Social Media Specialist

Los Angeles, CA (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableMid Level2+ years expPermanent

Posted 1 day ago

Job Summary

Own and lead the North America organic social program, shaping strategy, production, and performance across channels while driving a data-informed content roadmap and cross-functional collaboration.

  • Own metrics for organic social and translate insights into actions
  • Produce flagship content and experiment with AI-driven formats

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead the organic social strategy across North America (US) — channel mix, content pillars, posting cadence, and platform-specific approaches.
  • Define what good looks like for our channels and translate brand strategy into social-native ideas that actually perform on each platform.
  • Set quarterly priorities and a content roadmap aligned with brand campaigns, commercial moments, and platform trends.
  • Personally produce flagship content and AI-driven experiments — you should be in the tools, not just briefing them.
  • Build with generative tools (e.g. Kling, Higgsfield, Veo, Sora, Runway, Midjourney, ElevenLabs) and adopt new ones as they emerge. Specific tools matter less than fluency and taste.
  • Maintain a consistent weekly publishing cadence across priority channels to keep our communities active and our accounts present in the algorithm, using AI-driven production to make that volume possible without dropping the bar on quality.
  • Prototype new formats and content concepts that the rest of the team can then scale into a repeatable production line.
  • Partner with the Social Media Manager for INTL on shared creative standards, AI tooling, production workflows, and the use of shared resources across the function.
  • Work closely with the Creative Director on visual identity, campaign integration, and creative quality.
  • Coordinate with regional market leads, PR, performance marketing, and brand to keep social aligned with the wider company narrative.

Requirements

  • Portfolio required. Please submit a link or PDF with your application showing examples of social content you have personally produced, including AI-generated work. A brief document, a portfolio site, or a curated set of live post links all work — candidates without a portfolio won't be assessed.
  • 2–4 years in social media, with at least one year of strategic ownership of a brand channel (not purely scheduling/community).
  • Deep cultural fluency with how Gen Z audiences consume and create on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube — formats, humor, aesthetic codes, and the cadence at which trends rise and burn out.
  • Demonstrable portfolio of AI-generated social content. We will look at the actual work — examples might include AI video (Kling, Higgsfield, Veo, Sora, Runway), AI imagery (Midjourney, Flux), AI audio/voice (ElevenLabs), or hybrid workflows.
  • Native or proficient English.
  • Deep platform fluency on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube — formats, algorithm behaviour, and what audiences in INTL markets actually respond to.
  • Comfort with data: you can read a content performance report and tell the team what to do next.
  • Hands-on experience pulling, interpreting, and acting on social data — using either platform-native analytics (TikTok Studio, Meta Business Suite, YouTube Studio) or third-party tools (Sprout, Dash Hudson, Brandwatch, or similar).
  • Self-directed. You can take an ambiguous brief and come back with a plan, not more questions.
  • Experience running social for a brand operating across multiple European markets.

Preferred

  • Comfortable being on camera. A meaningful share of our content works best when filmed first-person — trying a deal, walking through an experience, reacting in real time — and willingness to record yourself for that kind of content is a plus.
  • Experience leading or mentoring others, even informally.
  • Experience working across multiple markets or time zones.
  • A track record of being early to a platform or format that later went mainstream.
  • Light motion design or visual storytelling chops.
  • Background in marketplaces, e-commerce, or local services.
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Founded in 2008
Chicago, Illinois, USA
10K employees (3,447 in marketing)

Salaries

Social Media median pay in the United States

$78K/yr

Most pay falls between $64K and $100K. Based on 4,035 salaries.

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
3,238 (31% of company)
Median Tenure
5.8 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
2

Funding

Total Funding
$1.6B
Last Raise
$244M
Post IPO Debt

Funding History

  • Jun 2025
    Post IPO Debt • $244M
  • Nov 2022
    Post IPO Equity
  • Dec 2019
    Post IPO Equity

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
20.1M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$4.3M
Traffic Source Mix
Search
41.3%
Direct
52.2%
Referral
3.9%
Social
1%
Paid
1.4%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~10.4K

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