Asia Week New York Production and Content Manager

Asia Week New York (AWNY) was initially established to organize a week-long celebration produced with the collaboration of top-tier international Asian art galleries, the six major auction houses-Bonhams, Christie’s, Doyle, Heritage Auctions, iGavel, and Sotheby’s–and numerous museums and Asian cultural institutions. The annual schedule of events is filled with simultaneous gallery open houses, Asian art auctions as well as numerous museum exhibitions, lectures, and special programs. The organization has recently adapted to offer programming throughout the year including an active blog with a related weekly newsletter, webinars, and steady stream of related social media content. We are seeking a candidate to manage these interconnected elements of our online presence while also assisting the Executive Director with administrative responsibilities.

Responsibilities for this position:

- Sourcing content for website blog posts

- Writing, Designing, scheduling, and publishing website blog posts

- Writing & producing all content, scheduling posts on all AWNY English social media: IG, Twitter, & FB

- Overseeing engagement on IG; interacting with other related accounts to continue to build following resulting in a wider reach

- Coordinating materials (images, captions, exhibition details) from participants for production purposes (online exhibitions, marketing and social media)

- Writing and setting up Newsletter and eblasts to subscribers

- Maintaining press room on AWNY website in conjunction with press consultant

- Proofreading all online content that is disseminated

- Selling and overseeing online ads for AWNY website

- Creating/updating decks used to sell ads and to recruit participants or sponsors

- Building and updating excel documents for distribution and mailing lists

Skills needed:

- Strong writing and communication skills

- Excellent computer skills in general, particularly with Microsoft Office suite

- Familiarity with Photoshop or other image editing software

- Facility posting and tracking social media platforms including Instagram, Twitter, Facebook

- Some experience with website content management systems like Wordpress and/or Drupal to enable updating content

- Willingness to learn to use new digital tools and a creative inclination towards new ideas

- BA in art-related field or humanities

- Self-starter with high level of organization and ability to keep track of multiple deadlines

The hours will be approximately 30 hours per week, but there will be times when additional hours will be needed. The hours could be extended to full time, and there can be some flexibility in the schedule when possible. Work is mostly remote from home, except when in person events require attendance. There are significant opportunities to expand beyond the initial scope of this position.

Compensation is $40,000/year with potential to earn commission on website ads sold.

Please send resume to mtao@asiaweekny.com to be considered. No phone calls please.

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