Social Media Marketing Manager (freelance) (m/w/d)

About Steady

Thousands of strong voices use Steady to publish their work and secure a reliable income. From blogs and online magazines to podcasts, newsletters, and more, Steady enables independent media to earn a sustainable income via memberships. We’re creating the future of independent media. Come join us!

Who we’re looking for

We are looking for a freelance Social Media Marketing Manager to support our marketing & communications team by managing Steady's social media English and German channels.

What the role involves

• Manage Steady's social media English and German channels. LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok
• Create a content calendar with engaging captions, hashtags, and engaging multimedia B2B and B2C content for all platforms. Content should promote the Steady brand, provide education and awareness about our platform and showcase our creators, as well as helping people discover new content on Steady
• Schedule and manage content delivery either manually or using a scheduling tool like Buffer
• Facilitate conversations on our social media accounts
• Regularly engage with our current audience on all social media accounts. To include:
• responding to direct messages
• responding to comments
• engaging with new followers
• commenting on content from prospective creators and new followers
• Find and curate relevant third-party content for our audience
• Creating content that uses current video or audio trends 
• Monitor, track, and evaluate performance on social media platforms using Facebook Insights, Twitter Analytics, and LinkedIn Analytics
• Educate and promote the use of social media within the company

Ideally you

• Have experience in SEO copywriting for social channels (e.g. writing engaging captions, researching hashtags writing for engagement)
• Are aware of what content formats work best on each channel
• Know content scheduling (e.g. how to add alt text, location, use thumbnails for videos, add links to Stories)
• Have basic video editing skills and knowledge of how to convert video to portrait or square for various social platforms
• Are working with graphic software tools like Canva, Figma or PicMonkey
• will be comfortable editing content in both German and English, with native-level proficiency in at least one of these languages

We are looking for someone for 15 hours/week for a rate of EUR 20-25 per hour.

Benefits of working at Steady

• Be part of a mission that sustainably supports creators and publishers and helps guarantee an independent media landscape
• Bring your own ideas to the table: We are still a small team and encourage you to experiment and dare to think differently
• Work from anywhere in Europe - we are happy to figure out the legal hurdles together with you
• Be part of our passionate team: Enjoy regular social events – virtually and twice a year at our Berlin office

Apply Now!

Steady is committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion and is building a team accordingly. It’s also really important to us to find the very best people we possibly can for our team, even for freelance positions, regardless of background. If you would like to talk to us before making an application, we’d love to talk so you can find out more about us and our team.