Vice President, Social Media (Disney Experiences )

The WaltDisney Company is committed to delivering premium contentand experiences to audiences around the world. OurMarketing team thrives on partnership, creativity, agility,optimism, and ROI-focused decision-making, bringing fresh and sometimes disruptive ideas to how we build relationships with new audiences and fuel fandom. We are seeking a strategic, creative, and enterprise-minded Vice President, Social Media to lead the vision, strategy, operating model, and execution of social media acrossDisneyExperiences.This role requires a bold, forward-thinking leader with deep experience driving transformation through a complex, global, matrixed organization. The Vice President will serve as a senior strategic partner to business and marketing leaders, shaping how Disney Experiences shows up across social platforms throughrelevantstorytelling,compellingcontent,amplification,anddistributionthatmeetsconsumers wheretheyare.Thisleaderwillhelpcreateauthentic,emotionallyresonantworkthatispartofthe cultural conversation while driving relevance, reputation, relationships, fandom, and revenue. They will overseea high-performingteam,influencecross-functionalpriorities, andestablishthestrategic direction, governance, and capabilities needed to scale best-in-class social engagement across the segment. Our Marketing team thrives on partnership, creativethinking, nimble execution, optimistic leadership,andROIfocuseddecision-making.Key Responsibilities:Social Strategy & InnovationSet the social vision, strategic framework, and operating principles for Disney Experiences, ensuring consistency while enabling market-level relevance and business-specific execution.Define and evolve the Disney Experiences social media strategy and voice, aligning priorities across multiple businesses, audiences, platforms, and growth objectives.Lead platform-specific and audience-first strategies that drive engagement, community growth, cultural relevance, and measurable business impact.Leverage audience insights, performance data, competitive intelligence, and cultural trendstoinformstrategicprioritiesandinvestmentdecisions.Connect Disney Experiences to cultural moments in ways that strengthen brand affinity, deepen fandom, and keep the segmenttop of mind with diverse global audiences.Serve as an executive thought leader in the social space, building senior-level relationships with platforms and identifying emerging tools, features, and capabilities thatadvancethebusiness.Develop strategies that grow, nurture, and activate Disney Experiences fandom across communities,platforms,andaudiences.Creative Development & ExecutionPartner with senior business and marketing leaders to translate segment, franchise, and businessprioritiesintocompellingsocialstrategiesandplatform-nativecreative approaches.Provide executive oversight of content strategy, production models,andagency partnerships to ensure creative excellence, brand integrity, speed, and scalability.Championbold,breakthrough,disruptiveideasthatpushtheboundariesofsocial storytelling and elevate how Disney Experiences connects with fans and consumers.Influence cross-functional stakeholders to ensure a clear throughline between business priorities, creative strategy, audience needs, and the overall social vision.Business Growth & Consumer Engagement LeadershipTranslate experience launches, tentpole moments, and always-on priorities into social-first strategies that build demand, deepen engagement, and support broader business outcomes.Partner closely with Growth, Lifecycle, Product, Analytics, Commercial, and business teams to ensure social strategies are integrated with consumer journeys, launch plans, andaudiencedevelopmentpriorities.Use data, insights, and performance measurement to optimize social impact across distinct business KPIs, including reach, engagement, conversion, reputation, monetization, and fandom.Team Leadership & OperationsAct as the senior integrator of Disney Experiences editorial strategy, publishing priorities, governance, and operating rhythms across social channels, businesses, and markets.Lead,develop,andinspireacollaborative,high-performingteam,buildingthe capabilities, structure, and ways of working required to support evolving business needs.Establish performance reporting, executive-level insights, and decision-making forums thatconnectsocialoutcomestostrategicandbusinesspriorities.Oversee agency, vendor, and partner strategies to ensure best-in-class execution, strong accountability, and optimal useof resources.Audience Growth & EngagementSet enterprise-level KPIs for audience development, content performance, engagement, andbusinessimpact,alignedwithsegmentprioritiesandcorporategoals.Advance strategies that leverage UGC, creator behavior, community participation, and organicword-of-mouthtoamplifyDisneyExperiencesstorytelling.Lead innovation initiatives that test emerging platforms, formats, technologies, and early-stage features withclear learningagendas and scalable application.Partner with globaladvertising andcommercial teams toidentify andimplement monetization opportunities that align with brand, audience, and business priorities.Qualifications:Extensive senior-level experience leading digital, social, integrated, or consumer marketing within a complex, consumer-facing organization, with a demonstrated progression of increasing scope, scale,andenterprise responsibility.Proven track record operating at an executive level as a strategic advisor to senior business and marketing leaders,with theexecutive presence,judgment, and communication skills to shape decisions and influence enterprise priorities.Demonstrated experience leading multi-layered, high-performing organizations, including developing senior leaders, building organizational capability, setting clear accountability, and creating aninclusiveculture thatattracts and retainstop talent.Experience designing and evolving operating models, organizational structures, governance, and ways of working that enable teams to scale across businesses, functions,markets,andexternalpartners.Deep expertise in social and digital ecosystems, including platform strategy, audience development,content innovation, creator andcommunity behaviors, culturaltrends, and emerging technologies- with nimble speed, quality and consistency.Provenabilitytotranslatebusiness,brand,franchise,andconsumerprioritiesintoan integrated digital/social strategy and then mobilize teams and partners to deliver against thatstrategywith speed,quality,andconsistency.Demonstrated success leading transformation and change in a global, highly matrixed environment,includingaligningstakeholderswithcompetingpriorities,navigating ambiguity, andbuildingconsensus withoutrelyingsolelyondirectauthority.Strong business and commercial acumen, with experience connecting digital and social strategies to measurable outcomes such as audience growth, engagement, conversion, reputation, monetization, revenue, and fandom, and using performance data to guide investment and priorities.Experience overseeing agency, vendor, platform, and strategic partner relationships, with theabilitytoestablishclearexpectations,driveaccountability,and ensureresourcesare deployedagainstthehighest-valueopportunities,whilemaintainingbrandintegrityand optimisticapproachtoproblemsolving.Demonstratedabilitytobalancecreativeexcellencewithoperationaldiscipline—championing bold, disruptive ideas while maintaining brand integrity, sound judgment, appropriategovernance,andscalableexecution.Global perspective and experience working across diverse audiences, markets, and business models, with the ability to balance enterprise consistency with local relevance andculturalnuancewithacreativetrackrecordofpresentingcomplexstrategies.Exceptional executive communication, storytelling, and influencing skills, with a track record of presenting complex strategies, insights, and recommendations to senior leadershipandgainingalignmentaroundaclearpathforward.Leadswithpartnership,creativity,agility,optimism,andaccountability,andisknownfor buildingtrustedrelationships throughpartnershipacrossfunctionswhilechallenging conventionalthinkingand bringinga fresh perspective.The hiring range for this position in Glendale, CA and Bay Lake, FL is $214,500 to $287,800 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.Reference: 10158261