Social Media and News Curator

Banjo is a live digital capture of everything that’s happening in the world in real-time.

We are currently expanding our Global Media Newsroom in Las Vegas and seeking talented Social Media and News Curators. Your mission will be to leverage the power of the Banjo platform to detect events happening anywhere in the world at any time, and to compile and curate visual content that tells those stories with one goal in mind: To enable our media clients to break news first. Are you an intelligent, driven, and technology-focused self-starter? You’ll be a part of the team who breaks stories happening around the world, and will use proprietary technology to deliver information to our partners across multiple verticals. You will also have the opportunity to work with other departments within the company, including product development, engineering, sales, marketing, and data science. The results of your work at Banjo will be highly visible to millions of people around the world. Banjo runs 24/7 and all shifts are needed. You should be prepared to work weekends and some holidays.

- Use our unique technology to validate, distribute and promote breaking news events at top speed to journalists and editorial teams - Sort and curate collections of social media posts into cohesive, linear stories - Curate social content for upcoming events, like sports, music, festivals, fashion and more - Research and fact checking quickly

- Bachelor’s Degree (Journalism or Communications focus a plus) - Minimum of 1 year of experience thriving on a fast-paced team - You have a passion for current events, specifically in social media and news (while we don’t expect you to have 5000+ followers on Twitter, we do expect you to have a social media presence) - You are extremely organized with great attention to detail, and have an amazing ability to prioritize while accurately completing tasks - You are a fast learner and a creative thinker - You have outstanding written and verbal communication - You are technically savvy and have a solid understanding of Microsoft Office and Google Docs