Executes Complex Music’s weeknight social coverage across Instagram, Twitter/X, TikTok, and Facebook. Creates and publishes real-time content for breaking news, live events, releases, trends, and community engagement. Identifies viral music moments, manages comments and DMs, develops quick-turn creative assets, and supports audience growth through platform-native tactics. Requires strong music-culture knowledge, editorial judgment, writing skills, independent coverage management, and fluency with social and creative tools.
Company And Culture
Complex is the definitive platform for global youth culture and music lifestyle, seamlessly integrating cutting-edge content, commerce and live experiences with unparalleled scale. Through innovative content, Complex tells stories of music, streetwear and style, sports, art and beyond. Its content engages in a dynamic conversation with the audience, reflecting and shaping the zeitgeist of convergence culture. A powerful media juggernaut paired with a curated marketplace, Complex is redefining the way fans interact with their favorite brands and artists and reshaping the future of digital culture and commerce.
Why We're Hiring
The Social Freelancer, Music is an execution-focused role responsible for maintaining the voice, velocity, and cultural relevance of Complex Music’s social platforms during weeknight hours. This role works closely with the Social Editor, Music to ensure seamless coverage of breaking music news, live moments, trending conversations, and community engagement during their shift.
This position is ideal for someone deeply plugged into music culture who thrives in real-time environments and understands how to translate artist moments, internet discourse, and breaking news into platform-native social content.
Working Days & Hours
Monday through Thursday: 7pm to 1am EST (Remote)
What You'll Do
- Execute the voice of Complex Music across all social platforms (Instagram, Twitter/X, TikTok, Facebook), exhibiting strong editorial judgment and audience-first framing.
- Create, curate, and publish timely social content that supports breaking music news, live events, releases, and trending conversations.
- Serve as the primary point of social coverage during assigned shifts, escalating major moments to the Social Editor, Music when necessary.
- Lead community management during coverage windows, including comment moderation and DM management, with a strong understanding of Complex’s tone and standards.
- Surface, pitch, and package viral, breaking, and social-friendly music moments to the broader editorial and social teams.
- Aid in managing and crafting storylines around key evergreen moments in music history.
- Identify emerging memes, trends, sounds, and artist-driven moments at the cusp of virality and quickly activate on them.
- Develop quick-turn creative assets using Photoshop, Premiere Pro, and/or CapCut.
- Support broader social goals (growth, engagement, views, traffic) by executing Music-specific tactics and real-time optimizations.
- Maintain awareness of competitive music media and social accounts to ensure Complex Music maintains a distinct and authoritative lane.
Who You Are
- 2–3 years of experience in social media (music-focused experience strongly preferred).
- Deep understanding of music culture, including hip-hop, R&B, emerging artists, and how music intersects with internet culture, fashion, sports, and entertainment.
- Strong familiarity with the Complex brand voice, particularly within Music.
- Excellent writing, editing, and headline instincts with the ability to make fast, confident decisions.
- Strong and timely communication skills across all post types, breaking news, rollouts, campaigns etc.
- Proven fluency across major social platforms (Instagram, Twitter/X, TikTok, Facebook)
- Available and willing to work weeknights and occasional holidays, especially around live events, releases, and breaking news.
- Strong instincts for what performs socially and a demonstrated ability to drive engagement and audience action.
- Highly organized, self-directed, and proactive with the ability to manage coverage independently.
- Fluency in Adobe Creative Suite, Premiere Pro, and/or CapCut.
- Core Competencies: Possesses an entrepreneurial spirit, Thinks strategically and analytically, Pushes for creative and out-of-the-box ideas, Action-oriented, Drives results, Cultivates innovation
We're an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.
The above statements cover what are generally believed to be principal and essential functions of the job. Specific circumstances may allow or require some incumbents assigned to the job to perform a different combination of duties.
Complex participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.
Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for visa sponsorship.
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