Please do not apply if you’re not based in Vienna (or its surroundings).
Please send Easy Apply (below is why).
About Us:
The International is a Vienna-based English-speaking media that offers daily news, podcasts, magazines, events, and a job market for expats in Austria to help them navigate the country by lowering language barriers and building a community.
Summary:
We seek a creative and motivated part-time (12h/w) Vienna-based Social Media Manager to build and engage our online community. The ideal candidate will strongly emphasize creating and promoting our original content. The candidate will have a passion for social media and a strong understanding of the expat experience.
What would you have to deal with:
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- Develop and execute a social media strategy based on our brand’s guidelines.
- Increase brand awareness, engagement, and community growth, and drive readership to our local news articles.
- Create, curate, and schedule engaging content (text, images, videos) that highlight local news stories and events relevant to expats in Austria.
- Monitor and respond to comments and messages in a timely and professional manner.
- Stay up-to-date on social media best practices, emerging trends, and current happenings within the Austrian expat community.
- Creating engaging blog posts that guide our community in navigating Austria.
- Observe trends and analytics and create paid ads.
- Closely work with journalists to define priorities and news-worthy materials.
- Identifying and avoiding repetition by embracing innovation.
- Flexibility and ability to work independently and meet deadlines.
- Identifying and avoiding repetition by embracing innovation.
What do we think you should have:
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- A valid working permit for Austria (international students are welcome).
- Social Media understanding and proven experience in social media management.
- Basic or advanced knowledge of editing tools.
- Knowledge of Canva (we primarily use this and prefer to keep it this way).
- Excellent written and communication skills in English.
- Strong understanding of social media platforms (Instagram, Tik-Tok, X, and Facebook), analytics tools, and knowledge of Meta ads.
- Familiarity with the expat experience in Austria and basic knowledge of German is a plus.
- Flexibility and ability to work independently and meet deadlines.
What do you get out of this:
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- A monthly salary (obviously) of 518,14 EUR.
- Flexibility to easily split between remote and on-site work at different hours of the day and week.
- Possibility for a membership in the coolest co-working and community space in the heart of Vienna.
- An open-minded environment with friendly international people.
- I guess some fruits, like most companies are saying they offer nowadays?
- An opportunity to grow with the organization.
- Freedom of experimenting with your ideas.
How to apply:
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- We don’t want to see your CV (yet).
- We want an English-written short letter of motivation (yes, it’s a test of both English skills and to see how you’ll squeeze your CV in there)
- A few works you’re proud of with a link to social media profile(s) that you have managed before, a portfolio, or whatever you think it’s worth representing yourself with (Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn accounts).
- Send the application via e-mail only: office(at)theinternational.at with the subject line SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER (YOUR FIRST NAME) (YOUR LAST NAME).
- Application deadline: CLOSED
- Starting date: AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
As our organization’s focus is inclusion, we hope to receive applications from people of every gender, origin, religion, race, and belief. We’ll review each one carefully, and the decision will be based purely on professional judgment.