Social Media Manager

Vista, CA (Remote)

$84K/yr – $132K/yrSenior Level7+ years expFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive social media strategy and leadership for multiple Watkins Wellness brands, building a compelling online presence and reputation.

  • Own social vision, strategy, and standards across Hot Spring, Caldera, and Endless Pools.
  • 7+ years in social media with people management and cross-brand experience.
  • Portfolio of social-first work with short-form video and hands-on ideation/capture/editing.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • You will own the social media vision, strategy, and standards across multiple brands, ensuring our presence is compelling, consistent, and commercially impactful.
  • Lead social media strategy for multiple brands (currently Hot Spring, Caldera, and Endless Pools), including channel selection, content approach, and prioritization in partnership with brand leaders.
  • Directly manage and develop two existing team members who execute online reputation management, social customer care, and community engagement.
  • Define social roadmaps, content standards, and success metrics, while ensuring consistent, high‑quality execution through your team and agency partners.
  • Support multiple brand stakeholders, balancing differing priorities, navigating approvals, and maintaining momentum across parallel workstreams.
  • Guide the development of social‑first, platform‑native content, including short‑form video, with hands‑on expertise in ideation, capture, and/or editing.
  • Oversee social content calendars, workflows, approvals, and quality control, partnering with copywriters and brand teams.
  • Maintain accountability for ratings, reviews, social listening, and online Voice of Customer insights, while execution is handled by direct reports.
  • Contribute to influencer and creator partnerships.
  • Collaborate with brand managers, marketing partners, customer care, and leadership to ensure social media and online reputation efforts support broader business goals

Requirements

  • 7+ years of progressive experience in social media, online reputation management, or related digital marketing disciplines
  • Prior people management experience is required; this role manages two direct reports
  • Proven experience leading social media and online reputation efforts across multiple brands or clients (agency backgrounds encouraged)
  • A portfolio of social-first work is required, including short form video
  • Must include work you personally influenced or created ( ideation, capture, and/or editing)
  • Strong understanding of major social media platforms, algorithms, and emerging content trends
  • Experience leveraging modern and AI assisted tools and workflows to scale content creation, insights, and efficiency while maintaining brand quality
  • Experience owning social content calendars, publishing workflows, approvals, and quality control
  • Familiarity with social listening, analytics, and reputation management platforms (Sprout Social experience a plus)
  • Experience working with influencer or creator programs
  • Strong project management skills and comfort collaborating across Brand, Product, Creative, Channel Marketing, and Customer Experience teams
  • Data informed mindset with experience translating social and Voice of Customer insights into actionable recommendations

Preferred

  • Agency backgrounds encouraged
  • Sprout Social experience a plus

Benefits

  • our employees are eligible to receive exceptional health and wellness benefits, paid time off, company bonus, profit sharing, 401k match, education assistance, and much more.
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Watkins Wellness

Watkins Wellness®, established in 1977 in Vista, Calif., is dedicated to promoting wellness to consumers who live active lifestyles and are health conscious. The company manufactures the Endless Pools® line of aquatic fitness products, and is also the world's largest manufacturer of hot tubs, including Hot Spring® Spas, Hot Spot® Spas, Caldera® Spas, and the American Hydrotherapy Systems spa brands. The Watkins Wellness dealer network extends into all 50 states and more than 70 countries. Watkins Wellness is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Masco Corporation (NYSE: MAS), a Fortune 500 company whose products include Behr® paint; Delta® and Hansgrohe® faucets, bath and shower fixtures; Kichler® lighting.

Founded in 1977
Vista, California, USA
682 employees (53 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
16.6K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
21.3%
Direct
71%
Referral
4.6%
Social
1.9%
Paid
1.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~680

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
42 (6% of company)