Social Media Specialist - 3 months

USA (Remote)

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Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Lead social media strategy and content production for a cross-platform micro-drama brand.

  • Own end-to-end social content across YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook.
  • Must-have: Minimum 5 years in digital marketing focused on content production and social media management.
  • Standout: Deep North American Gen Z and women audience insight with culture fluency.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead social media strategy for our client across multiple platforms, including YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook
  • Conduct ongoing assessment of social accounts, optimize bios, links, and platform-specific features (hashtags, pinned posts, story strategies) for maximum visibility
  • Promote organic growth and audience engagement by responding to comments and fostering audience relationships
  • Provide monthly performance dashboards that analyze reach, engagement, and click-through rates to app stores
  • Monitor short-form drama landscape and North American audience behaviors to ensure our strategy remains culturally fluent and differentiated
  • Lead end-to-end content creation by writing and producing high-volume social content, specifically optimized for each platform’s unique algorithm
  • Create vertical videos with “cliffhanger” clips, episode previews, and short form content that utilizes trending audio
  • Develop and maintain monthly editorial calendar aligned with major content releases and cultural tent-pole events
  • Help develop and uphold a comprehensive social media brand guide, ensuring all copy is socially savvy and consistent in tone
  • Collaborate with on-screen talent and third-party creators to develop organic feeling promotional content

Requirements

  • Minimum 5 years digital marketing experience specifically within content production and social media management
  • Proficiency in social media design and editing apps such as Photoshop, Premiere, CapCut, and/or Canva
  • Understanding of the social media landscape and audience engagement strategies
  • Proficiency creating short-form video content and writing engaging platform-specific copy
  • A deep understanding of North American pop culture trends, audience behaviors, and platform-specific nuances with a focus on Gen Z and women audiences
  • Experience working with cross-functional and remote teams in a fast-paced environment

Preferred

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    1021 Creative

    We’re 1021 Creative, a global cultural insights & curatorial studio.We help the world’s most influential brands and platforms decode what’s happening in culture—and make smarter, more meaningful decisions because of it.We’re a team of wonderers and wanderers: curious minds who move through the world, both physical and digital, to uncover the nuance of human experience. Our team spans 12 countries and speaks 28 languages, embedded in the communities where culture is lived, not just observed.From trend identification and audience insight to content strategy, music curation, and metadata optimization—we connect the dots between signal and story, noise and meaning.We help our clients:🔸 Stay ahead of cultural shifts and understand how to respond with clarity and confidence.🔸 Strengthen strategies, briefs, and audience experiences with real-world insight.🔸 Show up in culture with more relevance, resonance, and consistency.🔸 Make smarter decisions about what to say, where to say it, and who to say it to.That’s how we help brands stay relevant—not just in theory, but in execution.Our work is as strategic as it is soulful. As sharp as it is surprising. As global as it is grounded.Clients include Apple, YouTube, Snap, Amazon, National Geographic, HarperCollins, Keith Richards (yes, that Keith Richards), and more.

    Founded in 2014
    Los Angeles, California, USA
    225 employees (98 in marketing)

    Traffic Signals

    Monthly Visitors
    3.4K
    Traffic Source Mix
    Search
    19.7%
    Direct
    43%
    Referral
    17.6%
    Social
    18.4%
    Paid
    1.2%

    Headcount Trend

    Current headcount: ~225

    Marketing Team

    Marketing Team Size
    90 (40% of company)