Movers+Shakers - Freelance Social Media Manager

Social Media Manager is needed in Los Angeles, United States.

Client: Movers+Shakers

Location: Los Angeles, CA

Job Description

We are looking for a savvy, strategic, and culture-obsessed Freelance Social Media Manager to join our growing team. As a key player at our social-first agency, you’ll bring brand voices to life across platforms, craft scroll-stopping content, and keep your finger on the pulse of what’s trending. You will work collaboratively and cross-functionally with account management, creative, data, and production teams to develop and execute holistic social media content plans that align with client goals. This role will involve overseeing the daily flow of social content across all key touchpoints and platforms (particularly TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube Shorts), ensuring quality, consistency, and timely delivery. If you are passionate about internet culture, storytelling, and making brands shine in the social sphere, this opportunity may evolve into a temp-to-perm role.

Responsibilities

• Develop brand and content strategies that meet the goals of the brand.
• Understand and optimize content calendars for brands’ social media channels to support ongoing evergreen content and timely campaign needs.
• Advise and monitor social and community management tactics for key product launches, events, activations, and create proactive crisis management programs.
• Monitor content performance and develop weekly, monthly, and contribute to quarterly analytics reports to provide key insights and track against KPIs.
• Work with the data team to develop, present, and optimize weekly and monthly reports.
• Identify trending opportunities and cultural moments for the brand.
• Partner with the creative team to ideate relevant content that aligns with clients’ overarching social/channel strategies.
• Support content creation to ensure timely delivery while finding opportunities to maximize content.
• Engage with the community and participate in relevant cultural conversations to boost brand visibility.
• Analyze competition and best-in-class brands for inspiration, especially in new platform innovations.
• Extend the agency’s position as an industry thought leader through insights and analytics.

Qualifications

• 5-8 years of client-facing social media management experience for a brand with multiple product handles and/or strategy experience in a creative agency.
• Extensive experience managing social media channels.
• Strong experience in ideation and execution of various strategic approaches.
• Interest and experience with TikTok, Instagram, YouTube Shorts, Facebook, X, and Threads.
• Experience creating stories, carousels, or static content for different platforms.
• Experience with data, analytics, and content reporting.
• Strong copywriting and ideation skills.
• Passion for delighting clients and exceeding expectations.
• Comfortable in a fast-paced, sometimes unstructured working environment.
• Leadership ability to guide and empower the team to achieve objectives.
• Experience with Adobe Creative Suite is a plus.
• A self-starter with a keen awareness of new innovations and opportunities.
• Spreads joy!

Additional Information

We look forward to hearing from you! 🎵💃