Social Marketing Channel Manager

Bethesda, MD (Hybrid)

$100K/yr – $158K/yrSenior Level8+ years expFull time

Posted 1 day ago

Job Summary

Own the publishing calendar and program cadence across GEICO brand social channels, ensuring on-brand, compliant content while coordinating with Legal, Creative, and Analytics on real-time opportunities.

  • Own social publishing workflow across GEICO brand channels
  • Ensure content meets brand, strategy, and rights requirements
  • Collaborate with Legal, Creative, and Analytics to resolve issues

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Social Programming & Publishing
  • - Own the publishing calendar and programming cadence across all GEICO brand social accounts, balancing always-on content with real-time opportunities
  • - Serve as the final checkpoint on what publishes, ensuring content is on-brand, on-strategy, and technically ready for each platform
  • Tag, Collab & Rights Compliance
  • - Manage tag and collab mechanics for partner, creator, and co-branded content, ensuring every post meets platform and legal requirements
  • - Own compliance tracking for talent and IP usage rights, maintaining clear records of what's licensed, for how long, and where it can run
  • - Partner with Legal and brand partners to flag and resolve rights issues before content goes live
  • Social Newsroom & Content Sourcing
  • - Act as social newsroom director, monitoring real-time trends, news, and cultural moments relevant to GEICO
  • - Source content from the most effective channels — creators, UGC, AI, agency partners, and internal teams — and route it into the publishing pipeline

Requirements

  • Experience: 8 + years managing social content programming, publishing operations, or channel management for a consumer brand or publisher
  • Service company context: Experience working inside a conversion-driven service business — financial services, insurance, or banking — where marketing is tied directly to customer acquisition and retention
  • Rights & compliance: Direct experience managing talent, influencer, or IP usage rights and tracking compliance across a fast-moving content pipeline
  • Content sourcing: Track record sourcing content from creators, stock services, or agency partners for real-time or newsroom-style publishing
  • Cross-functional fluency: Solid background partnering with cross-functional teams, including Legal, Creative, and Analytics
  • Tools: Proficient in Microsoft Suite and project or content management software such as Airtable ; comfortable using AI tools like Claude or Copilot to stay organized ; well versed in Sprinklr
  • Communication: Stellar written and verbal communication skills
  • Education: Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Preferred

  • Extensive fluency in social platform mechanics and publishing tools — native scheduling, tagging, and analytics dashboards
  • Direct experience negotiating or administering creator and influencer contracts and usage rights
  • A genuine interest in social media and culture, with a habit of staying on top of platform trends and rights or compliance changes

Benefits

  • Great Company: At GEICO, we help our customers through life's twists and turns. Our mission is to protect people when they need it most and we're constantly evolving to stay ahead of their needs. We're an iconic brand that thrives on innovation, exceeding our customers' expectations and enabling our collective success. From day one, you'll take on exciting challenges that help you grow and collaborate with dynamic teams who want to make a positive impact on people's lives.
  • Great Careers: We offer a career where you can learn, grow, and thrive through personalized development programs, created with your career — and your potential — in mind. You'll have access to industry leading training, certification, career mentorship and coaching with supportive leaders at all levels.
  • Great Culture: We foster an inclusive culture of shared success, rooted in integrity, a bias for action, and a winning mindset. Grounded by our core values, we have an established culture of caring, inclusion, and belonging that values different perspectives.
  • Great Rewards: We offer compensation and benefits built to enhance your physical well-being, mental and emotional health, and financial future — including market-competitive compensation, a 401K savings plan vested from day one with a 6% match, performance and recognition-based incentives, tuition assistance, mental healthcare, fertility and adoption assistance, and the GEICO Flex program offering up to four weeks of remote work per year.
  • A Note on Applications: We encourage you to apply even if you don't believe you meet every single qualification listed. Strong candidates rarely check every box — and research consistently shows that people from underrepresented groups are more likely to hold back when they're not a perfect match on paper. If this role sounds like work you'd be excited to do, we want to hear from you. #LI-HB1
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GEICO

GEICO (Government Employees Insurance Company) offers a variety of insurance such as vehicle, property, business, life, umbrella, travel, pet, jewelry and more. The company, which was founded in 1936, is the third-largest auto insurer in the United States and insures vehicles in all 50 states and Washington, D.C. GEICO, a member of the Berkshire Hathaway family of companies, constantly strives to make lives better by protecting people against unexpected events while saving them money and providing an outstanding customer experience. Visit geico.com to learn more ▪️ Building a Diverse Workforce ▪️We are building a diverse and inclusive workforce. GEICO is dedicated to fostering a workplace where everyone feels valued, respected and supported. Our company is focused on building a diverse workforce through a culture of intentional inclusion. ▪️ Supporting Our Communities ▪️Our commitment to being an engaged and involved corporate citizen is important to us. We work with supportive partners across the country that help us provide resources for people in need. Authenticity and inclusiveness are paramount as we give back to our communities. ▪️GEICO Cares ▪️ Our employees can make a big impact by participating in company-wide social impact programs such as Giving Back Together and FastPitch. They can also volunteer with local and national organizations such as Shoes That Fit, Reading is Fundamental, and more. To learn more, visit GEICO in the Community. GEICO Has Office Locations In: Regional offices: •Buffalo, New York •Dallas, Texas •Fredericksburg, Virginia •Indianapolis, Indiana •Lakeland, Florida •Macon, Georgia •San Diego, California •Tucson, Arizona •Virginia Beach, Virginia •Woodbury, New York Service centers: •Honolulu, Hawaii •Kansas City, Kansas •Iowa City, Iowa Claims centers: •Houston, Texas •Marlton, New Jersey •Seattle, Washington Headquarters Chevy Chase, MD

Founded in 1936
Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA
31K employees (459 in marketing)

Salaries

Posted range

$100K/yr – $158K/yr

Taken straight from the job posting.

The middle of this range ($129K) is 20% above the median base salary for Channel Marketing Manager roles in the United States ($108K).

Channel Marketing Manager median pay in the United States

$108K/yr

Most pay falls between $100K and $123K. Based on 50 salaries.

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Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
13.1M
Traffic Source Mix
Search
31.3%
Direct
62.4%
Referral
4.3%
Social
0.2%
Paid
1.7%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~31K
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Social Marketing Channel Manager

GEICO · Bethesda, MD · Hybrid