Senior Creative, Social

Pittsburgh, PA (On-site)

$143K/yr – $193K/yrSenior Level7+ years expFull time

Posted 8 days ago

Job Summary

Own the end-to-end social-native creative process from trend spotting to production, shaping Duolingo’s voice and enabling fast, high-impact ideas across TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, X and beyond.

  • Drive concepting, feedback, and execution for social content
  • Lead cross-functional collaboration with brand, design, legal and partnerships to ship ambitious work

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Turn social moments into ideas that move beyond the feed, including stunts, billboards, products, mascot appearances, partnerships, pop-ups and more
  • Provide clear, actionable feedback to social content creators, helping make their work more ownable, culturally relevant and true to Duolingo
  • Develop and ship ambitious creative on internet timelines, often moving from opportunity to execution within one or two weeks
  • Identify validated trends, memes, fandoms and cultural moments where Duolingo can play a meaningful and unexpected role
  • Create original social-native content yourself when the strongest idea is still a great post, video or meme
  • Help steward and evolve Duolingo’s distinctive voice, visual language, characters and sense of humor across TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, X and emerging platforms
  • Work closely with social, brand marketing, design, production, PR, partnerships and legal to determine what we can make and how quickly we can make it
  • Present ideas clearly and persuasively, from a fast Slack pitch to a fully developed creative deck
  • Raise the creative standard of our daily social work while spotting opportunities with business impact and award-winning potential

Requirements

  • 7+ years of experience creating culturally relevant work for social platforms, brands, agencies, media companies or your own audience
  • A portfolio that demonstrates social-native thinking, strong concepts and excellent creative craft
  • Deep fluency in internet culture and an instinct for distinguishing an emerging opportunity from a dying trend
  • A clear point of view on what great social creative looks like now and where it’s going next
  • Strong copywriting skills and a sharp eye for art direction, design and visual storytelling
  • Expertise in short-form video, including concepting, directing and getting the work made
  • Experience turning cultural insights into ideas beyond social posts, such as experiential activations, earned-media stunts, OOH, products or partnerships
  • Experience giving direct, useful creative feedback that helps other creators improve their ideas and execution
  • The ability to operate at both the strategic and hands-on level; you’re not too senior to make things
  • Strong taste, low ego, and the ability to make the work better through collaboration

Preferred

  • Experience working across both in-house and agency or studio environments
  • A genuine obsession with Duolingo’s mission, product and characters

Benefits

  • Benefits: Take a peek at how we care for our employees' holistic well-being with our benefits here.
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$143K/yr – $193K/yr

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Senior Creative, Social

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