Social Media Designer (Content Creator)

Cleveland, OH (Hybrid)

$60K/yr – $67K/yrMid Level3+ years expFull time

Posted 4 days ago

Job Summary

Own social-first creative production end to end for multiple clients, shaping calendars, video and photo content, and integrated campaigns across platforms.

  • Lead concepting and execution of social calendars and campaigns
  • Collaborate across social, PR, creative and account teams to bring campaigns to life
  • Track engagement and feed insights back into creative decisions

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute social-first creative across multiple clients, including graphics, posts, stories, reels and other digital content
  • Ideate, concept and execute social media calendars that bring brand strategies and narratives to life
  • Create and edit short-form video for platforms including Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube
  • Capture and edit photography and video content as needed for social channels and campaigns
  • Brainstorm creative ideas, social concepts and campaign opportunities that connect brands with their audiences
  • Stay plugged into social trends, emerging formats, sounds, conversations and cultural moments—and identify ways for clients to participate authentically
  • Write and/or support captions, headlines and social copy while helping maintain each brand’s voice and visual guidelines
  • Help develop and evolve brand guidelines and social creative best practices
  • Support community management by monitoring brand channels and engaging with audiences in a timely, thoughtful way
  • Collaborate with social, PR, creative, account and other agency disciplines to bring integrated campaigns and promotions to life

Requirements

  • 3–7 years of experience in graphic design, social media, marketing, content creation or a related field
  • A portfolio that demonstrates strong visual storytelling and social-first creative. School, freelance, personal and professional work all count
  • A strong visual eye and attention to detail, with an understanding of how creative needs to flex across social platforms
  • Experience creating content for platforms including Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube
  • Familiarity with tools such as Canva, Adobe Creative Suite, CapCut and Figma
  • A solid understanding of current social media trends, formats, sounds and audience behaviors
  • Strong organizational and communication skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines
  • A collaborative mindset and willingness to take direction, incorporate feedback and continuously improve the work
  • Curiosity and a desire to learn, experiment and stay ahead of how social and digital content is evolving

Preferred

  • Photography or videography
  • Short-form video editing
  • Motion graphics or animation
  • Copywriting
  • Branding and visual identity
  • Social media analytics
  • Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro or After Effects

Benefits

  • The overall target range of base compensation for this role is $60,000 - $67,000. Compensation offered will be determined by additional factors such as location and experience.
  • Open PTO
  • Flexible work hours and remote work
  • Paid holidays + holiday closure between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Day
  • Company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Life insurance and disability benefits
  • 401k program with employer matching
  • 6 weeks paid parental leave
  • Employee bonus referrals
  • Company-provided snacks and beverages (yes, beer/wine included)
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The Shipyard

3.6 Glassdoor

The Shipyard is a leading, independent agency that builds performance-driven brands audiences can’t help but love. By applying modern mindsets to established models, we fuel brand and marketing decisions that are more courageous and more validated. Our ability to align bold creativity with individual consumer motivations lets us do more than hope for brand love – we methodically engineer it throughout the consumer journey. That’s how we activate the synergistic power of brand building and performance marketing.The Shipyard. Engineering Brand Love through the courageous ambitions of our people and our clients.

Founded in 2014
Columbus, Ohio, USA
310 employees (107 in marketing)
71% recommend to a friend
92% CEO approval

Salaries

Posted range

$60K/yr – $67K/yr

Taken straight from the job posting.

Social Media median pay in the United States

$78K/yr

Most pay falls between $65K and $100K. Based on 4,224 salaries.

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
64 (21% of company)
Median Tenure
2.5 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
4

Funding

Total Funding
$59.5M
Last Raise
$59.5M
Private Equity, 3 years ago

Funding History

  • Aug 2023
    Private Equity • $59.5M

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
6.2K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
27.9%
Direct
49.4%
Referral
6.1%
Social
15.1%
Paid
1.4%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~310
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Social Media Designer (Content Creator)

The Shipyard · Cleveland, OH · Hybrid