Social Media Manager
CaptionsCaptions is the leading video AI company, building the future of video creation. Over 10 million creators and businesses have used Captions to create videos for social media, marketing, sales, and more. We're on a mission to serve the next billion.
We are a rapidly growing team of ambitious, experienced, and devoted engineers, researchers, designers, marketers, and operators based in NYC. You'll join an early team and have an outsized impact on the product and the company's culture.
We’re very fortunate to have some the best investors and entrepreneurs backing us, including Index Ventures (Series C lead), Kleiner Perkins (Series B lead), Sequoia Capital (Series A and Seed co-lead), Andreessen Horowitz (Series A and Seed co-lead), Uncommon Projects, Kevin Systrom, Mike Krieger, Lenny Rachitsky, Antoine Martin, Julie Zhuo, Ben Rubin, Jaren Glover, SVAngel, 20VC, Ludlow Ventures, Chapter One, and more.
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** Please note that all of our roles will require you to be in-person at our NYC HQ (located in Union Square) **
About the role:
We’re looking for a Social Media Manager who feels comfortable growing our social presence from the ground up. In this role, you will work on both the social strategy and execution across our channels, with the goal of driving further brand awareness and user education. You will establish content pillars across social channels, own the company content calendar, orchestrate content production, create content yourself, and manage postings and reactions.
This role requires someone who lives and breathes social, with a keen sense of what will perform, from YouTube tutorials to Reels to tweets. You’re energized by the prospect of building a large audience across platforms.
Key Qualifications:
5+ years of professional experience successfully managing and growing a brand’s social media presence, with a focus on video-heavy channels like YouTube, Instagram (Reels), and TikTok.
You have experience switching between planning and execution work. This includes developing a strategy for various social channels, creating monthly or weekly content calendars, and executing against your own plan.
You’re organized, adept at juggling multiple tasks and priorities, and have a system to ensure things don’t slip through the cracks.
You have a strong aesthetic eye, are a strong writer, and exhibit solid editorial judgment. This translates to a talent for developing captivating content that aligns with our brand's identity .
You’re very much online and deeply understand internet culture and how to engage and create social trends.
You have a strong camera presence and experience creating content yourself .
Bonus Points:
You understand how organic search ties into content creation on YouTube (e.g. what topics to prioritize).
You follow tech Twitter, understand what lands, and feel comfortable joining the conversation.
A deep understanding of the creator and video editing space.
Benefits:
Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans
401K with employer match
Commuter Benefits
Catered lunch multiple days per week
Dinner stipend every night if you're working late and want a bite!
Doordash DashPass subscription
Health & Wellness Perks (Talkspace, Kindbody, One Medical subscription, HealthAdvocate, Teladoc)
Multiple team offsites per year with team events every month
Generous PTO policy and flexible WFH days
Captions provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
Please note benefits apply to full time employees only.