DoStuff • Gay DoNYC Content Associate

DoNYC is What To Do In New York City. We’re a locally-powered team that exists to answer the question, "What am I going to do tonight?" for our users. Through our constantly updated show calendar, curated guides, daily emails, and social channels, DoNYC is the premier event discovery platform for anyone who wants to get more out of New York City.

DoNYC is part of the DoStuff Network, which includes 20+ cities on the same mission across North America.

As the Gay DoNYC Content Associate, your mission is to help curate compelling LGBTQ+ content for our website, email, and social media channels across Gay DoNYC and DoNYC. Your goal is to make Gay DoNYC the best possible LGBTQ+ resource for answering the question; “What am I going to do tonight in New York City?”.

Our Content Associates are organized, detail-oriented all-stars who are immersed in NYC’s LGBTQ+ cultural landscape. You’ll support the voice of an established brand and create what Gay DoNYC looks like across all channels through your effectiveness, wit, and knowledge of the LGBTQ+ scene.

This is a part-time, remote or hybrid position, based in New York City paying $20/hr.

Your role:

  • Manage LGBTQ+ event listings in NYC.

  • Curate listings weekly to ensure the front page of Gay DoNYC is an accurate reflection of the best LGBTQ+ things to do in NYC.

  • Scour the internet for LGBTQ+ events in NYC to add.

  • Curate collections of events that are relevant as needed.

  • Execute giveaways & contests: Reach out to local partners in NYC to set up and execute LGBTQ+ ticket giveaways using the DoStuff software platform.

  • Communicate with the voice & tone representative of the Gay DoNYC brand.

  • Email Production: Use our Email Service Provider’s tools to build 1 email newsletter per week from content you have curated.

  • Editorial Production: Build LGBTQ+ editorial pages as needed in sync with current trends.

  • Social media: Curate weekly social media content for inclusion on the main DoNYC channels.

You are:

  • Strongly interested or involved in LGBTQ+ culture (concerts, nightlife, drag shows, art, etc.)

  • A talented short-form writer with a defined voice.

  • Curious. You want to know why things are the way they are.

  • Detail-oriented. You can spot a typo before all of your friends.

  • Following the BEST LGBTQ+ people and brands on social media.

  • Going out regularly – to LGBTQ+ concerts, nightlife, drag shows, art events, restaurants, happy hours, and more.

  • In the flow of local LGBTQ+ news and culture.

  • Innovative.

  • Intrinsically motivated. You don’t need someone looking over your shoulder to be productive and efficient.

  • Punctual.

  • Regularly reading LGBTQ+ music and culture websites like Pitchfork, Them, GO, Out Magazine, Curve, Gay Letter, etc.

  • Subscribe to (and enjoy reading) national and local LGBTQ+ email newsletters.

Bonus points if you:

  • Already use DoNYC

  • Have LGBTQ+ music and/or nightlife industry experience

  • Have digital marketing experience

  • Have a proven track record of increasing digital audiences

  • Know your way around Google Analytics, Asana, and/or Emarsys

  • Maintain badass social media accounts that we can check out

Perks & Benefits:

  • Remote or Hybrid position

  • Casual working environment

  • Free passes to concerts, festivals, and events

Does this sound like you? Send your resume to jobs@dostuffmedia.com and tell us why you should be Gay DoNYC’s next Content Associate!