Senior Social Media Manager

Komodo; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid flexibility

Mentorship and growth opportunities

Room to own your craft

Job summary

Komodo is hiring a Senior Social Media Manager to lead multi-channel strategy, content, and community for key clients in a hybrid Los Angeles office. You’ll set plans, manage day-to-day execution, mentor creators, and own performance across Instagram, TikTok, and other platforms.

You’ll oversee publishing, community management, paid campaigns, and monthly reporting, while coaching executives and freelancers. The role blends creative direction with analytics and fast-paced production."

Qualifications

• 4-6+ years managing brand social channels, with strong Instagram and TikTok experience.
• Proven record of growing accounts through smart strategy, consistent content, and community systems.
• Confident in creating and directing social-first content. Comfortable shooting iPhone video and guiding edits.
• Working knowledge of paid social setup, creative testing, and optimization.
• Advanced analytics skills using native insights, GA4, and dashboards like Looker Studio.
• Excellent writing, deck-building, and client presentation skills.
• Organized, proactive, and calm under pressure. Able to juggle multiple clients and deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Build quarterly social strategies, content calendars, and growth plans aligned to client objectives and KPIs.
• Oversee publishing, scheduling, and community management across IG, TikTok, and Pinterest. Set tone of voice, response frameworks, and escalation paths.
• Partner with paid specialists or run tactical campaigns. Set testing plans, structure ad sets, optimize creative, and connect results to business outcomes. Comfortable in Ads Manager, TikTok Ads.
• Own monthly reports. Turn data into clear insights, experiments, and next steps. Benchmark vs category and define success metrics.
• Spot trends early and convert them into brand-safe concepts. Pilot new formats and features with a test-and-learn roadmap.
• Be the day-to-day lead. Run status calls, present work and results, manage timelines, and keep stakeholders aligned.
• Coach Social Media Executives and freelancers. Improve workflows, templates, and QA to scale quality and speed.
• Direct shoots and creative output, ensuring iPhone-first assets are platform-native and on brand. Write tight hooks, briefs, and captions. Approve calendars and QA all posts.
• Build tight shot lists, coordinate quick turn content on set, and manage small production budgets with producers as needed.

Skills

Instagram experience

TikTok experience

Agency background

Strategy to grow accounts

Social-first content creation

Paid social optimization

Analytics (GA4/Looker Studio)

Writing and client presentation

Multi-client orchestration

Tools

Ads Manager

TikTok Ads

Looker Studio

GA4

Job description

Komodo is a multi award-winning global social agency working with the world's most exciting brands and destinations. With offices in London, Los Angeles and Sydney, we are visionaries and innovators boldly redefining the norms of social, content and influencer marketing.

Our unique social-first approach fuses the power of content production, influencer marketing and social media to take businesses, brands and destinations to new heights. Our clients include L'Oréal, Adidas, Amazon, Universal, CocaCola, TikTok, Maybelline, Marriott, Netflix and many more.

We are digital natives and social pioneers — we never do normal.

Role Overview

We’re hiring a Senior Social Media Manager to lead multi-channel strategy, content, and community for key clients. You’ll set the plan, manage day-to-day execution, mentor creators and coordinators, and own performance across Instagram, TikTok, and other platforms. This role blends creative direction, hands-on production, paid social know-how, and clear, insight-led reporting.

Key Responsibilities

• Build quarterly social strategies, content calendars, and growth plans aligned to client objectives and KPIs. Translate brand platforms into clear social pillars and series.
• Oversee publishing, scheduling, and community management across IG, TikTok, and Pinterest. Set tone of voice, response frameworks, and escalation paths.
• Partner with paid specialists or run tactical campaigns. Set testing plans, structure ad sets, optimize creative, and connect results to business outcomes. Comfortable in Ads Manager, TikTok Ads.
• Own monthly reports. Turn data into clear insights, experiments, and next steps. Benchmark vs category and define success metrics.
• Spot trends early and convert them into brand-safe concepts. Pilot new formats and features with a test-and-learn roadmap.
• Be the day-to-day lead. Run status calls, present work and results, manage timelines, and keep stakeholders aligned.
• Coach Social Media Executives and freelancers. Improve workflows, templates, and QA to scale quality and speed.
• Direct shoots and creative output, ensuring iPhone-first assets are platform-native and on brand. Write tight hooks, briefs, and captions. Approve calendars and QA all posts.
• Build tight shot lists, coordinate quick turn content on set, and manage small production budgets with producers as needed.

Qualifications

• 4 - 6+ years managing brand social channels, with strong Instagram and TikTok experience. Agency background preferred but not essential.
• Proven record of growing accounts through smart strategy, consistent content, and community systems.
• Confident in creating and directing social-first content. Comfortable shooting iPhone video and guiding edits.
• Working knowledge of paid social setup, creative testing, and optimization.
• Advanced analytics skills using native insights, GA4, and dashboards like Looker Studio.
• Excellent writing, deck-building, and client presentation skills.
• Organized, proactive, and calm under pressure. Able to juggle multiple clients and deadlines.

Why Join Komodo

• Lead high-impact work for global brands.
• Grow with a scaling Content and Social team.
• Hybrid flexibility and a collaborative culture.
• Clear development pathways, mentorship, and room to own your craft.