Job Description
Twitter is committed to serving the public conversation by helping people stay informed, inform others, and discuss what matters. Our Curation team is on a mission to better facilitate this through the curation of the best, most relevant, and timely content that reaches, engages and delights one of the largest daily audiences in the world.
The Curation team contextualizes topics of interest including Breaking News, Politics, Entertainment, and Sports, and were looking for a skilled Curator to help us identify the best Tweets, photos, and videos in real-time around those topics.
The ideal candidate for this role should also have a deep, non-partisan, understanding of politics and feel comfortable fact-checking content related to politics, social justice or health. In addition to curation, members of this team work collaboratively and are encouraged to support curation and projects of other verticals including Entertainment and Sports.
Our Curation team works hard to present and reflect outstanding content experiences and conversations in real-time to Twitter users.
Core skills:
Identifying the best conversations and events on Twitter
Effective verbal and written communication. Can present to broader team on specific projects
A basic understanding of "content quality" and the data and Curation Standards by which we might judge and measure that within a product surface
Is able to prioritize work effectively, with time pressure
Is capable of, and receptive to, giving and receiving constructive feedback
Responsibilities:
Curate live updates around various topics and events across News, Entertainment and Sports for Twitter customers
Weave together stories from sequences of Tweets
Identify events and emerging trends on Twitter that will drive unique content experiences
Work cross-collaboratively with teammates and internal partners to create strategies for key events in the Pacific time zone
Work experience: Proven ability working in the field of journalism
Extensive experience using Twitter as a discovery tool, with familiarity of the various communities on the platform
Deep knowledge of high-quality, unbiased reporting
Experience curating content (Tweets) in real-time or for publishing
Flexibility to work nights and weekends
Experience with news gathering tools like Tweetdeck, Dataminr for News, etc preferred but not required.
We care about making work happy and productive for everyone, with a permanent option to work remotely or regularly work from home when our offices reopen; a home office expense budget; wellness benefits; regular #NoMeetingFridays; and six months of parental leave.
A few other things we value:
Challenge - We work with Twitter's product and standards teams to solve some of the industrys hardest content problems. Come to be challenged, learn, and thrive as a curator.
Diversity - Diversity makes us a better organization and team. We value diverse backgrounds, ideas, and experiences.
Work-Life Balance - We work hard, but we believe with hard work should come balance.
We are committed to an inclusive and diverse Twitter. Twitter is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status or any legally protected status.
San Francisco applicants: In response to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, wed like to mention that we consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.