Marketing Coordinator (Temp)

At Crooked, we believe the answer to a rising authoritarian movement is a democratic movement powerful enough to fight it and (fingers crossed) defeat it. That means using all the tools at our disposal as a media company to help build a massive, diverse coalition united behind a core set of democratic values: freedom, equality, compassion, and the rule of law.

Job Summary

Crooked is hiring for a Marketing Coordinator (Temp) in the Marketing department reporting to the Associate Director, Marketing. This role will focus on trafficking and execution of all in-network promotional placements across podcasts, YouTube & newsletters.

Crooked is hiring only in the following areas: LA, NY, and DC. This is a remote position, and has the option to come into our offices in LA/DC office, if interested and local. We, however, do not loan any equipment, such as laptops, therefore candidates will be expected to use their personal equipment. This is a part-time, 3 month assignment with maximum of 20 working hours per week.

How You’ll Spend Your Time:

Crooked In-Network Promotion Execution

• Weekly trafficking & execution of Crooked housekeeping (host-read, in-show audio promotions) process for initiatives including podcasts & vodcasts, newsletter, merch, Crooked Media Reads, Vote Save America, and live events. This includes:
  • Working with copywriters and relevant teams to gather promotional copy
  • Trafficking of promo copy to show production teams, ensuring all deadlines are met
  • Tracking & oversight of housekeeping calendar, copywriter & show team due dates via Asana
  • QC of in-episode reads
• Monthly creation of house ads (pre-recorded, dynamically inserted audio or video ads) for Crooked priorities, working with Marketing, copywriters, audio, video & production teams to produce
• Ad hoc feed drop execution, in collaboration with the Marketing team. Identifying in-network growth opportunities for Crooked shows & vodcasts to traffic full episode placements into new feeds, with the goal of building audience
• Drafting of monthly housekeeping priorities email, with inputs & approvals from Crooked Marketing leads

Ad Hoc Projects & Admin

• Monthly department recap compilation/deadline management/copy-edits, working with Marketing team for copy inputs
• Ad hoc meeting scheduling for relevant projects
• Attendance in weekly department meetings and manager check ins for status updates
• Availability via Slack & email for outstanding questions

What You’ll Bring To The Table:

• 1-2 years of experience
• Familiarity or willingness to quickly adapt to workflows via Slack & Asana
• Ability to strive in a fast-paced work environment, tracking and staying on top of multiple weekly deadlines
• A “can-do” attitude, functioning as the connective tissue for the in-network promo process
• Comfort with self-managing deadlines, leading trafficking discussions with Crooked stakeholders

This job description provides a summary of how you’ll spend your time but is nowhere near exhaustive, so other duties may be assigned over time.

Pay and Perks

The salary range for this position is $40-45 per hour.

About Us

We welcome everyone—as an inclusive workplace, we invite all our employees to bring their authentic, whole selves to work. Our mission and intent is to encourage people from every nation, race/ethnicity, belief, gender, gender identity, sexual identity, disability, and culture to feel respected and valued for their unique contributions to our company.

We approach our work courageously, adapt and improve constantly, and celebrate the wins big and small. We cultivate a culture of creativity and expression at Crooked Media. We hire the best talent, ensure they have the tools and training they need, and set them free. If you have a high degree of ownership and are driven to excel, you’ll fit right in.

That’s it. End of mission.