Social Media Manager & Content Creator

New York City, NY (On-site)

$72K/yr – $84K/yrMid Level2+ years expFull time

Posted 13 days ago

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Job Summary

Own and manage the gallery’s social media voice across David Zwirner and David Zwirner Books, shaping content strategy, calendar planning, video production, asset coordination, influencer partnerships, and performance reporting under the guidance of the Social Media Director.

  • Publish and schedule content across multiple channels and ensure alignment with internal calendars.
  • Coordinate assets, captions, and cross-functional approvals for timely social delivery.
  • Develop short-form video and design briefs while exploring new features to grow audience and engagement.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Coordinate, produce, and publish content for all David Zwirner and David Zwirner Books social media channels, including Facebook, Threads, LinkedIn, and Instagram (including Stories, Reels).
  • Collaboratively develop, execute, and help further the creative vision and approach for content across all channels (excluding WeChat) under the leadership of Social Media Director and Head of Content.
  • Manage, maintain, and deploy a master content calendar in Notion, ensuring that key dates across all respective internal Marketing and Sales calendars are strategically integrated into social timelines.
  • Assist in the information gathering and copywriting process for post captions with support from Research and Content Editors.
  • Secure approved internal assets (with support from Photo, Research, and Content teams), in addition to sourcing relevant external/user-generated content and capturing content on-site, to be used in social posts.
  • Develop, produce, and edit short-form select video content for channels, including capturing on-site material in our galleries.
  • Collaborate on producing design briefs related to all social media campaign deliverables, as well as producing social media assets in accordance with best practices, both organic and paid. Liaise with the paid social team on content opportunities and social media best practices.
  • Support in identifying and developing relationships with social influencers and ambassadors year-round in the attendance and promotion of gallery programming.
  • Interface with cross-functional teams regarding daily content requests and proposals; manage the submission, feedback, and approval processes to completion, respecting all key dates and deadlines.
  • Help to publish, schedule, and distribute all approved content, with relevant CTAs and tracked links.

Requirements

  • BA (Art History, Administration, Marketing preferred)
  • 2-3 years related working experience; agency or equivalent experience a plus.
  • Experience managing content for multiple social media channels, and their related production and tracking tools.
  • Strong verbal and written skills, especially communicating internally to coordinate content from multiple departments.
  • Excellent writing/editing/visual/judgment skills.
  • An understanding of analytics and campaign measuring tools.
  • Detail-oriented, deadline-driven, with strong organizational and time-management skills.
  • Ability to multitask and communicate effectively with different levels of the organization.
  • Basic-to-intermediate level knowledge of Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Premiere Pro required. Experience with Notion and Figma is a plus.

Benefits

  • David Zwirner has pioneered initiatives dedicated to the gallery’s long-standing commitment to kaleidoscopic storytelling, including: David Zwirner Online , David Zwirner Books , Dialogues , Utopia Editions , and Consignments .
  • Premier Access - to private on-site and off-site events, such as exhibition previews, book signings, talks, and walkthroughs with gallery artists and estate members, and external curators and scholars.
  • Staff-driven projects and fundraising initiatives. This includes David Zwirner's commitment to Galleries Commit .
  • Benefits! Flexible workplace and commuter benefits, corporate memberships to museums, including the Whitney, MOMA, and others. Summer Fridays, generous PTO and leave, and family medical, dental, and vision benefits. 401K savings plan with automatic employer contributions.
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David Zwirner

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David Zwirner is a contemporary art gallery with locations in New York, Los Angeles, London, Paris, and Hong Kong, and currently represents more than seventy artists and estates. The gallery has been home to innovative, singular, and pioneering exhibitions across a variety of media and genres. Active in both the primary and secondary markets, David Zwirner has helped foster the careers of some of the most influential artists working today and has maintained long-term representation of a wide-ranging, international group of artists.

Founded in 1993
New York, New York, USA
342 employees (117 in marketing)
51% recommend to a friend
40% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
204.3K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
52.5%
Direct
37.5%
Referral
6.1%
Social
3.1%
Paid
0.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~342

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
52 (15% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
2

Funding

Total Funding
$2.6M
Last Raise
$2.6M
Series Unknown, 3 years ago

Funding History

  • Jun 2023
    Series Unknown • $2.6M

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