candidate considers themself a true crime genre superfan.

They must be a snappy copywriter, detail oriented, have an interest in appearing on-screen, possess excellent communication, writing, & editing skills, and the ability to thrive in the fast-paced and ever-changing world of social media.

If you are looking to become a part of a dynamic team of fellow true crime enthusiasts, we would love to hear from you.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to :

• Develop and implement a comprehensive social media strategy for brand visibility.
• Attend daily Content Strategy Sessions and help create and curate engaging content.
• Lead our social media channels, creating engaging content, scheduling posts, and interacting with true crime fans.
• Monitor social handles to ensure adherence to publishing recommendations in terms of copy, cadence, and creative.
• Prepare recurring content performance reports, and work with your team to synthesize the data to formulate strategic content plans aimed at growing each platform's audience and increasing engagement.
• Create and distribute recurring competitive content reports with the goal of putting our platforms at the forefront of true crime digital conversations.
• Track social media trends, and actively contribute content recommendations to your team.

Minimum Qualifications :

• 3-5 years of experience in social media strategy and community management for a media organization or brand (a passion for true crime content highly preferred).
• Exceptional knowledge of all aspects of social media platforms including YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok.
• Experience creating performance reports using social media analytics platforms (i.e. Sprout / Hootsuite, Google Analytics, Crowd Tangle, etc.

and ability to articulately translate that data into actionable plans.

• Must have a highly curious mind, possess the ability to spot trends in social media, and the skills to create engaging digital content.
• Must be highly motivated, extremely organized, and come to the position with a digital-first mindset.
• Must be comfortable with ambiguity and change that may come about as our team evolves over time.
• Late-night, early-morning, weekend, and holiday work may occur depending on the news cycle.

Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and Drug Free Workplace!

About Us

Make your mark in Media with Sinclair Broadcast Group, a diversified media company dedicated to connecting people with content everywhere! We have consistently led the broadcast industry since our inception, and now Sinclair owns the largest regional sports network business and one of the largest television broadcast portfolios in the country.

In addition, we have affiliations with all of the major broadcast networks, own Tennis Channel, and several multicast networks including TBD and Comet.

Our content is distributed over-the-air, on multi-video providers, and through our industry-leading digital media platforms.

We're at the forefront of NextGen technology, enabling innovative new ways to engage with broadcast content like never before.

We also recently launched a free TV streaming service called STIRR. Our success is the direct result of our extraordinary employees and management team who believe in our vision and are dedicated to ensuring a great future for our employees.

We are advancing the world of Media and want YOU to join our winning team!

About the Team

The life-blood of our organization is our people. We have a compelling story, a goal-oriented culture, and we take really good care of people.

How good? Here is a glimpse : great benefits, open door policy, upward mobility and a strong desire to see you succeed. Ready to be part of a winning team? Let's talk.