Senior Manager, Social Media Strategy

MERIT; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

MERIT is seeking a Senior Manager, Social Strategy to lead the brand's social strategy across platforms including Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube. This role demands both strategic leadership and hands-on execution, requiring 5–8 years of experience in social media or brand marketing.

The position offers a hybrid work model in Los Angeles, with a focus on driving audience growth and cultural relevance. Ideal candidates will possess strong creative instincts and excellent communication skills, playing a crucial role in shaping MERIT's digital presence.

Qualifications

• 5–8 years of experience in social media strategy or related fields.
• Proven experience developing social strategies.
• Strong organizational and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Own MERIT's overarching social strategy across multiple platforms.
• Manage daily publishing and social execution.
• Develop platform-specific strategies that support brand storytelling.

Skills

Social media strategy

Brand marketing

Project management

Communication skills

Content creation

Job description

MERIT is seeking a Senior Manager, Social Strategy to lead day-to-day social strategy across Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Pinterest, and emerging platforms. Sitting on the Brand Team and working closely with the Art Director, Social, this role will be responsible for translating brand priorities into platform-native social strategies that drive audience growth, strengthen brand affinity, and keep MERIT culturally relevant.

This person will play a key role in shaping MERIT’s social presence through strategic planning, content creator strategy, and performance reporting. The ideal candidate is equal parts strategist, tastemaker, operator, and creator — someone with strong creative instincts, cultural fluency, and a deep understanding of how to build thoughtful, distinctive social ecosystems.

This is a Los Angeles-based hybrid role, with two required in-office days per week.

Job Duties

• Own MERIT’s overarching social strategy across Instagram (feed + Stories), TikTok, YouTube, Pinterest, Substack, and emerging platforms
• Manage daily publishing, channel management, and day-to-day social execution across all channels
• Develop platform-specific strategies that support brand storytelling, audience growth, creator partnerships, and product relevance
• Build and manage evergreen, campaign, and launch social calendars in partnership with Creative, Brand, and cross-functional teams
• Collaborate closely with Brand, Creative, CRM, PR, Influencer, Paid, and International teams to ensure social strategy supports broader business priorities
• Develop ongoing content series and original social-first content concepts for campaigns, evergreen moments, creator partnerships, and on-set capture
• Capture or oversee social-first bts content opportunities as needed
• Identify, source, and manage content creators across organic social, including leading communications, developing creative briefs, and overseeing contracts and deliverables.
• Build systems to manage creator deliverables, content opportunities, launch timelines, and cross-functional alignment
• Own weekly, monthly, and campaign-level social analytics and KPI reporting
• Translate performance insights into actionable strategic recommendations across content, creators, and platforms
• Monitor competitive landscape, platform shifts, and cultural trends to evolve MERIT’s social strategy proactively
• Partnering with the CX team on community management and refining social customer communication strategies

Qualifications

• 5–8 years of experience in social media strategy, brand marketing, digital content, or related fields, ideally within beauty, fashion, lifestyle, or luxury
• Los Angeles-based and available to work in office two days per week
• Proven experience developing social strategies and managing multi-platform content calendars
• Excellent taste level and understanding of best in class brand building
• Comfortable balancing strategic leadership with hands-on execution
• Strong organizational, communication, and project management skills
• Experience with social analytics, reporting, and performance optimization
• Comfortable shooting and/or overseeing social-first content capture, particularly for TikTok, BTS, and on-set opportunities
• Highly collaborative and adaptable in a fast-paced environment

MERIT is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.