Social Media Manager

The Extra Life Winnipeg Guild (extralifewpg.com) raises funds for the Children's Hospital Foundation of Manitoba by playing games (video games, board games, TCGs, TTRPGs, etc), participating in community outreach and fundraising activities at local events.

In 2025, Extra Lifers in Manitoba raised over $92,000 for CHFM and the program is still growing! We have raised over $870,000 since 2012.

We are seeking a volunteer Social Media Manager to help engage and grow our community and reach online. This role is ideal for someone who is passionate about gaming, understands social media trends, and wants to support a great cause.

Interested applicants, please be sure to submit a portfolio or examples of your work with your application (applications without concrete examples will not be considered).

Description of Duties:

• Work with the Extra Life Winnipeg team to develop and maintain a social media strategy and posting schedule


• Create engaging social media content for Instagram and Facebook, including graphics, short videos, and event promotions


• Highlight community stories, fundraising milestones, recognize local sponsors and partners, and promote upcoming events


• Help brainstorm, develop, and implement strategies to grow our social media audience


• Monitor engagement (comments, shares, messages) and help foster a positive online community


• Stay up to date on social media trends and recommend new content ideas or approaches (we also have a streamer partner who is available for ideas and assistance)

• Demonstrated experience successfully managing social media accounts (volunteer or professional)


• Familiarity with Instagram and Facebook content formats, posting tools, and engagement strategies


• Strong written communication skills and ability to create clear, engaging posts


• Background knowledge of gaming


• Basic graphic design or content creation skills (e.g., Canva, Adobe tools, or similar)


• Ability to plan content and maintain a consistent posting schedule


• Creativity, initiative, and willingness to collaborate with a team of volunteers

Extra Life Winnipeg is typically active from February to November each year, taking a break to recharge in December & January. This position is a commitment through November 2026, with an opportunity to stay on with the team on an ongoing yearly basis.

This volunteer position is casual and flexible with its hours, and can be performed fully remote. We ask that the successful candidate be available for a few virtual evening meetings (typically we meet on a Wednesday at 7:30PM) as we develop the social media strategy, and then either attend occasional meetings or prepare occasional summary reports to communicate performance and progress to the group.

There is also an opportunity to attend events such as Ai-Kon and Comiccon to directly take photos and videos for interested volunteers (you will have an opportunity to attend the convention for free outside of volunteering time), or otherwise our event volunteers can provide media from the event to develop content.

• Online Application Form Below
• Email: extralifeguildwinnipeg@gmail.com (Include Opportunity ID)