Community Manager [Contract]

Spin Master; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 52,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Growth opportunities

Flexible work hours

Innovation and collaboration

Comprehensive benefits

Other fun perks

Job summary

Spin Master is seeking a real-time managing editor to lead U.S. marketing initiatives. You will apply platform knowledge to execute creative strategy, public engagement, and trend response with minimal sign-off.

You will own post-launch strategy, community management, and distribution optimization, coordinating with editors and creators to refine content using performance data.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in Marketing, Communications, Advertising, Digital Media, or related field.
• Professional experience in social media strategy, creative strategy, or digital marketing.
• Demonstrated expertise in platform algorithms and trend identification.

Responsibilities

• Act as real-time managing editor and public voice for US marketing initiatives.
• Execute creative strategy, public engagement, and trend response independently.
• Post-launch creative strategy and community management to maximize distribution and relevance.
• Monitor and translate PAC signals into brand actions; respond to breaking news and cultural moments.
• Analyze consumer conversations and in-market performance to optimize content.

Skills

Social media strategy

Creative strategy

Digital marketing

Autonomous editorial judgments

Public-facing communications

Education

Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Advertising, Digital Media, or related field

Job description

Are you a kid at heart looking to build a career with a leading global children's toy, entertainment and digital gaming company? At Spin Master, our unwavering commitment to open mindedness, integrity and innovation is a great part of what has made us an industry leader. How do we stay ahead of the pack? By hiring the best and brightest minds—and that’s why we want you!

Job Description

What will you work on?

You will act as the real-time managing editor and public voice for our U.S. marketing initiatives, applying deep knowledge of platform algorithms and culture to independently execute creative strategy, public engagement, and trend response. This role is responsible for post-launch creative strategy and community management, maximizing distribution and relevance for our brands without routine managerial sign-off.

How will you create impact?

Mine, prioritize, and translate platform, audience, and cultural (PAC) signals to determine brand action on emerging trends and subcultures. Own and execute real-time response strategy, independently determining if, when, and how the brand engages with breaking news and cultural moments. Monitor and analyze consumer conversations to identify patterns and inform creative optimization. Use research and data tools to synthesize consumer insights and translate them into actionable creative direction. Analyze in-market creative performance and recommend real-time optimizations to internal and external partners. Maintain platform hygiene and brand reputation through tactical sentiment monitoring, content moderation, and issue escalation.

What are your skills and experience?

• An undergraduate degree in Marketing, Communications, Advertising, Digital Media, or a related field.
• Professional experience in social media strategy, creative strategy, or digital marketing within a fast-paced agency or brand environment.
• Expertise in social platform algorithms, trend identification, and social-first creative development (TikTok, Instagram, YouTube).
• Proven ability to partner with video editors and creators to quickly refine social content based on real-time performance data.
• Demonstrated experience making autonomous, high-stakes editorial judgments on brand voice and public-facing communications.

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The anticipated pay range for candidates who will work in California is $38.50 to $48.00 Per Hour. The offered pay to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to years of experience within the job, years of experience within the required industry, education, etc. Spin Master Inc. is a multi-state employer, and this salary range may not reflect positions that work only in other states.

What you can expect from us

Our mission is to Make Life More Fun with a vision to push the boundaries of innovation, creativity, and fun.

• Growth and Career Opportunities
• Flexible Work Hours
• Innovation, Collaboration and Fun
• Comprehensive Benefits
• Other fun Perks!

What’s it like to work here?

Spin Master is a fast-paced, hands-on organization that provides many great opportunities for impactful decision-making; though our challenging start-up atmosphere isn’t for everyone, we have a proven record of opportunities for future advancement and internal transfers for our passionate and results driven team.

Everyone is welcome in our sandbox and we are committed to an accessible and inclusive hiring process that provides reasonable accommodation to all applicants. Spin Master strives to create an accessible and inclusive application and selection process and is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to job applicants who may require provisions to participate in the recruitment, selection and/or assessment processes. Should you require an accommodation, please contact our Talent Acquisition team, by email at [e-mail] or by phone at 416 364-6002 and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs.

Our Mission and our Vision is to make life more fun by pushing the boundaries of innovation, creativity, and fun! A part of our company from the very start, our values are embodied in everyone from top leadership through to new and veteran team members alike, who –like you– were attracted to Spin Master due to our shared mind set, moral code, and way of being. Basically speaking, we enjoy a casual culture here, having fun while we are creating fun!