Community Manager, DACH - Fixed Term Contract

Company Description

LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network, built to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Our products help people make powerful connections, discover exciting opportunities, build necessary skills, and gain valuable insights every day. We’re also committed to providing transformational opportunities for our own employees by investing in their growth. We aspire to create a culture that’s built on trust, care, inclusion, and fun – where everyone can succeed.

Join us to transform the way the world works.

Job Description

At LinkedIn, our approach to flexible work is centered on trust and optimized for culture, connection, clarity, and the evolving needs of our business. This role may be remote or hybrid. At LinkedIn, hybrid roles are performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days, as determined by the business needs of the team. Remote roles are performed from the designated home work location upon time of hire, and any changes to this home work location requires a review of remote status and approval.

We’re looking for a Community Manager to help drive and nurture professional communities on LinkedIn at scale. In this role, you’ll empower members to share their expertise, build their professional brand, and contribute valuable insights to their industries. You’ll play a key role in identifying and onboarding new voices, supporting community programs, and collaborating with News Editors to amplify high-quality content on LinkedIn. This is an 11 month Fixed Term Contract.

You will join a dynamic team building something brand new in business news and views, and get a fast education in platforms and entrepreneurial content-centric community-building. LinkedIn’s 250+ Editors and Community Managers work around the globe: New York, San Francisco, London, Paris, Madrid, Milan, Dubai, Munich, Berlin, São Paulo, Bangalore, Singapore, and Sydney. They previously worked at media companies like Süddeutsche Zeitung, the AP, CNBC, Wired, Reuters, The Wall Street Journal and more. Our news editors help define the future of how professionals create, curate and consume business content. This is a team unlike any other in digital media, combining world-class journalism, relationship management, community development and technological collaboration.

You’ll report into the Editorial DACH management, getting to work with a group of journalists and creator management experts who reach the largest group of professionals ever assembled, building something brand new in business conversations and getting a fast education in platforms, digital media and community building.

Key Responsibilities

• Community Growth & Engagement: Build and nurture professional communities on LinkedIn at scale, helping members share insights and engage meaningfully.
• Program Development: Identify, vet, and onboard members across key industries into LinkedIn’s evolving community programs, balancing a scaled approach with content quality.
• Community Strategy & Management: Develop, execute, and continuously refine community management programs to drive engagement and impact.
• Collaboration with Editorial Teams: Partner closely with News Editors to connect high-quality member-generated content with LinkedIn’s editorial products.
• Community Support & Issue Resolution: Manage ongoing community engagement, ensuring that member concerns and issues are addressed efficiently.
• Data-Driven Decision Making: Track community success through metrics and analytics, refining strategies based on insights
  
  
  

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• 3+ years of professional experience in community management, content creation, or a related field
• Fluency in both written and spoken German and English
  
  
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working directly with creators
• Strong community-building skills and affinity for working with experts/content creators in 1:1 or scaled; remote or hybrid settings
• Persuasive communicator in multiple forms, especially in writing and presenting before groups of all sizes
• Strong and persuasive writing skills in German or equivalent experience in writing related to journalism, social media, community editor, etc.
• BS/BA degree OR equivalent experience
• Ability to think analytically, understand metrics and adjust strategy accordingly
• Passion for executing on strategy and helping iterate to improve it
• Strong communicator, able to talk/share internally and externally about what LinkedIn is building/experiencing
• Can balance short-term wins against steady progress on the long-term vision
  
  
  

Suggested Skills:

• Content Creation
• Community Management
• Writing Skills
  
  
  

Additional Information

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