About us

Unfinished is an enterprise working to strengthen our civic life in the digital age. Founded to take action to restore our deteriorating social fabric, Unfinished focuses on three challenges: redirect technology, especially social media, to fuel collaboration over division; renew and strengthen civic institutions to accelerate inclusive problem-solving; and grow a more fair economy. As an enterprise that integrates social impact with financial results, Unfinished’s portfolio includes a technology lab, a media initiative, an applied research institute, and an entrepreneurial network of innovators working to advance our economy, democracy and technology.

At Unfinished we aspire to move the traditional paradigm for solving problems from a top-down, disconnected approach to a more democratized, stakeholder-driven model. Our network convenes a community of diverse innovators from the worlds of impact, academia (such as Georgetown University), arts and culture (such as The Shed), nonprofits (such as the Ford Foundation and Aspen Institute), and the private sector to ensure diverse and thoughtful voices are connected to solve problems.

We want to put people at the decision-making table who are most impacted by the problems we are solving. We are doing this in several ways, including convening a group of impact organizations for collective action and movement building, and supporting the renewal of existing civic institutions—and the creation of new ones—to accelerate more inclusive problem-solving.

One of our first missions will be to change the way technology is built--and our first focus is to change the model that drives social media. We believe we can't strengthen civic institutions, foster a more sustainable democracy, or create a fairer economy if we don't first change the extractive model that drives social media today. We are working to build a new model for a transparent, open social network that serves the common good as publicly owned infrastructure. This more ethical model offers the opportunity for change at scale across all dimensions of society.  You can read more about this project here. 

 

 

About the role

The Social Media Lead will play a critical role in the early growth stage of Unfinished. You will drive audience growth and engagement across multiple platforms (Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and Instagram, etc). The Social Media Lead will develop engagement tactics that will build an active community through content distribution, meaningful discussions, brainstorming and reflecting with people, and substantive calls to action that contribute to the greater good. 

This role will require close collaboration with producers, Network Partners, and other stakeholders to translate an ambitious, long-term vision for Unfinished Network into short-term wins through keen execution. 

While our offices are currently closed due to the pandemic, this role will ultimately be based in our New York City office.  This role will initially report to the Chief Growth Officer.

Responsibilities:

    • Working with Chief Growth Officer and other teammates to implement strategies and tactics for follower/channel growth and engagement.
    • Utilizing and refining analytic systems to generate actionable insights while driving progress against channel-specific goals.
    • Co-creating and implementing an influencer engagement strategy.
    • Driving awareness around priority events and initiatives
    • Collaborating with the broader Unfinished team, providing updates on progress and outcomes, and assisting in the overall success of Unfinished.


          Experience:

          Ideal candidates will have:

          • 5+ years of overall professional experience with 2+ years of experience as a social media manager. 
          •  Experience using analytics tools to track and measure impact, identify trends and opportunities to inform and create content 
          •  Proven ability to multi-task and manage several projects at once under tight deadlines and with rapid changes.
          •  Strong proficiency across multiple social media analytics tools.
          •  Demonstrated fluency with existing social platforms and features; a finger on the pulse of emerging media and trends.



          About you

          You are a compelling communicator who thrives on the challenge of distilling complex ideas into digestible and engaging messages that move.  You leverage systems to thoroughly monitor traction and always anchor your creativity in what the data shows.

          You are excited to continue building expertise in optimizing reach for a digital media platform by initiating and driving content through data-driven solutions.

          From an impact perspective, you believe that we are living in a world of abundant resources and that the right team of partners can make improbable things happen, and you have experience working with diverse teams and successfully navigating cross-cultural communication in both local and global contexts.  You deeply value creating a workplace that is supportive of difference and you bring relentless curiosity and creativity to every task, project, and engagement.


          Success Attributes:

          The ideal candidate will: 

          • Innovative, proactive, and highly adaptable to a rapidly-evolving entrepreneurial environment.
          • Operate from the perspective of no job too big or too small
          • Perseverance to push through obstacles swiftly and execute across a broad range of responsibilities, while keeping an eye to the bigger picture
          • Ability to navigate ambiguity and approach challenges with an entrepreneurial growth mindset
          •  Have high emotional intelligence, a low-ego and collaborate well with people from different cultures and points of view
          • Inquisitive by nature and interested in working closely with the technology team to understand blockchain and other cutting edge technologies
          • Ability to work independently


          We believe having diversity of perspective, professional backgrounds, identity groups and lived experience is a strength for teams and we actively encourage candidates of all backgrounds to apply.  Unfinished is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, genetics, disability, age, and familial, caregiver, or veteran status.


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