Part Time Community and Social Media Associate
Who We’re Looking For
A fun, social-savvy collaborator with a great pulse on what people share surrounding health, fitness, and weight loss. Someone driven to connect with our social followers, who can make awesome new campaigns and content, and is flexible to roll with fresh ideas to keep up with (or ahead of) the changing landscape of social media. We’re looking for someone excited to connect and engage with our community across social channels. You must be located in the state of Massachusetts, be willing to check into our accounts on the weekends and are able to come into our offices a few times each month!
Our Social Style
Fun, funny, encouraging, and real. We cheer our members on, make them laugh, and keep them coming back to our pages. Our followers have a fabulous sense of humor and are kind and supportive to each other, so we want someone to foster that community and reflect back those values.
What You'll Do
Your main goal is to connect with and support our members, plus encourage them to talk about us! You’ll also collaborate with our marketing team to come up with fun campaign ideas and schedule content, keeping a steady stream of relatable posts on relevant platforms.
Responsibilities
- Listen and respond to messages
- Proactively interact with members to encourage positive brand associations (like and favorite posts, comment, and tweet)
- Respond to mentions in a timely manner
- Answer and redirect customer care requests to the support team
- Monitor and encourage user-generated content and use of hashtags (#loseitapp)
- Check in with social accounts every day
- Ideate and create content
- Curate and create content for social posts including quotes, videos, and images
- Coordinate with our Marketing team and graphic designer to support marketing and PR efforts
- Connect with our followers
- Encourage user generated content (tagged photos, use of the #loseitapp hashtag)
- Maintain Instagram/Facebook live series (interview members, experts, post new blog content)
- Maintain and grow list of influencers and success stories
Skills and Qualifications
- Proficient in Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest.
- Other platforms a plus (Snapchat, Reddit, Tumblr)
- Able to use Google Drive (Docs, Spreadsheets)
- Familiar with Lose It! app and loseit.com
- Ability to learn Sprout (social media tool) and Slack (team communication tool)
- Canva & other design tools a plus
- Excellent communication skills
- Proactive, creative, positive, and a great sense of humor!
Compensation
This part-time position requires 25 hours of work per week, and is compensated at $20/ hour. Some weekend hours are required and no benefits are offered. You might be asked to work from the Lose It! office at certain times throughout the month, and must be based in the state of Massachusetts.
if you're interested in joining our team, send us your resume with the position title in the subject. Send your information to our jobs email: [email protected]
About Lose It!
Lose It! is a leading consumer software company based in the heart of Boston. Our app and online platforms have helped people get healthier and lose over 75 million pounds worldwide, through calorie tracking and social support. With a top grossing Health & Fitness app in both the iOS and Android app stores and millions of members returning to use the app each week, we're proud of the impact that we've had and are passionate about mobilizing the world to achieve a healthy weight.
Along with our core program, we’re excited to have recently launched our newest product, embodyDNA. With embodyDNA, members can submit a DNA sample and get helpful weight loss insights based on their unique traits.
We’re a small, fast-paced team that loves trying new things. It’s okay to make mistakes; failure is essential to innovation. This mindset makes us a great fit for growth-minded individuals who value lifetime learning and thrive in iterative work environments.
At the core of our mission, benefits, and mindset, we are here to help our customers. If you’re ready to create great products with a real impact on real people, we’re the company for you.
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Why work at Lose It!
If you picture yourself working on solving one of the world’s biggest issues with a smart team, then heading out for apps and drinks with your peers, we’re the company for you! Join our creative, fun, fast-moving company that values learning over perfection and provides opportunities to advance your skills.
Compelling markets and technology:
Lose It! is at the forefront of health and fitness, corporate wellness, machine learning, nutrigenomics and mobile and cloud computing.
A track record of success:
Our founders are seasoned startup professionals; they've taken a company public, sold companies to Macromedia and Microsoft, and raised capital from firms ranging from General Catalyst to Polaris to United Healthcare's Innovation Group.
Small team, deep and interesting challenges:
We may be a small team (under 50 people total), but we're always pushing the limits of current knowledge. The problems we solve are deep, complex and fascinating.
Professional growth opportunities:
We encourage continuous learning through sponsoring employees to attend conferences and seminars to network, expand their knowledge and build their skillset. We also incorporate team building exercises, brainstorming sessions, and retreats to optimize how we work together as a team.
We have fun:
We have a genuine camaraderie that makes us look forward to coming to work every day. (Our other perks and benefits don't hurt either.)
Perks & Benefits
- Commuter subsidization and prime location for public transportation
- Flexible hours
- Open vacation policy
- Profit sharing
- Gym membership or wellness reimbursement
- 1+ weeks for you and your family on our summer retreat
- Health, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family
- Health, Dental and Vision Insurance Premiums are paid for by Lose It!
- Life insurance and disability benefits
- 401k plan
- Casual dress code
- Company lunches and happy hours
- Weekly organic fruit delivery
- Frequent company outings and trips
- Great collective beer knowledge