More Perfect Union (REMOTE)

Position Title: Media Monitor

Reports to: Director of Audience Engagement

Employment Type: Permanent, Full-time 

Salary Range: $85,000

Location: Remote

About MPU

More Perfect Union is an advocacy, journalism, and education organization with a mission to build power for the working class. We cover politics, policy, labor, business, and economic news through a class lens, and we pair our reporting with activism to help working people win policy fights. Launched in February 2021, More Perfect Union’s coverage has garnered 1 billion video views and 4 million followers and subscribers

We’re hiring a Media Monitor to help drive our real-time news coverage and rapid response on social media. Our social accounts are already powerful tools for advancing our original reporting, breaking news, and shaping narratives to empower working people. We’re looking for people who live and breathe the news and have exceptional research skills to expand our reach and help make our social accounts hubs for emerging news moments, TV clips, and viral videos relevant to our mission. This role requires a high-level of self-sufficiency, strong editorial judgement and news sense, and the ability to recognize and respond to relevant news quickly.

Core Responsibilities

• Closely monitor a broad range of sources — including cable news, legislative hearings, presidential briefings, livestreams, podcasts, social media influencers, campaign events and so on
• Identify several pieces of video, audio, and other content that More Perfect Union should elevate every day, and work with team members to optimize the content for engagement on social media platforms
• Adding captions to video and and drafting copy for social media posts as needed
• Report to the Director of Audience Engagement and social media team on newsworthy moments and breakout stories as they gain tractiom
• Scour social media, Reddit, and similar sources for compelling or newsworthy user-generated content relevant to our mission (i.e., videos or photos documenting worker actions and political protests)
• Consistently uphold strict editorial standards for accuracy and credibility
• Operate in a nimble, fast paced environment
• Perform other duties as assigned

Experience/Qualifications

• At least 5 years of experience working in media monitoring and research, preferably as part of a news, campaign, or advocacy organization;
• Extremely active consumer of news content on and off social media;
• Strong editorial judgement, understanding of journalistic practices and ethics, and experience working within a fast-paced news cycle;
• Demonstrated research skills, as well as a track record of using these skills to generate engagement and views on social media content;
• Proven ability to grow audiences on social media, in particular TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube;
• Substantial knowledge of national politics, the labor movement, and economic  issues;
• Passion for experimenting with new and emerging social media platforms and coverage formats;
• A self-starter who pays close attention to detail and is highly organized and capable of meeting tight deadlines.

At More Perfect Union we strive to increase diversity, equity, inclusion and justice in all elements of our work. We recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote regardless of race, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity (including gender nonconformity and status as a transgender individual), age, physical or mental disability, post-secondary educational status, citizenship, genetic information, past, current, or prospective service in the uniformed services, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. We strongly encourage members of historically underrepresented and marginalized communities to apply.

Join us! 

More Perfect Union is offering a competitive wage and benefits package including:

• Comprehensive benefits, offering health, dental and vision benefits
• Monthly home office expense reimbursement
• Paid federal holidays
• PTO 
• Paid sick leave

!! Important Notice !!

To protect your privacy and ensure the legitimacy of our hiring process, please only respond to emails from our official domain, @perfectunion.us. We will never ask for personal information or payment during the recruitment process. Be cautious of any emails or job offers that do not come from this domain.