AUSTINITES101 COMMUNITY COORDINATOR

Job Description

Location(s): Austin, TX | Target Start Date: July 8, 2024

Reports to: Emerging Markets, Katie Fleharty

Austinites101 is your 101 to Austin, encouraging new and native residents to continuously discover and engage in the city, through content and experiences.

The Role

101Media is seeking an Account Coordinator to lead Austinites101, a hyper-local and Instagram-driven community based in Austin, Texas. This role would take charge of producing top-notch content for digital platforms, networking, and strategically growing the brand’s presence in the city. As the second city to launch under 101Media, after a successful start with Dallasites101, we expect a highly motivated person to take this role by the reins and be creative, fast-paced, and independent in growing the Austinites101 community.

Responsibilities

Manage the Instagram daily - answering DMs, engaging with other accounts, posting 1-2 times per day, storying 3-5 times daily, etc.
Ideate compelling organic content to be featured across digital channels, with the most focus on Instagram, TikTok, website, and newsletter.
Take on the small, checklist tasks like photography, caption writing, storying, highlight and guide updating, editing, website article uploading, etc.
Manage partnerships including communication, creation, execution, publishing, and insight reporting.
Create opportunities for organic and paid content and pitch opportunities to businesses (B2C and B2B).
Research and identify the best places to feature in articles, posts, etc based on the topic.
Maintain and grow engagement and following on digital platforms, constantly researching new technologies and building new strategies to grow audiences.
Be an expert in all things Austin - news, happenings, openings, closures, events, etc.
An active participant in Austin life - attend openings, media invitations, etc that put you in a position of networking, meeting people, and representing our brand out in the city.
Manage a team of interns/contributors to delegate or approve any additional content opportunities with a requirement to meet once a week in person at your “office” - home, coffee shop, shared workspace, etc.
Prospect, interview and hire an intern team each semester for college credit to assist in content creation.
Participate in team meetings with the Communities team and the company at large.
Be flexible to travel to Dallas 1-2 times a quarter and attend mandatory team kick-offs in both January and July, as well as end-of-year and mid-year reviews.

Skills

A strong desire, good personality, and great fit for working in a high-accountability, high-autonomy setting.
Ability to work independently and remotely - a self-starter with strong ambition and passion to help continue to grow a start-up in their community expansion.
Always comes prepared with a well-developed point of view and recommendation for a way forward when seeking support.
Professional and able to represent Austinites101 and 101Media as a whole, 300 miles away from the rest of the team.
Have a keen understanding of Dallasites101’s brand and how that translates to content on our platforms in Austin.
Strong writing skills.
Cultural alignment to 101Media’s ethos that everything is “figureoutable” and no challenge is too great to be solved!
An upbeat, positive individual who is outgoing and loves to build relationships and interact with the community.
Passionate about Austin and the growth of the 101 brand.
Comfortable with working on projects alone and managing your own schedule to complete weekly and monthly goals.

Compensation

Competitive base salary within the media industry, eligible for commission on new business
Stipend for enjoying Austin that helps capture organic content
401K after 1 year of service
Healthcare and Dental offered at a 50% reimbursement
Reimbursements for gas, meals, props, and meetings needed for content production and partnerships

This role would be remote, thus work must be completed at whatever location (home, coffee shop, coworking space), is preferred and available. We do not plan to provide any reimbursement for an office at this time.

To Apply

Please fill out this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1-fPn1htlhToA2F17mM4UWIhfOY5t03wK3rWhZTu4Cbw/edit
Please fill out a PI Assessment: https://assessment.predictiveindex.com/776D/89c925b5-9741-4641-a36d-924fbb4d1203?type=candidateba

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