Social Media Design Associate (Remote)

As a Social Media Design Associate, you will be the bridge between our world-class newsroom and the readers, listeners and viewers who love what The Athletic has to offer. A successful Social Media Design Associate will be able to jump seamlessly between conversations with editorial, programming, design, audio and video and connect the dots between each to help us craft a valuable content experience for Athletic subscribers and non-subscribers. You will be the eyes and ears of our real-time operation, and the voice of our company’s brand across social platforms. Develop visual assets and templates to execute for breaking news, trending storylines, top content and tentpole events by combining photos, text and vector elements. Executes basic functions of social strategy, which include: Curation of social, distribution of articles, podcasts, live blogs, and video to relevant platforms on an ongoing basis. Assist in driving audience growth. Develop deep working relationships with departments across the company, including but not limited to editorial, programming, design, audio and video, and position yourself as the go-to source for any cross-functional need — big or small. Content creation for social platforms: Twitter/X, Instagram, Facebook, BlueSky, WhatsApp platforms. Ability to work in a fast-paced news environment, processing relevant information from multiple departments and once synthesizing it to weave together a plan for the immediate, mid-term, and long-term future.