Social Media Manager

Thinkster; Pune District; On-site; INR 500,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

No cubicle culture

High-visibility brands

Creative freedom

Premium tools access

Direct creative input

Growth path

Bavdhan office

Job summary

Thinkster, Pune-based design-led digital marketing agency, seeks a Social Media Manager to own brand voices across multiple platforms, guide content strategy, and drive engagement and conversions. You’ll work across client rosters, balancing creative risk and data-driven optimization.

You’ll manage calendars, craft captions, and coordinate with design and copy teams, with room to experiment and scale performance for varied brands.

Qualifications

• 2–3 years in a social media role with portfolio.
• Fluent across Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and Twitter/X.
• Comfort juggling multiple brands and tones.
• Skilled with scheduling tools and analytics dashboards.
• Canva-savvy or Adobe-fluent; visual storytelling is a plus.
• Strong writing, creativity and self-starting mindset.
• Ability to brief designers clearly and work fast.

Responsibilities

• Develop content strategies for Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter/X and YouTube.
• Plan, schedule, and publish posts using scheduling tools.
• Create visuals or brief designers; edit Reels if needed.
• Track trends and analytics; report ROI in plain terms.
• Manage community, respond to DMs and comments.
• Collaborate with design/copy teams to stay on-brand.

Skills

2-3 years social media mgmt

Platform fluency

Scheduling tools

Analytics GA4

Canva/Adobe

Storytelling

Self-starter

Tools

Meta Business Suite

Hootsuite/Buffer/Later

Canva

Adobe

GA4

LinkedIn Campaign Manager

CapCut/Reels Editor

Job description

Thinkster Careers · Pune 2026

Looking for a Social Media Manager Job in Pune that actually lets you do real creative work? Thinkster is hiring a full-time social media manager in Pune to run the show — clicks, comments, conversions, and everything in between. If you can turn a brand into a personality and back it up with numbers, we’d love to talk.

So, What’s the Role? The Social Media Manager Job in Pune

We’re Thinkster — a design-led digital marketing agency that turns ideas into real campaigns. And we’re on the hunt for a social media manager who can do more than “just post stuff.”

You’ll be the strategist and the creative voice behind our brand (and our clients’) digital presence — from sharp captions to trend-aware Reels. If you can make a brand feel alive on the timeline and prove it with numbers, you’re the person we’re looking for.

This social media manager job in Pune isn’t a “make 10 posts a week and disappear” role. It’s a full creative-strategic position where you own the calendar, the captions, the community, and the conversions. You’ll work across multiple brands, multiple tones, and multiple platforms — with the freedom to experiment instead of running the same template every week.

What You’ll Actually Do (No Fluff, Just Real Work)

Strategy & Content

• Craft scroll-stopping content strategies for Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter (X), and YouTube
• Plan, schedule, and publish posts using Hootsuite, Buffer, or Later
• Create or brief visuals that match the quality of your captions (bonus if you can edit in Canva or Adobe)
• Stay glued to trends, memes, and algorithm changes — you’re the newsroom for our feeds
• Collaborate with the design and copy team to keep every post 100% on-brand

Community & Performance

• Respond to DMs and comments — make sure our community knows we see them
• Track analytics — know what’s working, what’s flopping, and what needs a refresh
• Manage paid social ads and optimize them until they’re driving real conversions
• Report on growth, engagement, and ROI — in plain English, not jargon
• Build content playbooks that scale across our growing client roster

You, If You’re the Right Fit — Social Media Manager With 2–3 Years Experience

We’re looking for a social media manager with 2–3 years of experience who’s past the “still figuring out captions” stage and ready to own brand voices. You already know what works on Instagram, what falls flat on LinkedIn, and what gets ignored on Twitter. Now you want a role that lets you apply that intuition at scale.

