What are the responsibilities and job description for the Social Media Manager position at The Pour Over?
If you love Jesus, coffee, and well-crafted news, you might just be our next teammate. Our mission is to be a trustworthy news resource that points people toward eternal hope, and we need a social media whiz. We’re lookin’ for the kinda person who spots a trend before it’s a trend, has a bottomless well of fresh ideas, and knows exactly which ones fit TPO and which ones don’t.
About The Pour Over
- TPO grew to 500,000 subscribers with a dental student leading the growth and marketing efforts. Our founder launched TPO while working full-time for Dish Network. Our Managing Editor? Environmental Studies degree. Moral of the story: we care more about initiative and results than perfect résumés.
- Meet our team.
- Check out our beliefs.
- Our core values are…
- Excellence: If we do it, we do it excellently, as for the Lord. (Colossians 3:23-24)
- Faith: We seek to glorify Jesus, the King. (Matthew 22:37-40)
- Family: We love and invest in families. (Mark 10:13-16, Ephesians 5:33)
- Golden Rule: We treat others how we want to be treated. (Matthew 7:12)
- Humility: We disagree well and are open to correction. (Philippians 2:3-4)
About the Job
You know that one friend? The one whose Stories are really funny, who sends you the 7 a.m. TikTok you didn't ask for but couldn't stop watching, who hears a trending audio and knows exactly what to do with it? That's who we're looking for. Are you that friend? Here's what you'd own:
- Run our socials. Instagram first, TikTok and Pinterest to build from (pretty much) scratch, Facebook in the mix, Substack on the horizon.
- Create scroll-stopping stuff. Fun, original content, plus our newsletter and podcast, repackaged for the feed.
- Grow beyond social. You'll work on our Multimedia team and get into the wider media world here at TPO.
- Lean into AI. Not for everything (we're not handing the brand to a robot), but for ideation and efficiency, we’re fans.
- Keep an eye on data. We ❤️ data. No need to be an aficionado, but you’ll dive into the data weeds.
Requirements
- Creative work that makes people stop scrolling
- A go-getter attitude with more ideas than you know what to do with
- Canva and social video editing fluency
- A curiosity for AI tools
- Passion for TPO’s mission
- Ability to be in-person (the reels aren’t gonna film themselves)
Availability
This role does not have a rigid schedule. It mostly runs on normal core hours during the day. The one wrinkle: content needs to go out at the right moment, so we ask for ~60 minutes of posting availability between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. CT on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays. Outside of that, you’ll mostly get the rest of your hours in during normal business hours, and we promise we're reasonable humans about it. (All times are in CT.)
- Monday
- Normal business hours
- Tuesday
- ~60 mins of work between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m.
- Wednesday
- Normal business hours
- Thursday
- ~60 mins of work between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m.
- Friday
- Normal business hours
- Saturday
- Nuthin’! Enjoy Shabbat!
- Sunday
- ~60 mins of work between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m.
Compensation & Benefits
- Compensation of $55K-65K
- 401(k) with match
- Unlimited PTO
- Flexible, hybrid working environment
- Office with gym, random team lunches, quality coffee, and lots of LMNT
- Invite to quarterly Summer Paloozas, Fall Fam Jams, Winter Bonanzas, and Spring Flings (which may or may not be aggressively-named team retreats)
- For full-time employees, medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, long-term disability insurance, and Dependent Care FSA
Hiring Process
- We will be accepting applications between now and July 17, 2026
- For candidates selected for interviews, interviews will be between July 20 and July 23
- We anticipate having a final decision and an offer made by the end of the day on July 23
- We are aiming for a start date of August 10, 2026
If you are interested, the next step is to apply here.
Let us know if you have any questions about the process! Email us at news@thepourover.org.
Looking forward to hearing from you!
Xan Sibley
(Maybe your future boss?)