Do312

Gay Do312 Content Assistant

Who We’re Looking For

In 2019, Do312 expanded its online brand, audience, and calendar listings to include a comprehensive LGBTQ+ identity. The Gay Do312 content assistant will be responsible for content entry and maintenance needs on Gay Do312’s websites.

  • Someone obsessed with newsletters—you subscribe to them, read them, analyze them, and would be excited to write one every week.
  • A strong, engaging short-form writer who can craft compelling newsletters and web content.
  • Deeply connected to Chicago LGBTQ+ local music, arts, and entertainment scene—you know the best venues, artists, and events happening each week.
  • Detail-oriented—you spot typos before anyone else, and accuracy is second nature.
  • Regularly engaged in local culture and events—you go to concerts, comedy shows, festivals, and more.
  • Self-motivated—you don’t need someone looking over your shoulder to stay productive.
  • An active consumer of LGBTQ+ local and national newsletters, music blogs, and culture sites.
  • Comfortable working with digital tools like CMS platforms,  marketing software, and analytics.
  • Generally “in the know” about Chicago LGBTQ+ events and happenings

Responsibilities Include:

  • Add, edit, and maintain event listings on the Gay Do312 website, ensuring we capture every LGBTQ+-friendly event in Chicago with accuracy, consistency, and an always-fresh pulse on what’s happening.
  • Create and update ongoing content for Gay Do312 - including event spotlights, guides, interviews, and features - with at least 12 editorial pieces per year that highlight the queer artists, venues, moments, and movements shaping Chicago’s LGBTQ+ community.
  • Own the weekly Gay Do312 newsletter…curating what’s worth knowing, writing fun and engaging copy, and amplifying local talent, organizers, and queer-owned businesses.
  • Brainstorm and shape social campaign ideas that support LGBTQ+ events, champion queer spaces, and uplift the voices and identities that make Chicago’s community vibrant.
  • Support the partnerships team by creating community-minded content for pitches, recaps, and client campaigns - always ensuring content feels authentic to LGBTQ+ audiences.
  • Keep an eye on audience engagement and platform performance to help identify warm leads, potential partners, and smart opportunities for revenue growth.
  • Collaborate across internal teams to ensure everything we publish is inclusive, accurate, timely, and representative of Chicago’s diverse LGBTQ+ community.

Hours:

  • Part Time, 8hrs/wk (Wednesday/Thursdays)
    • Possible opportunity to grow into more

Your ultimate mission is to ensure all of our content is engaging and relevant to a variety of local scenes by creating quality content, working with local promoters, using our technology & scrapers, and collaborating with others in the community.

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Bonus Points If You

  • Already use Gay Do312.
  • Have experience growing and managing newsletter lists.
  • Have a background in digital marketing, editorial writing, or audience development.
  • Have experience working in the music or entertainment industry.
  • Have experience with Google Analytics, SEO, or newsletter performance optimization.
  • Maintain a badass social media presence we can check out.

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About DoStuff

Gay Do312’s mission is to get people to attend more live events. It makes them happier and local entertainment scenes grow stronger. We're committed to driving success for our users, our partners, and ourselves. Our values—ownership, trust, optimism, curiosity, enjoyment, and a touch of craziness—fuel our ambition to become the largest driver of event attendees in the world. We believe in tackling challenges head-on, never giving up, and working together to build innovative solutions.

Overall, DoStuff operates 22 local event guides (DoNYC, Do312, DoLA, etc.) and a Ticket Membership that drives millions of event attendees annually. Our local teams make us a trusted part of the local scene, and our tech platform ensures we’re introducing people to the best events in their city.

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Interested?

Send your resume to jobs@dostuffmedia.com and tell us why you’d be the perfect fit for the role at Gay Do312.  

Plus, a quick challenge: Write a short, compelling blurb about an upcoming LGBTQ event in your city that would make us want to go. Think of it as a bite-sized newsletter teaser—clear, engaging, and with a little personality.