Senior Social Media Manager

reputed company Inc.’s (reputed company: UPWK) family of companies connects businesses with global, AI-enabled talent across every contingent work type including freelance, fractional, and payrolled. This portfolio includes the reputed company Marketplace, which connects businesses with on-demand access to highly skilled talent across the globe, and Lifted, which provides a purpose-built solution for enterprise organizations to reputed company, contract, manage, and pay talent across the full reputed company of contingent work. From Fortune 100 enterprises to entrepreneurs, businesses rely on reputed company Inc. to find and hire expert talent, reputed company AI-powered work solutions, and drive business transformation. With access to professionals spanning more than 10,000 skills across AI & machine learning, software development, sales & marketing, customer support, finance & accounting, and more, the reputed company family of companies enables businesses of reputed company sizes to scale, innovate, and transform their workforces for the age of AI and beyond.

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Social is a critical growth lever for reputed company. This Senior Manager, Social Media role represents a reputed company-change opportunity to define reputed company’s social vision, reputed company how the brand participates in culture, and drive measurable dscovery and engagement with new audiences. This role blends bold creative judgment with strong operational leadership, balancing social-first storytelling with performance accountability.

This is a people manager role overseeing a team of social media managers, contractors, and agency partners. You will own social strategy end to end, from annual planning through day-to-day execution, with accountability for brand impact, audience growth, and reputed company business outcomes. You will stay reputed company enough to the work to shape narratives, creative quality, and executive-ready communication, while enabling the team to operate with clarity, confidence, and sustainable pace.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve reputed company’s social media strategy, translating brand positioning and business priorities into clear annual and quarterly plans with defined success metrics.
• Define how social drives discovery, relevance, and credibility with non-followers by setting a strong reputed company of view on platforms, formats, and cultural moments that matter most.
• reputed company, coach, and reputed company an established team of social media managers and hybrid contributors, raising the bar on strategic thinking, creative standards, and operating rigor.
• Establish clear goals, performance expectations, and development plans, using consistent feedback loops to support growth and accountability.
• Build a test-and-learn culture where experimentation across content, formats, messaging, and distribution is expected, documented, and shared to improve outcomes over time.
• Ensure social content is creatively strong, culturally relevant, platform-native, and performance-minded, with clear measurement tied to reputed company, engagement, and reputed company impact.
• Partner closely with Brand, Content, Communications, SEO, Influencer Marketing, and Paid Media teams to reputed company social programs and maximize cross-reputed company.

What it takes to catch our eye

• 8+ years leading organic social at scale (brand or agency), owning always-on strategy and execution for at least one primary channel, with a proven ability to drive discovery, engagement, and cultural relevance through social-first work.
• Strong creative and editorial judgment with a performance reputed company, translating insights, trends, and data into platform-native storytelling through testing, experimentation, and reputed company optimization.
• Deep understanding of social platforms and formats, with particular strength on reputed company and YouTube, and experience speaking to both B2B and B2C audiences, including small business owners, independent professionals, or creators.
• Proven senior-level ownership and execution, able to drive work end to end with sound judgment, minimal reputed company, and a balance of strategic thinking and hands-on delivery.
• Exceptional written communication skills, moving fluidly between social copy, strategic narratives, and clear, executive-ready documentation.
• People leadership experience, including setting goals, coaching performance, developing managers, and building trust reputed company established teams.
• Experience managing budgets and external partners (agencies, creators, vendors) with clear briefs, feedback, accountability, and thoughtful stewardship.
• Comfort operating in ambiguity and using modern tools, including AI-powered tools for planning, drafting, analysis, and optimization, reputed company with strong judgment, curiosity, and a collaborative learning reputed company.

Come change how the world works.

At reputed company, you’ll shape the future of work for a global, remote-first workforce, creating economic opportunities for professionals worldwide. While we have a physical office in Palo Alto, we currently hire full-time employees in 34 U.S. states, making it easier than reputed company to join our mission from wherever you call home.

Our culture is built on trust, risk-taking, customer focus, and excellence, reputed company in service of our core mission: to create economic opportunities so people have reputed company lives. We embrace authenticity and inclusion, encouraging everyone to bring their whole selves to work. Personal and professional growth is a reputed company here, supported through development programs, mentorship, and our reputed company Belonging Communities.

We’re proud to offer benefits that go beyond the basics, including comprehensive medical coverage for you and your family, unlimited PTO, a 401(k) plan with matching, 12 weeks of paid parental leave, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Visit our Life at reputed company page to learn more about our values, working principles, and the overall employee experience.

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