tl;dr: We are looking for a contract social media person to help us grow Merit 🙂
About Merit
Merit is a platform for impactful career conversations. We connect tech talent to senior leaders over 1:1 video. We have helped 2.5K+ product managers, designers, and engineers grow their craft and career. Our community is 70%+ people of color and 60%+ women and is growing 25% month over month.
Merit is founded by Randy Brown and Kirk Fernandes. Randy built the first diversity & inclusion recruiting platform at Jopwell, and Kirk has worked as a product manager, designer & engineer at Microsoft and Hightower (merged with VTS).
⏰ The role
The day responsibilities include but may not be limited to:
Work collaboratively with the founders to design and implement campaigns to get new users
Post interesting content on social media that show the value of Merit and allows us to dive deeper into our community (i.e learners & leaders)
Write blog posts/stories about Merit, including interviewing existing members and sharing their stories
Generate and iterate on highly shareable content to drive new users to Merit
Monitor metrics for measuring our growth. Analyze, review, and report on the effectiveness of campaigns and initiatives
Identify content opportunities, be on the pulse of the tech conversation and find opportunities to make our media channels stand out
Engage with social media followers - jumping in when questions arise.
Build relationships with leaders of communities (i.e Women in Product, dev/color, etc.) to discover partnerships that benefit Merit users and their audiences alike
✨ The ideal candidate
You are someone who is:
Fluent with social media (i.e. Twitter, Instagram, TikTok)
Currently studying or recently graduated, hoping to work in tech/startups
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Has a passion and interest in tech and startups
Collaborative, creative, and accountable
Bonus points: Experience with media or public relations
📜 About the contract
This contract is 20 hrs/week for 12 weeks
Compensation is $20/hour + equity
The role is remote, the founders work in NYC [EST]
🤔 Interested? Here is our process
📩 Email kirk@get-merit.com subject: Merit <> Social Media. Attach any relevant docs or links (resume, CV, portfolios, social media, etc.) Tell us a bit about you and what you are looking for in a contract role.
💬 Let's chat (30 ms) If we think there is a good fit we'll reach out for a video call to dig into your experience and goals and you can ask us questions.
✍🏽 Small project (1-3 hours) You'll be given a brief and you will have to design a campaign around it
🎉 Decision We will let you know within a week of the project if it's a mutual fit and share offer details.
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