About The Sacramento Press
 

 
Aiming to rewrite the rules of journalism through community engagement, The Sacramento Press uses a hyper-local lens and an army of 800-plus community contributors to offer reporting and commentary on all news and issues of interest to residents of the city’s communities. Through its powerful website, events and marketing services, the pioneering online media outlet partners with local business to advance their brands through sponsorships of community activities. It also provides businesses social-networking-advisory services.
 

 
About the position
 

 
Reporting to the Social Media Lead and the Operations Director, the Social Media Assistant will be responsible for creating and driving online content for Sacpress and for our clients. You will be expected to understand the in’s and out’s of every social media platform we use and to be able to think strategically and apply that understanding.
 

 
You are the ideal candidate if you can work independently and as a team member, if you have the drive to go above and beyond what you’ve been asked, you are creative and love to write, you are "social", you are constantly exploring new possibilities, you are an excellent researcher and you are very responsible.
 

 
Your responsibilities will include:
 

 
Taking information forwarded from Social Media Lead and creating write-ups
 
Monitoring social media accounts; customer service
 
Pushing events on all event sites and across all online communication channels
 
Gathering data and creating monthly reports for each client
 
Working with clients to meet their expectations
 
Photo and video editing
 
Livestreaming at local events
 

 
This is a part-time position. After a trial period, this will potentially be a full-time position.
 

 
If you are interested in applying for this position, send us this:
 

 
i. A cover letter explaining why you are our ideal candidate.
 
ii. Your resume or link to your LinkedIn profile.
 
iii. Build a flavors.me account – the free version! – and add links to the social media sites you use.
 
iv. Anything else that’s creative and shows a bit about who you are. Optional.
 

 
We are especially interested in hearing about previous jobs or situations that required a large amount of responsibility and self-motivation.