Yahoo! is looking for a social media producer
May opening kami sa office. Please contact me if you’d like to apply. 
Yahoo! Southeast Asia is looking for an energetic social media producer to draw, connect and interact with users through new channels such as Twitter and Facebook. This position will be based in Manila.
As part of your daily responsibilities, you will be at the forefront of driving our news articles, blogs, discussions, polls and community activities through social media networks with the goal of attracting a wider audience to Yahoo!.
You must have at least 3-5 years of editorial experience at a newspaper, magazine, wire service or online media site and be able to work under a tight deadline. Blogging and multimedia experience is also a must.
An established personal online brand is an ideal. As a power user in social media, you must have at least 300 followers on Twitter, at least 200 connections on LinkedIn and at least 400 friends on Facebook.
You need to have a passion for social media and a thorough knowledge of the industry. You will be expected to flag trends and be aware of new social media sites on the horizon.
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uy! musta? nasa yahoo ka na pala? funny naman yung mga ‘must haves’…it’s like saying you need to be popular to get this job..haha
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Hi Pon, mabuti naman ako. Last year pa ako naging Yahoo! Musta na rin? Pang-social media kasi yung work, kaya dapat malawak ang network.
140 contacts lang linkedin ko lolz! But i have around 900 facebook friends and around 500 twitter followers lol
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@Karla: Haha, konti na lang, abot na. :p
me but only 127 linkedin contacts
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mmmm…. I’m quite interested. May I know the other details please? Though I haven’t met the required # for Twitter & LinkedIn, but have experience in publications – writing/ editing, etc… How do I apply, just in case?
Noemi & Vin: Email you more details.
Qualified na ako sa must haves except the solid writing experience. Haha. I have lots of friends sa Facebook, I used to work as a recruiter for a New York based staffing agency focusing in Online Media sales and technology kaya marami ako Linkedin contacts. Haha
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@Pinoygossipboy: Naku, sayang, kulang ng isa, hehe.
*focusing on
Naku, sayang, wala kasi ako gaanong contacts sa Facebook or LinkedIn. Wala akong Twitter. LOL.
@Tim: Mag-Twitter ka na.
Wow ano to? Office based job? Hehehe mukhang exciting ah
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@Mindanaoan: Yup, kakailanganing pumasok sa opisina sa job na ito.
This is an exciting opportunity for those who wants to be in front of the social media landscape.
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It is, indeed. Thanks for the visit, Rob.
gusto ko rin to! kaya lang hindi pa abot ng ganong numbers ang followers at network ko. angdami ko pa namang binura. haha
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Haha, bakit mo sila binura? :p
Hi! Can you e-mail me more details? Thanks!
Hi Ver, Ipinadala ko na sa email mo.
Looks interesting…
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Thanks, Regnard.
Maybe I’m missing something here but I thought the point of being a social media contact for a company was to use official social media channels (i.e. the official Yahoo! PH Twitter Account) to push news and updates for the employing company. Why would Yahoo! PH want to try to find someone with an existing social media presence? Why should that matter? Do they actually want to find someone that’s willing to spam their friends and followers with Yahoo! PH advertisements?
To me, a social media producer should be someone that runs, or can set up and run, an official Twitter account, a Plurk account, and a blog. It should be someone that’s familiar with the various social media tools available like YouTube, MetaCafe, Posterous, Scribd, Hootsuite, bit.ly (link shorteners), etc. And, of course, the person would have to be able to write well and know how to keep abreast of what’s going on as far as internet memes and popular services are concerned.
If someone I knew with a large user base were to suddenly start spamming advertisements it wouldn’t seem genuine and I would quickly stop following that person. On the other hand, if I were to follow Yahoo! PH’s official Twitter account, I’d be cool with subtle adverts for Yahoo! products because that’s what I signed up for.
Just throwing my two cents in the pot.
Glad to see there are cool job openings like this available in the Manila area though. This headline caught my eye because I’ll be moving there in a few months.
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Bagsak ako sa Linkedin haha
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@Brad: Thanks a lot for sharing your thoughts on this.
@Drew: Habol pa, hehe. :p
haha sa facebook lang ako pumasa. Puro ba naman kasi laro eh haha.
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hey there.. is the vacancy still available? i would like to apply
@Codewalkz: Farmville ba ‘yan? Hehe.
@Widi: It’s been some time since this was posted. They may have selected the right candidate already.
However, you may still want to check Yahoo! SEA’s job portal at http://ph.yahoo.com/s/1000868.
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