Assistant Manager, Social Media

West Hollywood, CA (Hybrid)

$80K/yr – $85K/yrMid Level2+ years expFull time

Posted 3 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own the social content engine for Hourglass by planning and executing organic activity, building creator programs, and surfacing real time trends across Instagram, TikTok and Facebook.

  • Lead content strategy and monthly calendars to align with marketing goals and business outcomes.
  • Build and manage a creator program with briefs, selection criteria, and ongoing relationships for scalable assets.
  • Track performance and share platform level learnings to drive creative optimization and real time trend adaptation.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Play a key role in the planning, strategy, and creative execution of Hourglass organic social activity across all platforms (Instagram, TikTok, Facebook)
  • Collaborate with all the Social Team members, Brand Marketing and Creative Team in conceptualizing and executing social initiatives generating creative briefs and project managing deliverables
  • Support the overall content strategy, by developing quarterly and monthly content plans, messaging and assets to meet marketing and business goals
  • Spearhead content creator program, building strategy, selection criteria, briefings and relationship building approach
  • Lead ideation for social-first content ideas, working with appropriate teams to manage the development of concepts and see through from inception to successful execution
  • Lead social trend and competitor insights, monitoring and researching luxury, creative, and beauty trends to adapt for Hourglass brand and capitalize on in real-time
  • Identify partners and content creators to generate social assets for use on Hourglass accounts, managing creators and approvals, generating asset briefs and deliverables
  • Monitor content performance metrics to understand effectiveness of strategy and creative, developing regular reports, strategy recommendations, and content best practices per platform to share with creative partners
  • Partner with editorial team to draft corresponding social copy for each asset
  • Collaborate with influencer team on creative execution on branded campaigns and identify potential creators to work with for paid opportunities

Requirements

  • Minimum 2 years of social/marketing experience
  • Experience developing and managing all aspects of monthly content calendars for Instagram and TikTok
  • Understands best practices and up-to-date design needs/restrictions across Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and YouTube
  • Proficient in social management and analytics tools such Dash Hudson, Meltwater, etc.
  • Experience using data and analytics to influence content creation strategy
  • Extremely detail oriented with the ability to meet deadlines in a fast-moving organization
  • Has relentlessly high standards
  • Must be able to work from Corporate Office at least 60% of the time

Preferred

  • You are extremely ORGANIZED : You're not overwhelmed by the thought of tackling multiple tasks at a time.
  • You are DETAIL ORIENTED : You appreciate the importance of having detailed and precise information.
  • You are a strong COMMUNICATOR : You are a people person and collaborate well with others.
  • You are AGILE : You adapt well to changing needs and priorities, and are able to pivot easily to achieve goals and deadlines.
  • You are PASSIONATE about beauty: You are eager to learn and absorb all things related to beauty, media, and events. No job is too small or too large.
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Hourglass Cosmetics

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Hourglass Cosmetics is a vegan and cruelty-free beauty brand, redefining luxury cosmetics with high-performance products, innovative formulas, and award-winning franchises. Recognized by Forbes, Fast Company and Time Magazine as one of the most inventive beauty companies, Hourglass leads the industry with its breakthrough products and its commitment to animal welfare. Founded in 2004, Hourglass is globally available in 32 markets and nearly 3,000 doors including Sephora, Ulta, Neiman Marcus, Selfridges, Space NK and more. Hourglass became part of the Unilever Prestige division in 2017. Discover more about the Hourglass brand story and mission on our website hourglasscosmetics.com.Hourglass Cosmetics will never request any form of payment or credit card details as part of the hiring process. We encourage prospective candidates to remain vigilant regarding fraudulent employment scams. Please be advised that any official communication from Hourglass Cosmetics regarding career opportunities will always originate from an email address ending in @hourglasscosmetics.com. Hourglass may occasionally partner with reputable external agencies for recruitment purposes. Should you encounter any suspicious emails or individuals claiming to represent Hourglass recruiters or senior staff members, please disregard the message and report any concerns to careers@hourglasscosmetics.com or cs@hourglasscosmetics.com.

Founded in 2004
West Hollywood, California, USA
426 employees (102 in marketing)
39% recommend to a friend
56% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
475.8K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$8K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
40%
Direct
48.5%
Referral
5%
Social
5.5%
Paid
0.8%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~426

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
59 (14% of company)
Median Career Experience
9 years
Median Tenure
3.4 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
3

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