YouTube Platform Specialist
A full time position
Fully remote: working with a USA-based team at Buzzsprout.
Salary: $70,000 (yearly rate) plus health insurance, 401k, paid time off, and lots of podcasting equipment
The YouTube Platform Specialist will be responsible for everything involved in the Buzzsprout YouTube channel except for making great videos. This job combines marketing, content creation, and community management.
Marketing & Content Creation
- Optimize videos to reach the largest audience possible on YouTube
- Stay up to date on YouTube trends, best practices, and new products
- Create thumbnails, write titles, descriptions, and tags for each video
- Optimize back catalog of over 300 videos to revitalize stale content
- Write video scripts that will perform well on YouTube. Some of these will be adaptations of existing blog and podcast content, while others will be original and require more research.
- Work with the rest of the marketing team to promote videos on other channels, including social media, in our weekly newsletter, and on the Buzzsprout blog
- Manage and organize the existing channel with over 300 videos and 80k subscribers
- Establish and report on key performance indicators for our channel
- Work with the Video Director and Head of Marketing to create and maintain the content calendar
Community Management
- Develop channel community and moderation guidelines
- Engage viewers in video comments and in the Community Tab
- Moderate comments to foster a friendly and helpful community
- Run live streams, giveaways, and other special events as applicable
Requirements
An ideal candidate would have these skills, but please don't disqualify yourself for not having all of these. Most of us have had unconventional career paths and would rather find the right person than somebody with a specific degree or certification.
- Experience running a YouTube channel and working with YouTube creators
- Deep understanding of YouTube optimizations and the YouTube algorithm
- Graphic design experience, including YouTube thumbnails
- Experience creating a podcast and using Buzzsprout
- Strong time-management and project-management skills
- Excellent writing and communication skills
This is a remote position, but is limited to applicants in the United States.
Travel Considerations
This is a remote-first position, but we’ve found that our team benefits from spending time together in person. So if you're located outside of Northeast Florida, please plan to travel to the following events:
- One yearly Higher Pixels retreat
- Up to two podcast conferences each year as needed
- Optional: One Higher Pixels Christmas party in Jacksonville, Florida in December
All travel expenses will be paid by Higher Pixels.
Salary & benefits
Annual salary of $70,000 paid monthly.
Benefits include:
- Personal time off (PTO)
- 15 days per calendar year non-accumulating
- Additional two-week sabbatical after your third year of employment
- 10 Federal Holidays that can be flexed to other holidays
- Participation in the Higher Pixels 401(k) with 6% employer matching
- Health Insurance provided by Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Internet and cell phone reimbursement for qualifying employees
How to Apply
Submit a written application that is tailored to this position. Think of it as a post that introduces you to the team instead of a generic cover letter.
Tell us what you like about this opportunity and the experiences you've had that would set you up to succeed at Buzzsprout.
This shouldn't be more than 500 words long.
We'll start reviewing applications on April 26th.
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