Content Marketing Strategist (Social & Creator)

New York City, NY (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableMid Level3+ years expFull time

Posted 1 month ago

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Job Summary

Own social content for a fast growing wellness brand while building the content engine, coordinating creators, and shaping storytelling that informs campaigns and ad creative.

  • Social content ownership across Instagram and TikTok with a live, data driven iteration loop
  • Build and manage a creator/UGC pipeline, briefs, and production cadence
  • Cross functional alignment with Brand, Paid, and Digital to feed campaigns and creative

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Own Plant People’s social content strategy across Instagram and TikTok—defining how we show up and what stories we tell
  • Build our content engine from the ground up—sourcing and managing photographers, videographers, and creative collaborators
  • Develop clear, actionable briefs that enable fast, high-quality execution
  • Create content yourself when needed—shooting on iPhone, editing in CapCut, and moving quickly without a crew
  • Partner cross-functionally (Brand, Paid, Digital) to ensure content aligns with campaigns and informs ad creative
  • Collaborate on influencer and UGC strategy—from sourcing to briefing to performance
  • Manage the content calendar across launches, campaigns, retail moments, and cultural opportunities
  • Track performance and iterate quickly—refining hooks, formats, and cadence based on data
  • Stay ahead of trends and platform shifts—knowing when to participate and when to protect the brand
  • Maintain a sharp, consistent editorial voice across all content and touchpoints

Requirements

  • 3+ years in social/content, including 1–2 years in-house at a brand (CPG, wellness, beauty, or DTC preferred)
  • Experience both creating content yourself and directing others—your portfolio reflects both
  • Strong strategic foundation—comfortable building content calendars, channel strategies, and briefs tied to business goals
  • Hands-on creator—confident shooting on iPhone and editing in tools like CapCut
  • Deep fluency in Instagram and TikTok—understanding what performs and what feels native
  • Strong writer with a sharp editorial eye across captions, hooks, and scripts
  • Experience managing creators and UGC—from sourcing to briefing to performance oversight
  • Data-informed mindset—you create for engagement and conversion, not just aesthetics
  • Self-starter with high ownership in a fast-paced, scrappy environment
  • Genuine interest in wellness, functional ingredients, and Plant People’s mission

Preferred

  • Genuine interest in wellness, functional ingredients, and Plant People’s mission

Benefits

  • We prioritize the well-being of our team. As a growing company, we strive to offer meaningful perks and benefits, including:
  • Opportunity to help shape one of the country's fastest-growing supplement brands
  • Competitive compensation
  • Company stock package
  • Competitive vacation, PTO and sick day policies
  • Company-subsidized healthcare (medical) and dental & vision programs
  • Annual summer work-from-anywhere policy (all August)
  • Additional vacation days and lengthy sabbatical the longer you stay
  • Equity participation aligned with long-term company growth
  • 401(k) program up to the full IRS employee deferral limit
  • Wellness reimbursement program (gym, groceries, meditation and more)
  • Additional vacation days and sabbatical opportunities for long-term employees
  • Quarterly company-wide mental health days
  • Team-building events, offsites and social gatherings
  • Free product and friends & family discounts
  • A thoughtful, motivated team that values both balance and excellence
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Plant People

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Plant People makes advanced wellness accessible through practitioner-grade supplements derived from USDA-Organic, functional mushrooms, hemp, adaptogens and vitamins. Our products are doctor-formulated, non-GMO, cGMP, vegan and junk-free (parabens, sulfates, fragrances, etc.). Currently sold at Whole Foods Market, Erewhon, The Vitamin Shoppe and so many more retailers! :)

Founded in 2017
Austin, Texas, USA
35 employees (6 in marketing)
51% recommend to a friend

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
40.6K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$19.4K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
33.8%
Direct
53.1%
Referral
5.4%
Social
5.6%
Paid
1.9%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~35

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
5 (14% of company)
Median Career Experience
7 years
Median Tenure
2.5 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Funding

Last Raise
Series Unknown, 4 years ago