Media Assistant – Quality Marine (Near Lax) – Los Angeles, CA

Quality Marine is hiring a part time media assistant. This person’s primary duties will be photography, photo editing and using these images to update our website. Secondary duties will include but are not limited to assisting the Media Manager with social media updating, content generation and writing / editing articles. This person must be extremely proficient with a digital SLR camera and macro photography. Basic skills with Adobe Photoshop or Lightroom are required. A background in the aquarium hobby isn’t a requisite, but would be very helpful. They must also be an excellent written and verbal communicator.

JOB DUTIES

PHOTOGRAPY

• Livestock website photos
• Photo of the week
• WYSIWYG photos

SOCIAL MEDIA

• The Picks
• Daily Facebook updates
• Daily Twitter updates
• Daily Instagram updates
• Snapchat updates
• Periscope updates
• Daily monitoring of social media & comment chains
• Social media content generation
• RSS Feeds – monitoring and updating
• Social media advertisement updates and monitoring.

ADVERTISING / MARKETING

• Ad development / design
• Ensure that ad’s are designed to the specifications of the publication
• Work with Tony to create new artwork
• Ensure all ads are submitted prior to deadlines
• Random design projects (like boxes for shipping, impromptu flyer design, banners for customers, making backdrops, poster boards etc.)
• Managing advertising accounts (Making sure they have content, bills are invoiced

WEBSITE

• Livestock update – making sure our website is accurate, species change, names change, etc.
• Dry goods update
• Long descriptions
• Hobbyist newsletter
• Feature Products – updating and creating new ones
• Species Features – underrated fish, popular piscenes, etc.
• Assist in testing of website(s) after new releases or miscellaneous updates
• Supply graphics for website updates

PUBLIC RELATIONS

• Press Releases when needed, eg. new species, reefhab initiatives, etc.

WRITING

• Species profiles
• New product overviews
• Relevant news to the hobby / industry
• Weekly stock list highlights
• Featured product highlights

REQUIREMENTS

• Team Player, you will collaborate with managers from all departments
• Excellent photography skills
• Basic Adobe Suite skills are required; Advanced LR/PS skills are a plus.
• Social Media Saavy, gregarious personality, honest and open minded.
• Biology / tropical fisheries background / education
• Multilingual preferred, our social media following is international
• Passion for all aquariums, marine and freshwater is required
• Basic HTML skills.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously
• Video editing skills are a plus
• Excellent written and interpersonal communication skills.

Job Type: Part-time

Required experience:

• * Excellent photography skills, * Biology / tropical fisheries background / education: 1 year