With Amanda headed for what we hope will be a blissful, sleep filled and melodious maternity leave, we’re looking for a temporary Content and Community Assistant here at SBTB LLC.
This is a paid, part time remote position from November 1 through June 1 2027, for a US-based person who is as into romance and discussion as they are into details and organization.
The full information is below: please share with anyone and everyone!
Temporary Content & Community Assistant
Overview:
SBTB LLC is looking for a detail-focused and extremely well-organized creative book lover for a part-time, remote position as Content & Community Assistant to provide essential support to the daily operations of Smart Bitches Trashy Books and Smart Podcast Trashy Books. This role is suited to someone who is passionate about romance fiction, familiar with our content and our community, and proficient in social media, creative writing, data entry, and content management.
Dates: November 1, 2026 through June 1, 2027
Dates may shift as needed but a minimum of 7 months.
Details:
- Part Time, Independent Contractor
- Hours: 20 hours per week
- Location: Remote, US Based
- Reporting to: Sarah Wendell
- Pay: $16.25/hour USD.
Key Responsibilities:
Content Management and Data Entry
- Update internal database with book release metadata, including author information, affiliate links, content/trigger warnings, and images.
- Draft and format posts in WordPress, ensuring that links, images, tags, and inclusions are correctly formatted according to house style and CMS limitations.
- Schedule reviews, posts, and other content with correct formatting and internal links.
- Monitor comments and social media interactions to maintain a welcoming and safe environment for discussion.
- Research upcoming book releases, sales, and industry news.
Social Media Management
- Design, schedule, and publish creative content across platforms including Instagram, Facebook, Threads, and Bluesky to promote new posts, sales, and reviews
- Monitor social media trends within the romance community
- Suggest and develop social media content for increased engagement
Writing, Community Management, and Moderation
- Coordinate and create signature SBTB content including Books on Sale, Hide Your Wallet, Help a Bitch Out, Links, and Sales posts
- Coordinate monthly features such as Cover Snark, Whatcha Reading, and others as needed
- Format and schedule weekly Books on Sale newsletter
- Provide oversight and moderation of comments to existing content
Required Skills, Qualifications and Proficiencies
- Communication: Excellent written communication skills with the ability to adapt your style to align with our style guide and brand voice
- Technical Skills: Fluent understanding of social media scheduling tools, Google sheets, Google docs, Slack, and WordPress
- Organization: Ability to manage multiple ongoing and repeating tasks with daily, weekly, and monthly deadlines
- Enthusiasm: Active engagement with romance fiction, the publishing industry, genre trends, and the book blogging community
Is this you? YAY!
Please submit your resume, two examples of your writing, plus links to social media accounts with subject line “Content & Community Assistant Inquiry” to Sarah Wendell at sarah@smartbitchestrashybooks.com by September 30.
I couldn’t possibly do a quarter of this, but I will try to think of anyone I know who might. We’re all rooting for Amanda to have as much sleep as can possibly be managed with a newborn!
@kkw: I will do my best!
*Waves hands* I can do this! And I have clerical experience, too!
Could you please provide more guidance on what specific types of writing samples would be most helpful? I worked in social media management back when you couldn’t say anything remotely cute or funny on Twitter. (To the youths, yes, I am aware that this statement makes me sound ready for my urn.)
At any rate, I have academic; online news blogs; my bookstagram posts; mean comments I have sent to my mediocre congressman…
Thank you!
Sure! All of the above work, especially the mean comments to your mediocre congressman. I left the request for writing rather broad because there are so many types of writing that people do, and I couldn’t name them all without leaving some off. I’m looking for some writing you’re proud of that you think is some of your strongest, or most engaging, or both. That can be in whatever format you like, and you can send multiple samples.
Congratulations, Amanda, and thank you, SBTB, for the opportunity to apply! 🙂