Storytelling Community Manager (Remote + Relocation)

Best Friend Finance; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Cash & token grant

Healthcare coverage

Remote work 2 months/year

3 weeks vacation, holidays & bonus

Job summary

UGLYCASH is seeking a talented social media storyteller to manage and grow our cross-platform presence across Instagram, TikTok, and X in the US market. You will identify stories, capture moments, and craft recurring formats that engage a global audience.

We expect a strong editor's ear, proven audience growth, and experience with narrative-driven platforms like Substack. This role offers relocation to San Francisco and collaborative, founder-led teamwork.

Qualifications

• Located in the United States and willing to move to San Francisco after hire (relocation support provided).
• You're a strong storyteller with an instinct for finding the story people actually care about.
• You have experience building and growing an audience — ideally across Instagram and a writing-led platform like Substack.
• You know how to develop clear content pillars and recurring formats that build a recognizable voice.
• You think in narratives, not just individual posts.
• You have strong editorial and creative taste and know what feels culturally relevant.
• You're deeply internet-native and understand how people consume, share, and engage with content online.
• You're strategic but hands-on — you can shape the story and make sure it gets executed.

Responsibilities

• Manage and grow UGLYCASH's cross-platform social channels, including Instagram, TikTok, and X
• Own and develop the ongoing narrative of UGLYCASH across social
• Work closely with the founders and team to identify the stories, personalities, moments, and ideas worth turning into content
• Think beyond individual posts — build recurring storylines, formats, and content arcs that give people a reason to keep following
• Turn what's happening inside the company — launches, conversations, experiments, wins, failures, events, and everyday moments — into compelling narratives
• Partner closely with our film creator to decide what should be captured and how those moments become stories
• Develop and maintain the social content calendar and publishing cadence
• Stay deeply plugged into internet culture and identify relevant trends, conversations, and formats UGLYCASH can participate in
• Continuously experiment with how we tell our story, learn what resonates, and evolve the narrative accordingly

Skills

Storytelling

Audience growth

Instagram

Editorial taste

Content strategy

Narrative thinking

Culture awareness

Strategic & hands-on

Tools

Substack

Job description

UGLYCASH is seeking a talented social media storyteller to manage and grow our cross-platform presence across Instagram, TikTok, and X in the US market. You will identify stories, capture moments, and craft recurring formats that engage a global audience.

We expect a strong editor's ear, proven audience growth, and experience with narrative-driven platforms like Substack. This role offers relocation to San Francisco and collaborative, founder-led teamwork.