Social Strategist, YouTube Brand and Social Marketing

Los Angeles, CA (On-site)

$141K/yr – $206K/yrSenior Level6+ years expFull time

Posted 10 days ago

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Job Summary

Own the development of scalable social strategies and activation playbooks for YouTube Marketing, guiding cross‑functional collaboration with Editorial, Campaign, analytics and Brand Studio to drive always‑on and tentpole initiatives.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Build replicable frameworks, activation principles, and playbooks for implementation across YouTube Marketing in service of business impact, agility and speed-to-market.
  • Partner with Editorial and Campaign teams to implement social strategies that fuel healthy always-on channels and tentpole activations. Partner with regional teams to scale globally and support local implementation.
  • Drive initiative social strategy and thought-leadership in collaboration with campaign leads for priority product areas.
  • Partner with analysts to track social performance, develop recommendations to optimize in real-time, applying learnings to future campaigns, and reporting on impact.
  • Collaborate with Google Brand Studio to surface YouTube performance insights and extract actionable learnings from across the wider business.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 6 years of experience in social marketing.

Preferred

  • Experience developing and executing data-driven social strategies and playbooks for global brands.
  • Experience working cross-functionally with various stakeholders and teams.
  • Experience identifying and analyzing relevant data to inform decision-making and tailor storytelling to internal stakeholders at all levels, including executive leadership.
  • Deep subject matter expertise in social platforms, content formats, and algorithmic trends, including the YouTube ecosystem, creators and culture. Experience managing paid social campaigns.
  • Strong autonomy in leading global projects with multiple stakeholders across a matrixed organization.
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