Overview:
The Daily Beast is seeking a Community Manager to help grow and engage our audience across Reddit, YouTube, and our on-site commenting platform. This is a cross-functional role that sits at the intersection of editorial, social, audience, and product. You’ll work closely with our editors and producers to make sure our conversations are sharp, lively, and on-brand—and that our readers keep coming back for more.
If you live on Reddit, check YouTube comments for sport, and believe internet discourse can be better with the right tone-setters in place, this position is for you.
The role will be primarily Tuesday to Saturday and based in our NYC office three days a week.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage the Daily Beast’s Reddit strategy, including posting, commenting, and community building
- Build and execute a YouTube Community content plan that complements our video publishing strategy
- Grow on-site community engagement via OpenWeb, including comment moderation, prompt creation, and community management as well as working with the product team to bolster our community offering
- Curate top community comments and interactions for use in social media, newsletters, and potentially on-site features
- Track and report on engagement trends and user behavior across platforms
- Collaborate with editors and social team to promote AMAs, live conversations, and high-traffic discussions
- Contribute ideas to help shape the future of our community voice and editorial tone across platforms
Qualifications
- 1–3 years experience in social media, community management, audience development, or digital journalism
- Deep familiarity with Reddit and YouTube, including what drives engagement and how conversations flow
- Strong editorial instincts with the ability to write sharp, engaging prompts and comment responses
- Analytical mindset with basic comfort reading data to inform content and community strategy
- Highly organized and able to work across multiple teams in a fast-paced environment
- Genuine interest in media, news, and digital communities
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with OpenWeb or other community engagement tools
- Prior experience running AMAs, live chats, or community newsletters
- Understanding of basic video editing skills is highly desirable
- Familiarity with moderation workflows and digital comment culture
Why Join Us?
This is a chance to help shape the next chapter of the Daily Beast’s audience strategy—building not just bigger numbers, but deeper connections. You’ll be part of a collaborative, creative team that’s unafraid to take smart risks and do things differently.
Benefits
- Generous paid parental leave
- Free, premium, access to Care.com for your ongoing care needs: children, seniors, pets, home, and more
- Care@Work Backup Care for Children: Access to subsidized, in-home (or in-center) care for your children up to 10 days per year
Pay Range Salary
The pay range for this position is $55,500 to $65,000 annually.
The base salary range represents the anticipated low and high end of the salary range for this position. Actual salaries may vary and may be above or below the range based on various factors including but not limited to work location, experience, performance and other factors. The range listed is just one component of The Daily Beast’s total compensation package. The Daily Beast provides a variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, 401K employer matching program, paid holidays, and paid time off (PTO).
Additional Information
Don’t meet every single requirement listed here? If you’re interested in joining the Beast but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with this job description, we encourage you to give it a shot all the same. It might turn out that you’re just the right candidate for this or other roles. See more about our commitment to diversity at https://www.thedailybeast.com/company/diversity
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
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