We’re Hiring a Humbly Confident Social Media Coordinator

About Us and Why We’re Hiring

We promote “You Want a Funds,” one of the best budgeting software program and academic sources round. (These within the know name us YNAB, which is pronounced “why-nab.”) For greater than a decade, individuals have been shopping for YNAB after which telling their associates what a distinction it has made of their lives. Google us, or learn a few of our reviews on the app store, and also you’ll see what we imply. We love sharing one thing that has an enormous optimistic influence on individuals’s lives.

For this place, we’re searching for a social media aficionado who’s keen about sharing YNAB to the far reaches of the web. Do you have got the power to create can’t-take-my-eyes-off-it content material, write enchanting copy, and coordinate/play good with others? We’re searching for somebody who screams YNAB via and thru (however not like…precise screaming) and is snug being their pleasant self in entrance of an viewers.

Wish to speak about instruments and platforms? We’ve obtained a rising social media presence on TikTok, Instagram, Fb, and Twitter—the place we make budgeting enjoyable, pleasant, and accessible for the lots. Our content material is organized in Notion, pictures are created in Canva, scheduled in Later and Agorapulse, and communicated through Slack. Not conversant in these instruments but? That’s okay! Simply have an urge for food for studying and that’ll take you far round right here. 

And that’s not all—we’ve got large plans for our social media crew, together with increasing our short-form video attain, attempting out some adverts on SnapChat, and establishing a presence on Pinterest. Might you be the one to assist us develop into these new territories? 

Agency* necessities:

• You could have a minimum of two years of social media expertise. For us, this implies you’re feeling snug navigating completely different platforms, have a primary data of social media algorithms, and like to create content material.
• You’re situated someplace between the Jap Time Zone (UTC-4) and the Pacific Time Zone (UTC-8). OR, you’re keen to regulate your working hours for these time zones in an effort to attend conferences with the remainder of the advertising crew.

*Properly, firm-ish. If, as an illustration, you already know you’re an important match for this function however fall a bit in need of the two-year requirement, we encourage you to go forward and apply. We don’t want you to be the proper candidate on paper. (On an identical be aware, we all know imposter syndrome generally is a highly effective power, and should discourage incredible individuals from making use of. Please apply anyway. Many people right here have it too, so that you’re in good firm.)

We promise to enter extra element about what you’ll be engaged on! However first, you must know when you’ll even like working with us. Let’s speak a bit about life at YNAB.

We’re worthwhile, bootstrapped, and rising. YNAB began in 2004 and we haven’t taken any exterior funding—we’re in it for the lengthy haul. Now we have one overarching requirement with regards to becoming a member of our crew: our authentic Core Values Manifesto has to actually click on with you. For those who’re nodding emphatically whereas studying it, you’ll in all probability actually prefer it right here, and we are able to’t wait to listen to from you!

We stay our Core Values day-after-day at YNAB, and we imply it after we say we’re an equal alternative employer. We consider {that a} variety of backgrounds, talents, beliefs, and experiences are crucial to our success, and we’re enthusiastic about making a welcoming, supportive, and collaborative surroundings for all workers. All are inspired to use as we proceed to develop a sensible, hard-working, and numerous crew who loves working collectively to construct one thing that issues.

We additionally work actually arduous, collectively, to make working at YNAB a tremendous expertise, and we have been (humbly) proud to be named Fortune’s #1 Best Small Company to Work For for the final two years. Now we have a crew stuffed with really distinctive individuals—the type you’ll be excited to work with. We’d like to introduce you to some of them!

Who you’d be working with:

On this function, you’ll be collaborating frequently with creatives throughout our whole advertising crew, and dealing instantly with:

Veronica, Neighborhood Supervisor: Veronica lives in Texas together with her household of 5 and her accident-prone-but-adorable Pointer, Jarvis (who attends most of our crew conferences). While you’re round Veronica, you’re feeling valued, heard, and proper at house. Chances are you’ll acknowledge her from her appearances on Instagram Reels and Tales, and she or he has a hand in a lot extra behind the scenes. She has a pulse on our communities and loves collaborating with different entrepreneurs to make large issues occur. She’s a tremendous chief who encourages you to embrace your individuality and creativity and harness it for good right here at YNAB. 

Sarah, Social Media Supervisor: For those who’ve scrolled via any of our social platforms, you immediately acknowledge Sarah’s simple going nature and comforting smile. We will’t let you know the place Sarah lives as a result of as you’re studying this, she’s exploring the nation together with her household of their model new full-time camper life! Sarah is our resident professional on all issues associated to social media; she manages our whole social technique and is one of the best sounding board for brand new concepts. Speaking with Sarah will undoubtedly energize and encourage you to dream large with regards to social content material and the methods we are able to attain our YNAB communities. 

