Reddit Strategist | Hybrid or Remote

As a Reddit Strategist, we expect you to serve a mid-level role in client success for our Reddit clients, while also representing our agency account on the platform. You work alongside your colleagues and on individual projects while further developing your abilities to handle more complex accounts. This position requires strong copywriting skills, community management, and a love of Reddit. You should be extremely-online, but understand how to navigate that fine line for a brand.

We offer a hybrid work environment where you can choose to work in-office at our headquarters in New Orleans, at a paid coworking space in your city of choice, or at home every day. You may work either CT or ET time zones.

What You’ll Be Doing:

60% Content creation & community interactions on Reddit, including posts, comments, DMs, Chats, and any other messaging system the platform adds on.

15% Community management, including subreddit moderation and growth.

15% Client communication and collaboration with other departments.

5% Reporting on Reddit results (currently done through Google Sheets, Looker Studio, Gummy Search, Reddit Pro).

5% Always Optimizing to improve our agency’s processes and results, as well as establishing best practices for handling Reddit as an agency.

To be considered, you must apply from our website.

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

If you’re looking for a place to grow where your work (and you) will be appreciated and rewarded, you’ll find a home at Online Optimism.

You must have at least:

Experience posting on Reddit. (See, you always knew that would pay off!)

Knowledge of the platform’s intricacies that goes beyond posting and upvoting. You should know how to create a Subreddit, the difference between mods & admins, what flair is, and be familiar with their Reddit Pro features.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to craft engaging social media content.

A strong ability to brush off criticism from the Internet. As much as we work on creating a great presence for our brands, haters gonna hate. Being great at shrugging it off and going onto the next post is key to succeeding in this role.

This is a shorter list than usual for our requirements for a mid-level Strategist role at our agency, but we’re very aware that the right person for this job likely isn’t going to have “3 years of experience writing on Reddit as a brand” since that doesn’t really exist on resumes yet. We expect candidates with a variety of experience (journalists, stand-up comics, etc.) to all do well in this role. To that point…

In addition, the strongest candidates will have:

2 to 4 years of creating content marketing or social media in a professional setting for businesses/organizations.

Portfolio showcasing previous digital marketing campaigns, content marketing, or social media work.

A past (or current) job at a marketing agency working for a variety of clients.

Previous experience communicating about marketing work with stakeholders.

Degree in English, marketing, advertising, public relations, or communications.

Utilized SEO tools, particularly SEMrush.

Utilized external Reddit tools like Gummysearch.

Utilized analytics tools including Google Analytics 4, Google Search Console, and Looker Studio.

Knowledge of social media best practices.

A love of Reddit and its community. If you remember Victoria, or came to Reddit from Digg, you’ve been here for a while. Time to get compensated.

What’s It Like to Be an Optimist?

As a full-time employee, you’ll receive all the benefits that a career at Online Optimism gets you. They’re fully detailed on our Careers page, but an overview is below:

A base annual salary paid weekly.

29 paid days off per year: 15 days paid vacation + 14 holidays, including Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Christmas Eve, Juneteenth, Mardi Gras, Lundi Gras, and more.

Unlimited sick time for your physical and mental health.

3 levels of Health Insurance for employees and dependents, 50% covered by Online Optimism—no matter which plan you choose.

Short term disability for 16 weeks.

Dental Insurance for you and dependents, 50% covered by Online Optimism.

Vision and Life Insurance, 100% covered by Online Optimism.

Summer Fridays (which, at our agency, are 4 extra half-days you get over the summer).

Simple IRA retirement plan, with 3% matching from Online Optimism.

All employees receive raises at least annually, and our high-performers have earned raises two to three times a year in the past.

All employees receive holiday bonuses. The amount depends on our company’s success throughout the year.

Participation in our twist on a 200% corporate match with our Donate, Elevate Program.

Casual dress code.

Endless office snacks. We’re not just talking about fun-size candy bars, either. Kombucha, lox, Red Bull, Clif Bars, organic fruit freezer pops, guacamole…if it’s available at Costco, we’ll get it for you.

Gifts for everyone on a new client account, or website launch.

We offer free web hosting to any Optimist.

Eligibility for commissions on referrals.

Top of the line computers to work on.

Our office hours are 9-5, Monday – Friday. You will be able to have flexible work hours including 8-4, and 10 – 6.

We cover the cost of any networking groups or events related to your career or skills that you want to work on.

A half-day during your birthday week

We have an in-place policy that we don’t require employees to check their email while outside the office. We believe strongly in maintaining a work/life balance.

After your first 12 months of employment, you’re eligible for paid maternity or parental (adoptive) leave every twelve months, rolling. Paid is 100% your base salary. It is sixteen weeks paid maternity leave, and eight weeks of paid leave for adoptions/paternity.

In your third year of employment, we’ll send you to a conference related to your field of study within the U.S., all expenses paid.

After 5 years of employment at Online Optimism, we extend your PTO from 15 days to 20.

After 10 years of employment at Online Optimism, we’ll provide you with an additional 3 week sabbatical.

Lack of non-compete.

Lastly, we’re very confident that everyone who receives one of our offers is going to be a great fit at Online Optimism. If, however, you don’t think it is after 60 days, no problem, we’ll offer you a buyout package. This means that we’ll offboard you over the next week (with insurance til the end of the current month), pay you a $2,000 severance package (after receiving our equipment back,) and wish you the best in your career somewhere else.

Again, to be considered, you must apply from our website.