Head of Social

New York City, NY (On-site)

$150K/yr – $180K/yrSenior LevelFull time

Posted 2 days ago

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Job Summary

Own Novig's global social content strategy and team execution across platforms, setting editorial direction, cadence, and performance-driven decisions.

  • Own the social voice and editorial standards across platforms
  • Build and mentor a high-performing social team and develop repeatable processes

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • - Own Novig's social content strategy across Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube, Meta, Reddit, and Discord, setting the editorial direction and the content pillars the team builds against
  • - Be the nucleus of the brand on the front lines. You hold the voice, the taste, and the standard, and you make sure everything that goes out feels like Novig and nothing else
  • - Manage and develop the team of internal social sports journalists, producers, and contributors. Set priorities, give real feedback, raise the bar on what ships
  • - Run a consistent editorial cadence, planning sessions, series mapping, format ideation, so the team always knows what is next and why
  • - Read performance across platforms and formats and turn it into clear calls on what to scale and what to cut
  • - Jump into execution when the moment demands it. Live events, breaking news, a trend that needs a same day turn
  • - Build with Design and Creative to extend the Novig design system across every brand channel
  • - Work with Partnerships to bring creators, affiliates, pro teams, and collaborators into the content itself, not just the caption
  • - Own and evolve the social tech stack, data feeds, alerts, automations, workflows, so the team stays fast and the work lands in front of the right people
  • - Turn wins into repeatable playbooks so growth comes from systems

Benefits

  • - 100% health premiums covered
  • - 99% dental & vision covered
  • - 401(k) with 4% company match
  • - HSA + $1,080 annual company contribution
  • - $50/monthly company contribution to employee transit
  • - $27/day lunch stipend when working from our NYC office
  • - $35/day dinner stipend when working from the NYC office after 6:30pm
  • - Meaningful equity for every employee, regardless of role
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Forerunner

Forerunner is a venture capital firm dedicated to the modern consumer and the ambitious teams reshaping categories. Since our inception in 2012, the consumer has been our North Star. We commit ourselves to having a constant pulse on what people are doing and why via ongoing research, and closely observe how world events shape the way we live.We’ve invested in category-defining companies such as Chime, Faire, OURA, Hims&Hers, The Farmer’s Dog, Glossier, Ritual, and more. With nearly $3 billion in assets under management and hundreds of investments to date, Forerunner is amongst the only women-led venture capital firms to achieve such milestones.

Founded in 2012
San Francisco, California, USA
20 employees (2 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
44.1K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
36.9%
Direct
52%
Referral
5.7%
Social
3.7%
Paid
1.4%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~20

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
2 (10% of company)
Median Tenure
2.3 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

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