Associate Producer, Social Media

Associate Producer, Social Media 

Entertainment Tonight   

CBS Media Ventures 

Description:  

ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT is looking for an Associate Producer, Social Media to join our social media team. This team plays a vital role in building new audiences for ET and ensuring we remain a top pop culture and entertainment news brand, no matter what platform. The right candidate must understand each social platform and what makes the audience for each one unique. You will play a key role in building out our community management strategy primarily on Twitter and Facebook. 

For this role, you must also have excellent news judgment and be able to identify viral stories that are part of the pop culture conversation. You must be able to move fast, work under tight deadlines, pivot quickly and come up with accurate, compelling copy on the fly. You must also be a proactive team player with clear communication skills and the drive to be the best in this field.  

This is an LA-based position with a hybrid schedule from ET’s offices: Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday in office with Wednesday and Friday WFH, 6AM – 3PM PT.  

Responsibilities: 

• Assist in the building of daily social calendar for a social media platform (Facebook, Twitter) from content selection to post creation. 
• Cultivate, manage and engage our social communities. Listen to, escalate and act on fan feedback. 
• Provide ongoing insights and strategic recommendations to build community and increase engagement. 
• Implement an authentic, fun and compelling brand voice. 
• Developing shareable social creative content, including graphics and video. 
• Will include occasional or scheduled shifts that require night and weekend work around big events. 

Qualifications: 

• A journalism background in a digital newsroom, specifically 1+ years working in social or digital media. 
• Strong writing skills. 
• Understand and use various social media platforms. 
• Experience using social content management systems.  
• Basic experience with Photoshop or basic graphic design skills. 
• Exceptional news judgment; we are looking for a person who won’t settle for second place in the constant race for news-making information and interviews . 
• A love of all things pop culture and celebrity news. 
• The ability to multitask and flexibility to re-prioritize duties based on breaking news. 

Please send resumes and cover letters to [email protected] 

ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT is a multi-platform entertainment news brand, with a cross-screen portfolio that includes the #1 entertainment newsmagazine on television with nearly 4 million viewers daily, the 24/7 streaming network ET Live, and a top entertainment news network online, delivering more than 150 million video views per month. ETonline.com averages 20 million monthly unique visitors in the U.S. per comScore, while ET’s social audience reaches more than 70 million U.S. users monthly. Paramount is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) including disability/vet.  

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