Content & Social Search Specialist

USA (Remote)

Salary Not AvailableMid Level3+ years expFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive content strategy and SEO for Stella Rising client accounts, coordinating cross-functional teams to achieve measurable results.

  • Must-have: 3–4 years in content marketing and/or SEO with KPI delivery
  • Standout: proven cross-functional collaboration and multi-platform content optimization (TikTok/YouTube)
  • Standout: track record of achieving content performance improvements through data-driven optimization

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Support content strategy for a portfolio of client accounts, ensuring goals are met through effective planning and execution
  • Develop content strategies that align with client business objectives and drive measurable results
  • Guide content from ideation through production, approval, distribution, measurement, and ongoing optimization
  • Collaborate with writers, SMEs, designers, developers, and marketing stakeholders to deliver cohesive content programs
  • Ensure content meets quality standards and aligns with brand voice, tone, and guidelines
  • Execute keyword research, content planning, and SEO optimization
  • Create content briefs that include keyword targeting, competitor insights, and internal linking recommendations
  • Edit and optimize content from writers, content creators, and subject matter experts
  • Identify opportunities to refresh or improve existing content to increase organic traffic and engagement
  • Identify social search queries, trends, and high-intent behavior relevant to client industries and goals.

Requirements

  • 3–4 years of experience in content marketing and/or SEO (preferred)
  • Proven track record of meeting or exceeding KPIs for client accounts
  • Strong writing and editing skills (writing samples required)
  • Hands-on experience with keyword research tools and optimization best practices
  • Deep understanding of platform-specific search behaviors on TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, and other social discovery tools
  • Experience optimizing content for social search (e.g., TikTok SEO, YouTube SEO), including metadata, keywords, hashtags, and on-video text optimization
  • Ability to conduct social search keyword research using platform-native search suggestions, trend tools, and third-party social listening tools
  • Strong understanding of how social algorithms rank content based on watch time, engagement velocity, relevance signals, sounds, and audience behavior
  • Familiarity with analyzing performance through TikTok Analytics, YouTube Studio, and other platform dashboards to identify optimization opportunities
  • Strong communication skills (written and verbal), with confidence presenting work to clients and internal stakeholders
  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant experience preferred

Preferred

  • Basic understanding of UX principles and how they influence content performance

Benefits

  • a highly competitive benefits package that includes health, vision, dental, life insurance, a 401k with company match, wellness and technology reimbursements, home office setup support, over 7 weeks of PTO, plus Summer Fridays.
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Stella Rising

We accelerate profitable growth through unified strategy, activation, and measurement for beauty, health, food, and lifestyle brands. At Stella Rising, we're celebrating two 2025 wins: we're Ad Age's Media Agency of the Year, Silver, and our SVP of Analytics & Consumer Insights was named to Ad Age's Media Buying Power List!

Founded in 1982
Westport, Connecticut, USA
103 employees (45 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
16.7K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
40%
Direct
43.2%
Referral
9.7%
Social
5.7%
Paid
1.2%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~103

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
43 (42% of company)
Median Career Experience
11 years
Median Tenure
4.1 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Funding

Total Funding
$92.1M
Last Raise
$22.1M
Debt Financing, 10 years ago

Funding History

  • Mar 2014
    Venture Round • $22.1M
  • Jan 2013
    Private Equity Round