Social Media Community Manager

As a Social Media Community Manager at Anandabazar.com located in Kolkata, you will play a vital role in leading conversations, building engagement, and shaping the online community. Your responsibilities will include: - Leading conversations across social platforms and cultivating an active, vibrant online community. - Proactively engaging with audiences by responding to comments, sparking discussions, and moderating conversations. - Identifying trending topics and creating timely, conversation-worthy posts. - Collaborating with editorial and video teams to align community engagement with content strategy. - Tracking audience sentiment, flagging emerging conversations, and surfacing user insights. - Planning and executing community-building initiatives such as polls, Q&As, and campaigns. - Maintaining tone, voice, and brand personality consistently across platforms. - Monitoring platform performance and providing input to improve reach and engagement. To excel in this role, you must possess the following skills and qualifications: - Proficiency in Bengali (mandatory) and good working knowledge of English. - Strong understanding of social media platforms, especially Facebook, Instagram, Twitter/X, and YouTube. - Background in journalism or newsroom experience is highly preferred. - Self-motivated, proactive, and able to spark conversations independently. - Creative and quirky thinking with the ability to craft fun, sharp, culturally aware responses and posts. - Good communication skills and a keen sense of digital audience behavior. - Ability to work under deadlines and manage multiple interactions simultaneously. At Anandabazar.com, you will have the opportunity to shape one of Bengal's largest digital news communities. You will enjoy creative freedom to experiment and innovate, work in a dynamic newsroom environment with leading editors and creators, and have the scope to conceptualize and drive unique engagement strategies.,