Must-Have

• 2–3 years as a social media manager, content marketer, or digital marketer
• Fluent across platforms — Instagram trends, LinkedIn etiquette, YouTube basics
• Comfortable juggling multiple brands and multiple tones without losing the plot
• Skilled in scheduling tools and analytics dashboards — Meta Business Suite, GA4, etc.
• Canva-savvy or Adobe-fluent — we’re not picky, just make it look good
• Strong writing skills, creative ideas, and a sense of storytelling
• Self-starter mindset — you don’t need micromanaging, just good briefs and good coffee

Bonus Points

• Experience running paid social campaigns on Meta and LinkedIn Ads
• Familiarity with influencer outreach and creator collaborations
• Comfort with short-form video editing for Reels and Shorts
• Understanding of community management at scale
• Prior agency experience handling multiple client accountsA portfolio of high-performing posts you can actually show us

Tools you’ll work with daily

• Meta Business Suite
• Hootsuite / Buffer / Later
• Canva & Adobe
• GA4
• LinkedIn Campaign Manager
• CapCut / Reels Editor

Why This Beats a Regular Social Media Marketing Job in Pune

There are plenty of social media marketing jobs in Pune right now. Most of them want a “social media specialist” who’ll churn out 30 posts a month from a brand guidelines PDF and never push back on a single creative call. After a few months, you’re not growing — you’re just maintaining.

This role is the opposite. You’ll have real ownership of the strategy, genuine influence over the creative direction, and the freedom to pitch ideas that may or may not work — because that’s how good social media actually happens. We didn’t earn our clients by following templates. We earned them by being braver than the rest of the timeline.

More Than an Instagram Marketing Job — Full-Platform Ownership

A lot of Instagram marketing jobs in Pune treat Instagram like the only platform that matters and stop there. That’s fine for entry-level roles. At this level, you need to think bigger. As our social media manager, Instagram is one part of the puzzle — but you’ll also handle LinkedIn for B2B narratives, YouTube for long‑form, Twitter (X) for cultural relevance, and Facebook for community and ad performance.

Each platform has its own grammar. We need someone who speaks all of them — and knows when to talk loud, when to keep it subtle, and when to just post the meme.

Where Social Meets Content Marketing & Digital Strategy

If you’ve been searching for a content marketing job in Pune but feeling boxed in by blog-and-newsletter-only roles, this position gives you the wider playground. Social, content, paid, community — it’s all connected, and you’ll see how each piece compounds the others.

You’ll also work alongside the team behind larger social media marketing campaigns and contribute social-first thinking to branding and rebranding projects. The exposure prepares you for a digital marketing manager track down the line — without forcing you to leave the social media craft you actually enjoy.

“Anyone can post. The job is to make people stop scrolling — and then make them care.”

Perks

• No cubicle culture — a creative, supportive, collaborative team
• Work on high-visibility brands and ambitious campaigns
• Freedom to pitch, experiment, and build your own content playbook
• Premium tool access — full licenses, not shared trial logins
• Direct creative input on campaigns, not just execution downstream
• A real growth path — Senior Social Media Manager and Digital Lead tracks open within 18 months for top performers
• A modern Bavdhan, Pune office with good coffee and better conversations

Why Agency Life Beats In-House (For This Career Stage)

A social media manager agency job in Pune is a different experience from an in-house role. In-house, you become an expert on one brand. Agency-side, you become an expert on social media itself — because you work across industries, audience personas, and platform challenges all at once. Two years in an agency at this level compounds your skill curve in ways three years in-house often can’t.

That’s not a knock on in-house roles — it’s just the right move at the right time. If you’re 2–3 years in and want to level up faster, agency life is the move. And Thinkster is the kind of agency that treats social as creative work, not as a checklist function.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this social media manager job in Pune remote-friendly?

No — this is a full-time, on-site role at our Bavdhan, Pune office. Social media moves fast, and in-person collaboration just works better for this kind of work.

Do I need exactly 2–3 years of experience?

It’s our preferred range. If you’re at 1.5 years with a strong portfolio, or 4+ years and still excited by the role, apply anyway. We care more about your work than your years.

Will I be managing one brand or multiple?

Multiple. That’s agency life. You’ll handle the Thinkster brand plus a roster of clients across different industries and tones of voice. If switching gears excites you, you’ll enjoy this. If it stresses you out, this isn’t the right role.

Do I need to be a designer or video editor too?

Not professionally — but you should be comfortable in Canva, briefing designers clearly, and ideally doing quick Reels edits when speed matters. You won’t be designing full campaigns, but you’ll often shape them.

What’s the growth path?

Senior Social Media Manager → Digital Lead → Head of Social. Top performers typically move up within 18–24 months. We don’t believe in keeping good people stuck.

Explore Thinkster’s Work

• Thinkster Social Media Marketing – See the kind of social media work and brand growth you’ll lead at Thinkster.
• Branding & Rebranding Services – Explore the strategic brand work your social content will help bring to life.