Associate Creative Director, Social Content & Strategy

Thesocial Lights; Minneapolis (MN); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

HSA + Company Contribution

401k + Company Match

Generous PTO Policy

New Macbook Pro

Cell Phone Stipend

Paid Employee Parking

Summer Hours + Flexible Work Options

Dog-Friendly Office

Job summary

The Social Lights seeks an Associate Creative Director to lead social-first content strategies, oversee multi-media content, and drive innovative campaigns that connect brands with audiences. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams and mentor the content crew, ensuring client objectives are met with inventive storytelling.

Based in Minneapolis, MN, this full-time role focuses on building fandoms through data-driven content and culture decoding, while guiding internal and client teams

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required.
• 5–10+ years in an agency setting preferred.
• 3+ years in community management.
• Strong understanding of social media trends.
• Excellent client presentation skills.
• Proven writing, editing, and proofreading abilities.
• Ability to solve problems quickly and adapt to ambiguity.
• Proficient in MS Office; familiarity with Mac productivity apps is a plus.
• Portfolio demonstrating a food-based social media work is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic counsel and POV on topics that affect content for clients and internal partners.
• Direct content team and SMM concepts, giving feedback that improves ideas.
• Deliver insights in fresh ways and present concepts persuasively.
• Demonstrate strong presentation abilities to clients and internal teams.
• Lead content planning for key clients with guidance from various teams.
• Provide platform-specific content ideas leveraging trends or insights.
• Identify industry trends to help clients innovate.
• Share best practices for content creation and brainstorming.

Skills

Organizational skills

Community management

Social media trends

Presentation skills

Writing and editing

Time management

Problem solving

Growth mindset

Ambiguity tolerance

MS Office

Food-based portfolio

Drones/VFX content awareness

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Tools

MS Office Suite (Word, Excel)

Keynote/Pages/Numbers

Drones/VFX/3D content awareness

Job description

The Social Lights seeks an Associate Creative Director to lead social-first content strategies, oversee multi-media content, and drive innovative campaigns that connect brands with audiences. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams and mentor the content crew, ensuring client objectives are met with inventive storytelling.

Based in Minneapolis, MN, this full-time role focuses on building fandoms through data-driven content and culture decoding, while guiding internal and client teams