ABOUT THE TEAM AND ROLE

theSkimm’s Growth Marketing team is a small group of fast-moving, data-driven, and creative thinkers who drive growth and engagement across all TheSkimm’s platforms and products. The Community Manager role will craft and support the experiences and drive retention of our most loyal community members. The Community Manager will report into the Senior Manager, Lifecycle Marketing.

We’re looking for an extraordinary community engagement specialist with experience managing, engaging, and supporting online communities as well as aligning content and communication strategies. This role will be responsible for helping drive our community engagement and loyalty while partnering with key stakeholders to ideate and optimize new content, messaging, and incentive tactics. The ideal candidate is a digital-savvy and proactive problem-solver who is excited about delighting our most passionate brand enthusiasts.

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING

• Develop and execute ongoing programming, communications & content plans for our community members on our platform -- including a robust content calendar and engagement moments across verticals.
• Create and maintain long-term roadmaps for Skimm'bassador community that align to theSkimm's larger roadmap and our continued membership growth across our growing universe of products and services.
• Identify opportunities to surprise, delight, and show our community members how much we appreciate them.
• Engage with community members and respond to questions, comments and requests.
• Escalate and flag issues as needed to keep the community a trusted space.
• Define and articulate guidelines, principles, expectations, goals and success metrics for the Skimm’bassador community.
• Measure, analyze, update, and track community data.
• Create community onboarding and off-boarding processes.
• Constantly gather feedback from the community and share it with relevant internal stakeholders.
• Work closely with Brand, Growth, Social, PR, Product, Sales and other relevant stakeholders on community engagement strategies and to stay updated on broad company initiatives and product changes.

WHAT WILL SET YOU UP FOR SUCCESS

• 2-3 years of hands-on experience managing online communities. 
• Experience moderating real-time community forums and events as well as growing a diverse and engaged community
• Excellent interpersonal skills. A great listener, with empathy towards multiple or alternative viewpoints, experiences, and motivations or priorities.
• Experience working with various online community platforms and tools.
• Experience with setting goals, prioritizing, and retaining focus with meeting deadlines.
• Embody and imbue the values of the community to help us achieve our mission and foster community spirit.
• Excellent judgement and decision-making capability, including knowing when to escalate and how to prioritize.
• Willing to go the extra mile to serve our users.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication - can effectively own brand voice in all communications.
• Experience or interest in email and/or digital marketing. 
• A passion for theSkimm brand and products.

WHAT WE OFFER

• Comprehensive insurance plans, commuter benefits and 401(k) starting on your first day
• Competitive salary & equity packages
• Flexible vacation policy and generous holiday observances
• One Medical Membership
• Gym membership reimbursement
• Complimentary access to theSkimm’s growing suite of membership products
• The opportunity to be part of a values-driven, hardworking and diverse group of people building a membership company that makes it easier to live smarter

ABOUT THESKIMM

theSkimm is a mission-driven digital media company giving millennial women the information they need to live their smartest lives. Since launching in 2012, theSkimm has become a trusted source for a community of millions of Skimm’rs by seamlessly integrating into their existing routines, fundamentally changing the way its audience consumes news and makes decisions. theSkimm's flagship product, the Daily Skimm, remains the fastest-growing newsletter on the market, and the company continues to innovate, finding new ways to Skimm everything from finance and careers to voting, wellness and downtime. theSkimm’s product suite has expanded to include two top-rated podcasts, “Skimm This'' and “Skimm’d From the Couch,” theSkimm mobile app, Skimm Money and Press Pause newsletters, a new virtual course series called SkimmU, and Skimm Studios for innovative in-house video and audio content. theSkimm’s first book, How to Skimm Your Life, was released in June 2019 and debuted at #1 on The New York Times Best Seller list. 

And we’re not done. By continuing to grow the breadth of theSkimm offerings in the life’s necessity categories and expanding our products across events, commerce, customized content and audio, theSkimm ecosystem will become the go-to resource for this generation -- and the ones that follow --  in the most critical areas of their lives. Join us!

This is a full-time role based in New York, NY.