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Job Title: Blog Manager

Company: The Blonde Abroad, LLC

• Work Location: Remote
• Position Status: Freelance
• Commitment: Up to 40 hours per week

Job Summary

The Blonde Abroad is seeking a talented Creative Associate to join our team. The Blonde Abroad (TBA) is a travel and lifestyle brand that started as a blog 12 years ago. With a monthly readership of over 250,000 and a collective audience of over 1,000,000, women from around the world come to TBA for inspiration.

We pride ourselves on continually exceeding audience expectations, which has been a critical driver in the growth of both our business and readership. To continue this momentum, we are looking to add a team member with a passion for all things creative to provide fresh content and ideas as our company grows and we expand into new services and product lines.

• In 2017, we launched TBA Escapes All-Female Travel Tours and have hosted hundreds of women in destinations around the world.
• In 2018, we launched a brand new website.
• We are launching our family travel brand extension, The Baby Abroad, this year.

With the expansion of the business, our creative needs have significantly increased. However, the core of our business is still focused on sharing compelling and comprehensive blog and social media content.

The Blog Manager will assist with all blog content creation, and community management needs within The Blonde Abroad and The Baby Abroad across the blog and social media platforms.

These tasks include photo editing, graphic design, copywriting, WordPress, social media scheduling, and assisting with content creation for social media and the blog.

We are looking for someone interested in a long-term position who is excited to grow with our team!

Responsibilities and Duties

Core Responsibilities

• Manage blog content and editorial schedule
• Update existing content
• Assist with the design of assets, including Instagram stories and Pinterest graphics
• Manage TBA Travel Tribe Facebook Community
• Work with the TBA team to develop and execute ideas for new content

Day to Day Tasks

• Manage Content Calendar: Manage blog content creation and posting schedule.
• Photo editing: Edit photos for blog posts. Lightroom experience is required.
• Photoshop/Canva Design: Design Pinterest Graphics and IG Stories. Photoshop experience is required, though we often use Canva too. Assist with developing asset marketing and The Blonde Abroad materials.
• Creative planning: Come up with new ideas that follow annual and industry trends.
• Copywriting: Work directly with the TBA writing team to outline new content. Assist with drafting blog posts, social posts, and website copy in WordPress.
• Scheduling content via Tailwind and Coschedule.
• Other duties as assigned.

Content Creation

Content creation is at the heart of what The Blonde Abroad does. The Blog Manager makes the content creation process more manageable for the rest of the team by taking on many tasks that slow the publishing of new content.

Qualifications and Skills

Required Qualifications

• Attention to detail is critical to the long-term success of The Blonde Abroad and is the most important quality we are looking for with this position. We are looking for someone with patience and a keen eye for detail.
• Advanced experience in image editing and/or Experience in design and graphics
• Experience with Copywriting and Blog Writing
• Experience running a public portfolio, including a website and social media account
• Proactive problem solver, able to work independently, recognize potential needs, and act on them before they arise.
• Strong time management skills.
• We are a small team that constantly needs to be moving forward. The ideal candidate will be able to take on projects and responsibilities in a fast-paced, occasionally high-stress environment with little to no direction.

Essential Functions

• Able to work well under stress autonomously.
• Able to work on a computer for extended periods.

Additional Requirements & Details

• This position does not include nor require travel. You should be able to work remotely for the agreed number of hours per week, with access to consistent and reliable WiFi.

Please note that the application requires you to submit from your computer and takes 15-20 minutes to complete.

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