Manager, Social Media Strategy & Content

Boston, MA (Hybrid)

$106K/yr – $132K/yrManager5+ years expFull time

Posted 22 hrs ago

Job Summary

Owns the development and execution of Ocean Spray's social vision and content strategy, leads the Organic Social Content Strategy, and helps design the future-state social operating model and cross-functional partnerships.

  • Owns a forward-looking social vision aligned with brand ambition and business goals
  • Directs content frameworks, formats, and creator collaborations across channels
  • Builds and scales social capabilities through governance, partnerships, and technology

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Define Ocean Spray's Social Vision
  • Develop and own a forward-looking social media vision and content strategy that reflects Ocean Spray's brand ambition, creative direction, and business goals.
  • Establish a clear point of view on the role social should play across brand building, culture, community, commerce, and consumer engagement.
  • Move the organization from reactive social execution toward a proactive, strategically-led content ecosystem.
  • Identify emerging opportunities, platforms, and consumer behaviors that will shape the future of the brand's social presence.
  • Lead Organic Social Content Strategy
  • Develop distinct content frameworks, editorial approaches, and creative systems that deliver consistent, compelling brand storytelling across channels.
  • Introduce new content formats, narrative structures, creator models, and production approaches that evolve beyond historical playbooks while maintaining strong performance.
  • Ensure content reflects Ocean Spray's creative standards and brand voice while remaining relevant to social audiences.
  • Balance participation in culture and trends with a disciplined focus on long-term brand equity and distinctiveness.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in social media strategy, content strategy, digital marketing, or integrated brand communications.
  • Proven experience developing and leading social strategies for major consumer brands, agencies, or media organizations.
  • Demonstrated ability to build content ecosystems that drive both brand growth and audience engagement.
  • Experience managing agencies, creators, production partners, and cross-functional stakeholders.
  • Strong understanding of the social media landscape, platform evolution, creator economy, and content trends.
  • Education: Bachelor's or University Degree (Required)
  • Work Experience: At least 5 Years of Experience
  • Preferred Experience: Experience building, leading, or optimizing social media team structures
  • Preferred Experience: Experience developing content strategies across organic social, influencer, community management, and social-first creative.
  • Preferred Experience: CPG, food and beverage, lifestyle, or consumer brand experience preferred.

Preferred

  • Experience building, leading, or optimizing social media team structures
  • Experience developing content strategies across organic social, influencer, community management, and social-first creative.
  • CPG, food and beverage, lifestyle, or consumer brand experience preferred.

Benefits

  • Complete insurance package on Day-1 that includes a plethora of health and wellness programs
  • Health, Dental and Vision insurance
  • Health savings account
  • Flexible spending account
  • Life and accident insurance
  • Employee assistance program
  • Telehealth services
  • 1:1 health coaching
  • Supportive benefits for all the stages of your life
  • 401(k) with up to 6% Company matching; additional potential discretionary match at year-end
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Ocean Spray Cranberries

3.6 Glassdoor

Ocean Spray is a vibrant agricultural cooperative owned by more than 700 cranberry farmers in the United States, Canada and Chile who have helped preserve the family farming way of life for generations. Formed in 1930, Ocean Spray is now the world’s leading producer of cranberry juices, juice drinks and dried cranberries and is the best-selling brand in the bottled juice category. The cooperative’s cranberries are currently featured in more than a thousand great-tasting, good-for-you products in roughly 100 countries worldwide. With approximately 2,000 team members and nearly 20 cranberry receiving and processing facilities worldwide, Ocean Spray is committed to managing our business in a way that respects and cares for our communities, team members and the environment. For more information about our family-farmer owned cooperative, visit www.oceanspray.com.For close to 90 years, Ocean Spray, its family-farmer owners, and our team members have had a long-standing passion for health, taste and authenticity in all our products. The innovative, entrepreneurial spirit of our founders remains rooted in our cooperative's culture and our commitment to be a farm-to-family, health and wellness company. Our north star is our purpose: connecting our farms to families for a better life.

Founded in 1930
Lakeville, Massachusetts, USA
2K employees (140 in marketing)
65% recommend to a friend
99% CEO approval

Salaries

Posted range

$106K/yr – $132K/yr

Taken straight from the job posting.

The middle of this range ($119K) is 47% above the median base salary for Social Media Manager roles in the United States ($81K).

Social Media Manager median pay in the United States

$83K/yr

Most pay falls between $70K and $98K. Based on 623 salaries.

See all Ocean Spray Cranberries salaries

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
114 (6% of company)
Median Career Experience
12 years
Median Tenure
3.9 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Funding

Total Funding
$20K
Last Raise
$20K
Grant, 2 years ago

Funding History

  • Jun 2024
    Grant • $20K
  • Oct 2016
    Seed

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
101.9K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
60.7%
Direct
29%
Referral
6.2%
Social
3.1%
Paid
0.9%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~2K
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Manager, Social Media Strategy & Content

Ocean Spray Cranberries · Boston, MA · Hybrid