Social Media Manager

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Job Title: Social Media Manager
Location-Type: Hybrid – Los Angeles, CA
Start Date Is: ASAP
Duration: 6 months (contract)
Compensation Range: $55–65/hr W2
Benefits: Eligible for Health, Dental, Vision, 401K
Must be authorized to work in the U.S. This position is not eligible for sponsorship .

Job Description:
The client is seeking a hands-on Social Media Manager and Strategist to grow a cinema-focused social platform through data-driven strategy, community engagement, and original content creation.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• Own and execute the social media growth strategy for a film-focused media brand, with a primary focus on Instagram.
• Build and scale an engaged community of film lovers through organic audience growth, content strategy, and community engagement.
• Define measurable growth goals, KPIs, and testing frameworks, and continuously optimize performance using analytics and experimentation.
• Provide strategic leadership, creative direction, and actionable feedback to a team of content creators.
• Identify opportunities to capitalize on emerging conversations in independent film, cinema culture, festivals, filmmakers, and online film communities.
• Develop recurring content series and editorial initiatives that increase audience engagement and long-term community growth.
• Attend film screenings, premieres, festivals, activations, and industry events throughout Los Angeles to create content and stay connected to the film community.
• Build relationships with filmmakers, creators, distributors, exhibitors, and other voices within the independent film ecosystem.
• Produce social content as needed, including short-form video, photography, and on-camera content.
• Help establish SuperCinema as a leading destination for discovering independent films and participating in film culture.

Minimum Requirements

• Demonstrated success building and growing an Instagram, TikTok, or other social media account focused on independent film, cinema, film criticism, movie discovery, or film culture .
• 3 years of experience developing and executing organic social media strategy with significant measurable audience growth (30k folowers).
• Proven track record of growing engaged social communities through experimentation, analytics, and data-driven decision making.
• Deep understanding of Instagram's ecosystem, audience behavior, content formats, and organic growth strategies.
• Ability to define KPIs, develop testing roadmaps, analyze performance, and adjust strategy based on results.
• Genuine passion for independent film, cinema culture, filmmakers, festivals, and the movie-going experience.
• Strong familiarity with today's film community, including independent distributors, festivals, creators, publications, and online film conversations.
• Experience developing editorial strategy and providing creative direction to content creators or creative teams.
• Comfortable creating social-first video content, editing short-form content, and appearing on camera when appropriate.
• Based in the Los Angeles area and available to attend screenings, premieres, festivals, and industry events as needed.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to build relationships across the film and creator communities.
• Self-directed, entrepreneurial, and excited to build a growing media brand from the ground up.
• Able to provide your own content creation equipment (camera, phone, editing software, etc.).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience growing a film-focused Instagram, TikTok, or other social account.

• Existing personal social presence centered around film or cinema culture.

• Established relationships within the Los Angeles film, filmmaker, or creator community.

• Experience working as a freelancer, independent creator, or within a lean content team.

• Portfolio or examples of social accounts personally grown through organic strategy.