Social Media Assistant

Aurora Financials is an award-winning Accounting, Audit and Business Consulting firm. We are passionate about helping our global clients and local communities to achieve their financial goals.

The Founder is Jonathan Maharaj who is needing a personal brand social media assistant.

The role is to produce and distribute original financial thought leadership content for Jonathan on social medial (LinkedIn, YouTube, X , Instagram, Facebook and other channels), with the primary focus being AI, financial, entrepreneurship, leadership and business advice.

We are looking for an exceptional Personal Branding assistant, not someone with commercial branding experience.

Role Description:

We are looking for an individual who is an expert at creative writing, research, planning video concepts, scripting videos and planning the creation of viral content. The role include post scheduling and engagement.

This is not an editor or a videographer role. It is a social media / personal brand assistant role to research and create content, scripts and concepts for the videos Jonathan will record for himself.

A key factor to the role is organisation and efficiency to ensure that Jonathan always has a very clear plan of actions, a list of fully written and approved script and plan for the day or a list of fully and approved questions and prompts to discuss when on camera.

It is a role that is dedicated to researching and script writing of the most successful content possible and then working with videographers, graphic designers, and editors to create the final outcome and then posting it on the various channels.

Then managing videographer and editor resources to execute on filming and editing and posting the assets to have the best outcomes for Jonathan’s channels.

Targets:

1. The primary target of this role is to rapidly grow Jonathan's subscriber base within a short amount of time (LinkedIn and YouTube focus). As part of this target the short form video channels would have their own targets (X, Instagram, Facebook).

2. The secondary target is to build other channels, with their own unique content, and be a big part of Jonathan’s personal brand to communicate what he is working on, and really serving as a growth channel and with a real “personal” branding experience.

Research and Ideation:

• Researching content that suits Jonathan’s brand and creating scripts, content and plans
• Ensuring that within the long form content there are shorts that are likely to be viral in their nature and can be distributed across the short form content types (reels, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube shorts) to drive back to the long form content.
• Researching and finding other creators and content to find viral videos and concepts that can be used as inspiration for content creation.
• Scripting short form and long form content perfectly so it can be learnt and spoken or read from a teleprompter word for word to ensure maximum efficiency on a shooting day.
• Researching and writing full YouTube long form content for Jonathan to read and create solo or with guests.
• Working with the team to ensure that the edit and content is produced to the highest standard possible and has the highest likelihood of virality.
• Locating the most viral moments from long form content to be posted on the short form platforms.
• Researching guests to create questions that will result in the most interesting and viral conversations with Jonathan.

Filming:

• Managing and directing video teams with production equipment and directing the talent.
• Managing the outcome of what the content looks like.

Editing:

• Ensure that there are clear briefs for the editing team so they know exactly what they are creating, which areas to focus on, how to space it out and what areas to focus on or create a visual edit over.
• Ensure that the team is on time and effective in the creation and delivery of their work.

Collaboration:

• Work closely with Jonathan to ensure that the outcome of the work is world class quality

Qualifications:

• Excellent research and scriptwriting skills, capable of crafting engaging and compelling narratives and finding that viral moment on a topic or a guest.
• Deep experience with LinkedIn, YouTube and Social Media video content and tangible portfolio of work for brands, individuals or yourself.
• 3 years of experience in social media and video, with a focus on short and long form social content.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Impeccable organisational and time management skills, capable of handling multiple projects simultaneously and bringing together talent and team.
• A passion for creating viral content
• Worldclass storytelling and writing skills

Two remote positions are available.

The first shift is for work between 8pm to 4am New Zealand time, 7 days a week.

The second shift is for work between 4am to 12pm New Zealand time, 7 days a week.

Please do not apply if you cannot work during either of these times.

What is in it for you?

• Flexible remote working: The role is fully remote so you can work from anywhere globally and there are no commute times.

• Supportive workplace culture: We have a continuous improvement approach to our work, and your insights and suggestions are valued.

• Learning and development: You will work with a leading New Zealand content creator.

• Variety of work: You will have the opportunity to gain experience with a variety of projects.

If you are interested and have what it takes – please APPLY NOW!

How to apply

Submit your CV, Portfolio and a cover letter explaining why you are the right candidate for this position.

Please also follow Jonathan Maharaj FCPA for updates on this role:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanmaharaj/