Current Openings
Director of Social Media
Matador Network is looking for a visionary leader to become our next Director of Social Media.
We are Matador
If National Geographic made a baby with VICE, it would be Matador. Over the last 13 years, we have become the Internet’s #1 digital travel and adventure publisher for millennials and Gen X.
We are rare in the world of digital media companies, in that we are both independent and profitable…and growing fast.
Globally, we inspire 120 million people per month across our platform with our travel article features, city guides, original shows, and documentaries. We are doing as much as we can as fast as we can, building the world’s most exciting travel lifestyle brand for people in their 20s, 30s, and 40s. And we want your help!
Things you will be ROCKING:
- Driving growth and strategy across Matador’s social media channels
- Ideating, testing, and measuring new ways to reach millions of people with Matador’s brand and content
- Investigating and developing new sources of high-quality web traffic
- Forging and maintaining close partnerships between the Matador editorial team and other publishers and influencers
- Ensuring consistency of Matador’s brand voice across our O&O channels
- Managing a remote team that includes both social media producers and video editors
You’re really good at:
- Solving problems with creativity
- Distilling lots of information into short sentences
- Taking calculated risks and thinking way outside the box
- Explaining just about anything to just about anyone (bonus points if you can make them laugh while doing it)
- Staying extremely organized in the face of many tasks and priorities; nothing falls through the cracks on your watch
- Listening well and being part of a (badass) team of distributed professionals
You have:
- 3+ years experience working in social media and 1+ year leading a team
- Proven success in growing social reach at a large brand or online publication
- Ability to manage, communicate with, and direct a distributed workforce
- Familiarity with reporting tools and the ability to extract broad trends from detailed performance data
- A deep understanding of Matador’s voice, audience, and brand
- A love for travel, adventure, and people!
Extra awesome:
- Expert understanding of audience development across different platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Pinterest, and email
- Expert understanding of social and audience targeting, retargeting, and other marketing tools and strategies across social and email
Nuts and bolts:
- Full-time independent contractor
- Remote position (i.e., working from your home office)
- Based in US time zone
To apply:
Please send a cover letter, resume, and salary expectations to jobs@matadornetwork.com and put “Director of Social Media” in the subject line.
Events Manager
Matador Network is looking for a savvy and experienced event planner to spearhead an exciting new business endeavor.
We are Matador
Matador is a community of millions of travelers across the globe. Over the last 13 years, we have become the Internet’s #1 digital travel and adventure publisher for millennials and Gen X.
We are rare in the world of digital media companies in that we are both independent and profitable… and growing fast.
We inspire millions of people across our platforms with our travel article features, city guides, original shows, and documentaries. We are doing as much as we can as fast as we can, building the world’s most exciting travel lifestyle brand for people in their 20s, 30s, and 40s. And we want your help!
Things you will be ROCKING:
- Working with senior management and our brand partners to plan and execute a large-scale conference in a major US city in May 2020, as well as smaller events in locations around the country throughout the year
- Collaborating with travel industry partners to launch a suite of Matador-sponsored, small-group trips to destinations around the world
- Communicating efficiently and professionally with Matador’s partners and potential customers over the phone and via email
- Establishing and overseeing paid and unpaid marketing efforts to promote Matador’s events and trips
- Identifying opportunities for the expansion of this burgeoning events business
- Planning and executing internal company events
You’re really good at:
- Quickly grasping the requirements of a project and executing it without close supervision
- Solving problems with creativity and expediency
- Staying extremely organized in the face of many tasks and priorities; nothing falls through the cracks on your watch
- Distilling lots of information into short sentences
- Explaining just about anything to do with Matador to just about anyone (bonus points if you can make them laugh while doing it)
You have:
- 5+ years’ experience as a corporate event planner, including at least some of that time as project manager
- Proven success in the marketing of both small- and large-scale events and/or products
- Experience in managing consumer-facing communication, both in terms of developing marketing copy and conducting email/phone customer service
- A deep understanding of Matador’s voice, audience, and brand
- A love of travel, adventure, and people!
Extra awesome:
- Proven success in shepherding new business opportunities from conception to realization
Nuts and bolts:
- Full-time independent contractor with monthly compensation
- Remote position (i.e. working from your home office)
- Based in US time zone (Pacific preferred)
To apply:
Please send a cover letter, resume, and salary expectations to jobs@matadornetwork.com and put “Events Manager” in the subject line.