Social Media and Community Strategist

Germantown, MD (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableEntry Level1+ years expFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive social content for a consumer brand across platforms during a launch phase, with hands-on posting, community management, and influencer outreach.

  • Plain: 1–2 years of consumer-brand social media management and comfort on camera
  • Must-have: content strategy ownership and launch-minded execution
  • Standout: end-to-end collaboration across Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, and DMs

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Help manage and grow our Instagram and TikTok: content planning, posting, reels, stories, trends
  • Help launch and build our LinkedIn presence (brand story, founder content, behind-the-scenes)
  • Suggest other platforms we should be on — we’re open
  • Work with our creative agency and bakers to surface authentic content
  • Engage daily with our community: comments, DMs, shares, reposts — make people feel seen
  • Help shape our content strategy for the launch phase: what we post, when, how often
  • Track performance and share simple weekly insights: what’s working, what to double down on
  • Identify, suggest, and contact nano and micro influencers to collaborate with
  • Be the first point of contact for customer messages across social and email
  • Handle questions, delivery concerns, and feedback with warmth and efficiency

Requirements

  • High School Diploma or GED
  • Authorization to work in the U.S. without sponsorship
  • Ability to work in-person at our Germantown, MD office
  • Genuine love for food, craft, and quality
  • 1–2 years managing social media accounts, ideally for a consumer or food brand
  • Comfortable on camera and behind the camera — reels, TikToks, behind-the-scenes content
  • Strong written English — warm and friendly but professional
  • Organized enough to manage a content calendar and responsive enough to handle DMs same-day
  • A self-starter: we’ll support you, but we need someone who can run with it
  • Comfortable with ambiguity and eager to build processes from the ground up

Preferred

  • Bonus: experience with Klaviyo, Shopify, or community management tools

Benefits

  • A unique opportunity to grow with an early-stage initiative and take on increasing responsibility as the brand and e-commerce business scale
  • Hands-on learning and exposure to both execution and strategy, with the ability to shape how we show up across channels
  • Direct collaboration with a small passionate founding team where your ideas will be heard and who will give you real ownership
  • A front-row seat to launching a new direct to consumer e-commerce service (and brand) backed by a 12-year bakery with a loyal community
  • Fresh bread. Genuinely.
  • Compensation based on experience and scope
  • 401K and employer match after 6 months
  • Employee discount in stores (40% off)
  • Exciting growth opportunities in a start up environment
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Fresh Baguette

Fresh Baguette brings the timeless craft of French baking to life, infused with innovation and creativity. Each day, our bakers prepare artisanal organic breads, scratch-made croissants, and hand-crafted pastries using only the finest ingredients. From the aroma of bread baking fresh all day to pastries as stunning as they are delicious, we create moments of pure indulgence.Born in America, with a growing number of bakery cafĂ©s in the Washington, D.C. area, Fresh Baguette proudly serves our communities with organic breads, viennoiseries, fresh sandwiches, fine pastries, and more. We also cater events of every size and partner wholesale with leading restaurants, select hotels, and retailers who share our passion for quality.Whether you’re stopping in for a morning croissant, sharing a spread of our signature Cro'gels with colleagues, or offering our breads and pastries to your own customers, our commitment to excellence never changes.Fresh Baguette is more than a bakery, it’s a team. And when you join us, you join people united by passion, creativity, and dedication to craft and service. We live our values every day: Integrity – Respect – Team Spirit – Reliability – Commitment – Customer Focus.From our people to our products, we believe in creating experiences that delight every sense and in sharing them with our community, partners, and team.

Founded in 2013
Rockville, Maryland, USA
71 employees

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
12.8K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
32.6%
Direct
49.2%
Referral
5.3%
Social
11.8%
Paid
1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~71