Social Media Manager

New York City, NY (Hybrid)

$70K/yr – $90K/yrMid Level3+ years expFull time

Posted 3 weeks ago

Top 1% of applicants do these two things.

The other 99% submit and hope. You're about to do something different.

Job Summary

Own and optimize the global social media engine for iconic character brands, balancing content creation, calendar discipline, community-building, and paid tactics to move audiences and engagement on 10+ platforms.

  • Content & Community: Own creative content production, publishing cadence, and follower engagement to grow a passionate global fan base.
  • Strategy & Analytics: Lead annual audits, audience insights, and performance reporting to steer brand-level social decisions.
  • Partnerships & Execution: Identify creator/bartered opportunities, manage external partners, and align cross-functional teams on integrated campaigns.

Job Description

Responsibilities
King Features - A unit of Hearst logo

King Features - A unit of Hearst

King Features, a unit of Hearst, is the world’s premier distributor of comics, columns, editorial cartoons, puzzles and games, distributing in print and digital formats some 150 features to nearly 5,000 daily, Sunday, weekly and online newspapers and other publishers around the globe. From its many popular comic strips and panels to columns by well-known personalities, incisive editorial cartoons to a wide variety of puzzles and games, King Features covers the world with informative, entertaining features for today’s readers. Some of the company's most beloved comic properties include: Arctic Circle, Baby Blues, Beetle Bailey, Bizarro, Blondie, Curtis, Dennis the Menace, Dustin, Family Circus, Flash Gordon, Funky Winkerbean, Hagar the Horrible, Hi & Lois, Macanudo, Mother Goose & Grimm, Mutts, Popeye, The Phantom, Prince Valiant, Rhymes with Orange, Sally Forth, Sherman's Lagoon, Shoe and Zits. View all comics offerings here: https://kingfeatures.com/comics/comics-a-z/View all puzzle offerings here: https://kingfeatures.com/features/puzzlesandgames/View all columns here: https://kingfeatures.com/features/columns-a-z/King Features is also one of the largest and most experienced organizations in merchandise licensing and entertainment. Among its most beloved and successful classic characters are Popeye the Sailor Man and Olive Oyl. In recent years, the company has expanded its portfolio and now represents a varied array of pop culture and art properties.Find out more about licensing here: https://kingfeatures.com/licensing/

New York, New York, USA
74 employees (46 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
18.6K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
28.2%
Direct
62.1%
Referral
5.2%
Social
3.4%
Paid
0.9%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~74

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
20 (27% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1