Social Media Designer

Bellevue, WA (Hybrid)

$143K/yr – $197K/yrSenior Level

Posted 4 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own social creative for a security brand, delivering scroll-stopping, shareable content and scalable advocacy while keeping Okta’s visual language fresh and platform aware.

  • Engagement-driven Creative: Build social-native formats that translate campaigns into quick, repeatable assets.
  • Story-to-Visual Translation: Turn complex stories like Okta Secures AI into attention grabbing visuals you can share.
  • Platform Trend Discovery: Stay ahead of feed trends and deploy learnings across channels.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead design for Okta's organic social channels, from concept to published asset, across static, carousel, and feed-first formats
  • Build and evolve recurring creative formats so business initiatives translate into channel-native content quickly
  • Translate the "Okta Secures AI" story into visually compelling ideas that earn attention, engagement, and shares
  • Bring cultural relevance into the work in a way that fits a trusted security brand
  • Design assets and formats for our social advocacy program, built so employees and partners can share Okta content through their own networks at scale
  • Partner with the video team to elevate the performance of our YouTube channel by designing high-impact thumbnails, playlist art, and supporting visual assets
  • Evolve the brand expression for social while protecting our distinctive brand assets
  • Test new formats and ideas, learn from how they perform, and turn what works into repeatable best practices that raise the bar over time
  • Present creative direction to stakeholders and mentor other designers who contribute to social
  • Stay ahead of platform changes and feed trends, and bring those opportunities back to the team

Requirements

  • A standout portfolio of social-first work that stopped the scroll, drove engagement, and stayed on brand
  • Senior-level experience designing for social channels, ideally in-house at a brand or in a social-native environment, with a track record of leading work independently
  • Expert command of feed-native design and platform best practices, including YouTube
  • A proven ability to design for engagement and sharing, and to make technical or abstract subject matter genuinely interesting
  • Strong cultural instinct and the judgment to know how far to take it
  • Expert proficiency in the Adobe Creative Suite and Figma
  • A test-and-learn mindset: comfortable experimenting, reading engagement data, and using what you learn to sharpen the work
  • Ability to work fast, iterate, and thrive in a high-trust environment where there is always a new post tomorrow
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Preferred

  • Motion and video design experience is a strong plus
  • B2B or technology experience is a plus

Benefits

  • health, dental and vision insurance
  • 401(k)
  • flexible spending account
  • paid leave (including PTO and parental leave)
  • equity (where applicable)
  • bonus
  • RRSP with a match
  • healthcare spending
  • telemedicine
  • Total Rewards program
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Okta

3.7 Glassdoor

Okta secures AI.Okta is The World’s Identity Company. Freeing everyone to safely use any technology—anywhere, on any device or app.

Founded in 2009
San Francisco, California, USA
6.7K employees (499 in marketing)
65% recommend to a friend
75% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
175.4M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$318.8K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
10%
Direct
60.2%
Referral
27.9%
Social
0.2%
Paid
1.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~6.7K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
370 (6% of company)
Median Career Experience
13 years
Median Tenure
4.2 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
10

Funding

Total Funding
$1.2B
Last Raise
$1B
Post IPO Equity, 6 years ago

Funding History

  • Jun 2020
    Post IPO Equity • $1B
  • Mar 2017
    Secondary Market
  • Sep 2015
    Series F • $75M

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