Senior Social Media Editor, Live Events

Senior Social Media Editor, Live Events

Fortune is seeking an innovative senior social media editor to promote our world class conferences and events. Responsible for social media marketing before, during, and after the event, with the goal of engaging our global community of business leaders.  

This person’s work should cultivate a sense of “FOMO” (Fear of Missing Out) for our events, and influence Fortune 500 CEOs, celebrities, and other visionaries to lend their voices to the conversation. From aspirational venues to important conversations and should showcase the role Fortune events play in shaping the global business conversation.  

Preferable candidates will have extensive experience promoting global conferences and events, be excellent storytellers and communicators with experience in business journalism and have a clear sense of vision and taste level. Video experience or a strong network of video freelancers is ideal. They should be creative and innovative, with a font of new ideas and collaborations to implement that will boost visibility and impact for Fortune’s key initiatives, including conferences and strategic partnerships. 

The position is based in New York City. A successful candidate will have the flexibility to travel domestically and internationally for events as required.  

 Primary responsibilities include:  

• Meeting with internal stakeholders to collaborate on event needs, promotion plans, and success metrics. Able to work efficiently within a matrixed organization. 
• Ideate successful strategies across social networks (LinkedIn, TikTok, Meta, Snapchat, etc.) for paid and organic promotion.  
• Incorporate speaker and sponsor needs into coverage plans, including collaboration plans ahead of the event. 
• Work with Fortune’s internal editorial, social, video, and PR teams on complementary coverage of events.  
• Use creative marketing solutions to boost followers across Fortune’s social accounts. 
• Utilize a network of freelancers to assist in asset creation.  
• Tell clear stories around our events while engaging core audiences and attracting new members to our community.  
• Set engagement and impression goals. Track and report progress to key internal stakeholders.  

You have: 

• Experience creating social for world class events in the global business community. 
• Fluency in paid and organic social media marketing strategy on established and emerging platforms, for both domestic and international.   
• Experience in business media. 
• Strong communication skills for successful collaboration with internal and external stakeholders. 
• Video experience, along with a strong network of video freelancers, is preferred. 
• Experience with data-driven KPIs, and tracking and reporting success. 
• Exceptional writing and storytelling skills to engage our highly educated and aspirational community of business leaders. 
• Outstanding ability to maintain event calendars, social plans, and promotion. 

Qualifications:  

• 5-10 years of experience in social media marketing strategy for events, including community engagement.  
• Fluency in paid and organic best practices for social media marketing on LinkedIn, TikTok, Meta, and others. 
• Strong organizational and communication skills. 
• Creative thinking and problem-solving abilities. 
• Video experience, and ability to work with a freelance network to deliver assets by deadline. 
• High level of professionalism, with an emphasis on communication and collaboration. 
• Ability to communicate data-driven goals and results. 
• The role may require working evenings, weekends, and holidays to support event schedules.