Source: https://deftridge.com/job/content-calendar-and-posting-chicago-dt-4480785/ Title: Content Calendar and Posting, hybrid in Chicago | Deftridge Summary: Content Calendar and Posting for a specialist Social Media Manager, hybrid in Chicago. $38-$45 an hour, 4 to 10 hours a week. Starts within 7 days. Regular Posted Oct 22 · DT-4480785 # Content Calendar and Posting Specialist · Social Media Manager · Hybrid · Chicago **$38–$45** / hour About $1,260 a month at 7 h a week. Set by the company within a range checked against market pay for the role; your recruiter agrees your exact rate with you before anything is sent. Deftridge adds 15% on top and bills it to the company, so **nothing comes out of your rate**. - **Company** Hotel group in tours and activities · 501–1,000 employeesCL-66605 · based in Anaheim - **Where** Hybrid · Chicago - **Format** Regular role - **Time needed** 4–10 h a week - **Start** Starts within 7 days - **Level** Specialist · 2-5 years - **When you work** Flexible hours, async2 h a week overlap with CT **7** professionals have asked about this task **1,144** tasks of this type completed on Deftridge ## About this task This hotel group in tours and activities (501–1,000 employees) is looking for a specialist Social Media Manager for an ongoing part-time engagement of 4–10 h a week. Plans and publishes posts across channels. The company wants a senior person on this without carrying the cost of a full-time role. It works in travel and hospitality, where demand is seasonal. The team sits in Chicago. Everything can be done remotely; an occasional visit is welcome and never required for the first month. You choose your hours; nothing is scheduled except an occasional short call. About 2 hours a week should overlap with the team's day (CT). ## What you deliver - Schedule 15 posts a week across LinkedIn, Instagram and X from an approved monthly plan. - A written update every Friday with what was done, what is next and anything blocked - Questions collected in one thread, answered within one working day - Work logged against the agreed list, so the company contact can see progress without a call ## What a week looks like - Daily: one hour at a time that suits you, inside the agreed window - Thursday: ten-minute sync if anything is blocked - Friday: weekly summary posted to the shared thread **Duration:** 6 months, then month by month. Accepted after the walkthrough. Edits requested within three working days are part of the price. ## Tools Buffer Hootsuite Canva ## Who fits - 2-5 years of hands-on work as a Social Media Manager, or the equivalent mix of roles - Comfortable working in Buffer, Hootsuite and Canva - Your own work history stays private; the company sees a first name, your field and a rate ### Nice to have - Comfortable explaining numbers or decisions to a non-specialist reader - A habit of asking one clarifying question early rather than five late ## Not included - Travel or work at a fixed location - On-call availability outside the agreed window - Managing other contractors or employees ## How you get paid - The company prepays Deftridge before your first hour, so payment does not depend on a late invoice. - Deftridge pays you in USD after the company confirms the hours or the deliverable. The payment date is written in your task agreement. - You work as an independent contractor: you report your own income, and your recruiter sends the statements your accountant needs. - You never chase the company. Questions about money go to Deftridge. ## What happens after you say you're interested 1. **Within one working day** A recruiter writes to you to confirm your hours and the rate you want. 1. **You agree the rate** You and the recruiter fix an exact rate inside the company's range. You decide whether to go ahead. 1. **With your written OK** The company sees the anonymous profile below. Most companies answer within three working days. 1. **Start** You sign the task agreement and the company's confidentiality terms through Deftridge, and begin on the date above. ## What the company sees about you First name, field, experience, tools and the hours you offer. Not your surname, your employer or your contact details. Your profile **Alex** Specialist Social Media Manager - **Experience** 2-5 years in marketing & content - **Tools** Buffer, Hootsuite, Canva - **Offers** 7 hours a week, weekday evenings - **Rate** $42 an hour, agreed with the recruiter ## How this rate compares The midpoint of this range, $42 an hour, is **above** the median specialist Social Media Manager rate in Illinois ($35). The shaded band is the 25th to 75th percentile of the market. Median $35 This task $42 $32 $53 [All Social Media Manager jobs in United States](https://deftridge.com/jobs/social-media-manager/united-states/) · [Social Media Manager rates in Illinois](https://deftridge.com/rates/social-media-manager/illinois/) · [Marketing & Content jobs](https://deftridge.com/jobs/marketing-and-content/) ## Questions about pay and privacy The rules are the same for every task. [Pricing](https://deftridge.com/pricing/) explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; [How it works](https://deftridge.com/how-it-works/) covers matching, what the company sees and side work next to a job. CL-66605 is the Deftridge code for this company. Its name is shared only after you agree to an introduction, and you decide whether to go ahead. ## Interested in this task? Leave your first name and e-mail. You hear back from a recruiter inside one working day, and nothing reaches the company without your written OK. - You see and agree the rate before the company hears about you - Your employer and surname stay private - E-mail only, no phone calls Thank you, Content Calendar and Posting is noted. 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