Social Media, Content & Audience Manager

Summary I’m seeking a hands-on marketing professional to manage social media, content production, video, marketing operations, community engagement, and audience outreach for Media.Games. Media.Games is a news platform and news research platform that helps people understand not just individual headlines, but the larger systems, patterns, and forces shaping the news. The platform connects daily coverage with source comparisons, broader timelines, government actions, prediction markets, public-interest signals, and other tools that reveal the bigger picture without requiring users to dig through endless articles. The problem with news today is not that we need more of it. The problem is that the firehose has become so overwhelming that important stories get buried, attention is constantly redirected, and it becomes difficult to understand what actually matters. I already work with a fractional CMO who is helping define the broader marketing strategy, positioning, audiences, and priorities. I’m now looking for someone who can turn that strategy into consistent, high-quality execution while contributing strong ideas of their own. This is a hands-on role focused on keeping social media and content operations organized, moving, and shipping. It may begin as a part-time or fractional engagement but could become a full-time position depending on availability, capabilities, performance, and mutual fit. Responsibilities • Manage the social media and content calendar and coordinate day-to-day execution • Operate and grow Media.Games’ social media channels • Help develop and maintain a consistent publishing cadence across priority platforms • Turn the platform’s data, features, comparisons, timelines, and insights into compelling posts, stories, videos, and campaigns • Identify interesting narratives and content opportunities within daily news coverage and platform data • Write, edit, schedule, and publish content • Help plan, record, produce, and edit short-form video • Repurpose product insights and founder commentary across social media, video, newsletters, blog content, and other formats • Support the development of Paul Renshaw’s founder-led content and public presence • Monitor comments, messages, and audience conversations and help build an engaged community around the platform • Surface recurring audience questions, feedback, and points of confusion that could inform future content or product improvements • Research relevant podcasts, journalists, newsletters, creators, academic communities, and interview opportunities • Conduct outreach and help secure podcast appearances, interviews, partnerships, contributed content, and earned-media opportunities • Coordinate with contractors or specialists when additional design, video, writing, or production support is needed • Maintain content pipelines, track deliverables, and keep projects moving • Establish repeatable workflows for turning ideas and product developments into publishable content • Monitor performance and report on execution, audience growth, engagement, traffic, and other meaningful results • Support experiments intended to improve audience growth, engagement, activation, and retention • Stay informed about relevant developments in media, technology, artificial intelligence, journalism, news research, and the creator ecosystem Ideal Candidate The ideal candidate is highly organized, resourceful, intellectually curious, and comfortable owning execution with limited oversight. You should be able to take a direction, platform insight, rough idea, or founder observation, turn it into a concrete plan, and carry it through to publication or completion. You should have strong writing and editorial judgment, a good instinct for what makes content interesting and shareable, and the ability to communicate complex ideas clearly without oversimplifying them. Because Media.Games deals with news, media analysis, bias, public information, and rapidly developing stories, accuracy and judgment are especially important. You should be comfortable moving quickly while checking facts, preserving context, and avoiding sensationalism. You do not need to be an expert in every area listed below, but experience in several would be especially valuable: • Social media management and content operations • Editorial planning and news-related content • Short-form video production and editing • Podcast booking, media outreach, or public relations • Founder-led content and personal brand development • Community management and audience engagement • Marketing for a media, technology, data, AI, research, or consumer product • Translating data or technical product features into accessible stories • Project management and coordination across multiple contributors • Analytics, experimentation, and performance reporting • Newsletter, blog, or lifecycle-content production This role is best suited to someone who enjoys making things happen: organizing the work, producing the content, coordinating the people involved, learning from performance, and ensuring that strong ideas consistently make it out into the world. About the Founder Media.Games was founded by Paul Renshaw, a technology and data leader whose background includes building complex systems at companies such as Stripe, Amazon Prime Video, and Amazon Web Services. Paul created Media.Games in response to a growing problem: readers have access to more news than ever, but fewer tools for understanding how individual stories connect, what is being overlooked, how coverage changes over time, and what forces are shaping public attention. Media.Games is fully self-funded. There are no outside investors or board members influencing its mission, methodology, rankings, or product direction. That independence is central to the platform’s development and long-term vision. How to Apply Please include: • A brief introduction describing your interest in Media.Games and this role • Relevant examples of social, editorial, video, newsletter, outreach, or founder-led content you have produced • A description of which parts of the role you are strongest in • Your availability and preferred working arrangement • Your hourly rate or compensation expectations • Any initial observations about how you might approach building an audience for Media.Games