Faness, Social Media Coordinator: Faness grew up in California however now lives in Columbus, OH together with her household and fur child, Loki. She manages our group and content material scheduling throughout all platforms, whereas additionally operating our Twitter account. For those who spend greater than 30 seconds speaking to Faness, you’ll adore her!

How You’ll Work at YNAB

Now that you simply’ve met a few of your potential future teammates, let’s speak extra about YNAB as an organization. Right here’s how we function:

Dwell (Virtually) Anyplace You Need

We’ve at all times been a totally distant crew, and have individuals everywhere in the world. For this function, although, ideally you’d be situated someplace between the Jap Time Zone (UTC-4) and the Pacific Time Zone (UTC-8), because of the great amount of synchronous communication wanted with the remainder of the advertising crew. For those who aren’t situated inside these time zones, please be ready to make your schedule work for typical “North American” work day hours. Wherever you might be, simply be sure you have a dependable web connection.

No Outrageous Hours

We would like everybody to have a full life exterior of YNAB, and we seldom work greater than 40 hours per week. There have been a number of events the place issues obtained busy and other people needed to put some further time in. However then they took some further day off, so all of it balances out. We work arduous and good, however we’re on this for the lengthy haul.

Take Trip (Severely)

We would like you to take trip. Actually, we’ve got a minimal trip coverage of three weeks per yr. 5 weeks feels about proper (plus two further weeks for our company-wide December break). It’s necessary to get loads of downtime and get out and do one thing. We’ll stay up for seeing photos of your adventures in our #office_wall Slack channel!

The YNAB Retreat

When the pandemic isn’t holding us from touring, we get the entire crew collectively yearly to compensate for spreadsheets and powerpoints in a Greatest Western convention room. Simply kidding. To this point, we’ve executed Costa Rica, a gigantic cabin within the mountains, a seaside home within the Outer Banks, a ranch in Montana, and most lately, Laguna Beach. We work collectively, play collectively, and reinforce the bonds we’ve made as a crew and firm. Yearly, we go away refreshed, motivated, and excited for the yr forward collectively.

Up Your Sport

We’re critical about serving to you enhance your craft. We finances for it (hey-o!). Assume conferences, subscriptions, books, and devoted time away from work to be taught one thing new… It’s actually as much as you and your supervisor. However we like to see our individuals rising.

U.S. or Worldwide? Nice!

Our crew is unfold throughout the globe, together with Switzerland, Mexico, Canada, Brazil, the UK, and everywhere in the United States. We at the moment arrange crew members who stay within the U.S. or U.Okay. as workers, and those that stay in different international locations as unbiased contractors. You’re an equal a part of the crew irrespective of the place you reside!

As talked about above, we’ve got a while zone restrictions for this function, however so long as you’re between UTC-4 and UTC-8, we’re good!

Advantages

For those who stay within the U.S., you’ll be eligible for our well being, dental, and imaginative and prescient insurance coverage, the place we cowl 100% of the premium for you and your loved ones. No must examine your imaginative and prescient, you learn that proper—100%. Though when you did must examine your imaginative and prescient, NBD, we’ve obtained you lined!

We even have a Conventional and Roth 401(ok) choice. YNAB matches your contributions as much as six %, and matches vest instantly. (Are you a private finance junkie like our founder Jesse? He arrange YNAB’s 401k to have the bottom price construction doable, the place all plan prices are paid by YNAB, not your retirement nest egg. The funding funds out there are incredible, passively-managed, extremely low-cost index funds. You’re not a PF junkie? Belief us, it’s superior.)

We additionally supply beneficiant paid parental go away for all full-time crew members. (Right here’s to growing the world’s budgeters, one youngster at a time!)

Aggressive Compensation

The beginning wage vary for this place is $47,000-$53,000 USD yearly, relying on expertise. We take into account raises yearly, and have a bi-annual profit-share bonus, which you’re in on from day one. YNAB wins, you win—that type of factor.

Different Tidbits

• When you begin, we DEMAND (in a pleasant, ALL CAPS IS YELLING means) that you simply fill out your “Bucket Checklist” spreadsheet with 50 gadgets. (That’s more durable than it sounds!)
• The bucket checklist actually helps in deciding what we should always provide you with on your birthday and the vacations.
• We’re all adults. There’s no must punch a clock, or ask for permission to take off early one afternoon to go see the physician. We take a look at what you accomplish, not how lengthy you’re in entrance of a pc.
• We would like you firing on all cylinders so we’ll set you up with a top-of-the-line pc and cellphone (sure, a second cellphone to advertise work-life steadiness) and can change them frequently.
• Did I point out we make an enormous, optimistic distinction in individuals’s lives? Chances are you’ll not assume that issues a lot, however then a number of months down the highway you’ll understand it’s made your job actually, actually pleasing. Don’t underestimate this one!

