Social Media Specialist

San Diego, CA (Hybrid)

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

Posted 2 hrs ago

Job Summary

Own and execute social media and influencer programs, oversee community management, coordinate creators, and deliver client-facing updates and insights.

  • Lead development and execution of social media and influencer campaigns for clients
  • Drive audience research, insights, and real-time opportunities to inform programs
  • Support ongoing client communication and status updates to keep programs on track

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Support the development and execution of social media and influencer strategies and campaigns for clients
  • Oversee community management to ensure client channels are active, responsive and running smoothly
  • Manage UGC programs, including creator coordination, budgets, timelines and deliverables
  • Support client relationships through day-to-day communication, calls, status updates and follow-through
  • Conduct audience research, social listening and monitoring to identify insights and opportunities
  • Identify real-time cultural and social opportunities that can help clients show up in relevant and meaningful ways
  • Build agendas, calendars, meeting notes, reports and other materials that keep clients and teams aligned

Requirements

  • 3+ years of experience managing social media, influencer or digital programs; agency experience preferred
  • Strong understanding of social media strategy and creative best practices across platforms including Meta, TikTok, YouTube, LinkedIn and X
  • Experience working with influencers, creators, UGC and/or affiliate programs
  • Ability to interpret social and influencer metrics and turn data into clear, actionable insights
  • Strong project management skills, with the ability to prioritize across multiple clients, programs and competing deadlines
  • Confidence working with clients, internal teams and external agency partners
  • Familiarity with social media, influencer management and analytics tools such as Sprout Social, Hootsuite, Sprinklr, Meltwater

Benefits

  • The opportunity to work across social, influencer, PR and digital, rather than operating in a silo
  • Exposure to a diverse portfolio of lifestyle and consumer brands and the chance to work on programs that move at the speed of culture
  • A collaborative team environment where ideas, curiosity and proactive thinking are valued
  • The opportunity to build meaningful client relationships and grow into a stronger strategist and account leader
  • Hands-on experience across influencer marketing, UGC, paid social, affiliate, community management and emerging digital platforms
  • A role where you can bring ideas to the table, test new approaches and help shape how clients show up in culture
  • 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
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The Shipyard

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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

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
64 (21% of company)
Median Tenure
2.4 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

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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