Director of Social Media

San Francisco, CA (On-site)

$140K/yr – $190K/yrDirector/Executive7+ years expFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive and lead social media strategy and production for Inkitt, Galatea, and CandyJarTV, owning content creation, team management, and performance optimization.

  • Must-have: 7+ years of social media marketing and people management experience.
  • Standout: Proven ability to grow brands from launch to maturity with data-driven insights.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Create and execute social media strategy for Inkitt, Galatea, and CandyJarTV
  • Create and post up to 10 multimedia content across TikTok, Instagram, and other priority social platforms
  • Manage and hire a team of social media direct reports
  • Regularly review performance, identify growth opportunities, and ensure targets are achieved
  • Deeply understand and engage with pop culture! Those cool, plugged in creators driving entertainment and cultural conversations (know how to authentically infiltrate it)!
  • Foster community by engaging followers, responding to DMs/comments, and building brand loyalty
  • Obsess over the newest AI tools! Master them before everyone else and use them to create scroll stopping social content. (Fast, efficient, and always ahead of the curve!)
  • Willing to travel as needed to LA at least once a month. We want you to be on set to capture fun footage to post onto our social channels

Requirements

  • 7+ years of social media marketing experience
  • People management experience strongly preferred
  • Camera facing (comfortable appearing in video content)
  • Deeply plugged into pop culture, BookTok, romance shows, and trends, with a strong record of creating viral content
  • Highly strategic, analytical, and creative. Has a strong grasp of social media KPIs and analytics along with being able to translate insights into actions
  • Skilled in content creation, editing, design with tools such as Capcut, Adobe, Canva, AI tools
  • Able to demonstrate trend driven campaigns by providing results and key learnings
  • Experienced in growing brands from launch to maturity and shaping their social identities
  • Strong enthusiasm for the Galatea stories and CandyJarTV content
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Preferred

  • Autonomous
  • Bring solutions instead of problems
  • Data driven
  • Quick to action
  • A high functioning workaholic
  • Looking for exponential career growth
  • Have lots of fun building a generational AI x Entertainment company

Benefits

  • 401k plan, designed to help you save for the future
  • Health benefits tailored to your needs, including medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Professional coaching for everyone
  • Team-building events, including our annual Tulum trip
  • Unlimited access to our Galatea app and CandyJar TV app
  • Unlimited budget for self-development books
  • Charity donation of your choice at your one year anniversary
  • Free lunch in office everyday
  • Class Pass membership for US based employee and gym access for Berlin employees
  • Dog friendly offices in San Francisco & Berlin
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Inkitt

3.9 Glassdoor

Inkitt is building the Disney of the 21st century - the most data-driven, the most AI-driven company in the world of entertainment. Leveraging AI and predictive algorithms, Inkitt discovers unknown stories and turns them into blockbuster hits, producing a new $1M ebook every 4 weeks and selling directly to consumers through its Galatea app. Inkitt has become the 11th most bestseller-generating publisher in the world, boasting a 40x higher hit-rate than traditional publishers. Recently raising a Series C and backed by some of the top VC’s such as: Khosla, Kleiner Perkins, and NEA Ventures. Most recently, we launched CandyJar TV, where we’re turning the million-dollar hits into actual TV series and directly selling them episode by episode.

Founded in 2014
San Francisco, California, USA
262 employees (175 in marketing)
69% recommend to a friend
72% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
1.6M
Traffic Source Mix
Search
42.9%
Direct
49.6%
Referral
3.8%
Social
3.4%
Paid
0.2%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~262

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
160 (61% of company)
Median Career Experience
9 years
Median Tenure
1.9 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
3

Funding

Total Funding
$117M
Last Raise
$37M
Series C, 2 years ago

Funding History

  • Feb 2024
    Series C • $37M
  • Mar 2022
    Series Unknown
  • Oct 2021
    Series B • $59M

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