If this seems like your best surroundings, learn on as a result of now we wish to speak about you, and the way you’ll play an enormous half in altering individuals’s lives.

You’re a social media fanatic who is able to concentrate on content material and group! You’re enthusiastic about maintaining with digital media tendencies and are usually the primary one to share a meme with a pal. You could have expertise with a minimum of two social media platforms, resembling TikTok, Instagram, Pinterest, Fb, and Twitter.

You’re snug on digital camera and are able to roll with a proof on Instagram Tales, a YNABer interview on Instagram Dwell, or a 30-second tutorial on TikTok. Hair misplaced? Doesn’t matter—you understand how to roll with the punches and be your genuine self, bedhead and all. 

You might be naturally humorous and sort. You may effortlessly step into the YNAB voice and make the Web giggle/like/share. You even have a thick pores and skin (or are keen to develop one shortly!) to cope with backlash when your humorousness doesn’t land proper or when the trolls are out sniffing (and typing) round, which can occur on occasion.

You genuinely like, perceive, and join with individuals. Infinite questions or suggestions don’t tire you, and you like brainstorming sesh.

You might be snug and assured writing copy and may step proper into the YNAB voice. You have already got a minimum of a dozen new concepts for partaking memes, TikToks, or Instagram Tales.

Working alongside Veronica, Sarah, and Faness, you’ll do issues like: 

• Create brief kind video content material for Reels, TikTok, and different social media platforms.
• Create informational, shareable, and humorous graphics in Canva for our feeds.
• Write copy to make use of as captions for content material.
• Manage, schedule, and publish social media content material.
• Repurpose content material from our different platforms to make use of on Pinterest.
• Hearken to YNABer tales and work out the place and methods to inform them.
• Reply to social media feedback and DMs.
• Have interaction with and get a really feel for the fluctuating vibes inside our social media communities.
• Acquire and report on information from all of our social media platforms.
• Devour and sustain with trending content material.
• Reply follower questions and interview YNABers on stay video.

You’re our individual if:

• You might be genuinely enthusiastic about all issues social media.
• You could have a primary understanding of how social media algorithms work.
• You’re a robust author who’s snug writing social media copy and may step proper into the YNAB voice.
• You’re employed nicely independently but additionally take pleasure in artistic collaboration.
• You are feeling pure on digital camera.
• You might be eager at selecting up the nuances of what’s going on round you and figuring out and responding appropriately.
• You’re snug with ambiguity and do nicely with imprecise instructions, however aren’t afraid to ask questions.
• You could have a robust humorousness as a result of, nicely, we’re hilarious.
• You genuinely like, perceive, and join with individuals.
• You’re snug underneath strain and unfavorable feedback simply roll off your again.

The right way to Apply

• Apply beneath by 11:59PM PST on Sunday, April twenty fourth, 2022. Agency. It’s an actual deadline. Like, after it’s too late.
• Connect a PDF of your cowl letter. In your cowl letter:
  • Introduce your self and clarify why this place is of curiosity to you, and why you’d be an important match. Please attempt to restrict this to 1 web page. 
  • On the second web page of your cowl letter, please reply these questions:
    • What social media platform is your favourite? Why?
    • What’s your largest pet peeve on social media?
    • What’s your favourite piece of content material you created and the one which carried out one of the best?
    • Lightning Spherical!
      • If YNAB began a band—what would we name it?
      • Write a YNAB-themed inspirational quote.
      • Adapt a preferred meme to YNAB tradition—prepared go!
• Connect a PDF resume. For those who don’t have a resume since you aren’t even certain you’re trying to change jobs, that’s nice! An off-the-cuff overview of your work and training historical past are all we’re searching for.
• Our objective is to make the interview course of as accessible as doable. If we may help you with an accessibility want throughout this course of, please e-mail us at [email protected] and point out the function you’re making use of for within the topic line. (Please be aware that we are able to solely reply to messages associated to lodging.)
• Observe: although we all know it’s customary in some areas, we’d favor when you didn’t share a headshot in your utility supplies. Thanks!

We’re excited to listen to from you!

Apply Now

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P.P.S. For those who’re not serious about or out there for this place, however know somebody who’s, we’d actually admire it when you handed this alongside!