Manager Social Editor

Our client, a Mass Media and Entertainment company, is looking for a Manager Social Editor for their Culver city, CA/Hybrid location.


Responsibilities:

• Work across theatricals, acquisitions, cultural. The glue between the brand and titles.
• Will be managing 2 ppl, motion designer and jr editor. Will be reviewing their work.
• They will be doing some editing videos and helping to source editing inspo for the team
• Creating content

• Lead the development of social-first creative strategies that build awareness, fandom, and engagement across entertainment programming and brand channels.
• Translate programming priorities into platform-native video concepts, social content series, and fan engagement moments.
• Concept and pitch original social content ideas, social formats, and content executions.
• Identify trends, formats, and real time opportunities to inform content direction.
• Balance always-on content, trend driven moments and campaign video support.

• Maintain a high creative bar for video editing quality.
• Collaborate on the end-to-end creation of social video content from concept through post-production and publishing.
• Ensure content is tailored to platform specific formats, behaviors and best practices (TikTok, Reels, Shorts)
• Concept and oversee talent-driven social video content, ensuring alignment with programming tone, audience expectations, and platform best practices.
• Maintain a consistent brand voice and storytelling approach while adapting messaging to platform-specific formats and audience behaviors.

• Partner with social strategy team to monitor video performance and engagement trends to inform future content.
• Identify high-performing formats, editing styles, and storytelling approaches at scale.
• Continuously optimize content based on platform insights and audience behavior.

• Review and approve social assets and post copy prior to publishing to ensure accuracy, cultural relevance, and brand alignment.

• As a Social Editor, you will play a key role in shaping social-first creative and culturally resonant content that connects premium entertainment programming with social audiences in a way that feels native to each platform.
• Working at the intersection of entertainment, culture, and digital storytelling, you will translate programming priorities into platform-native social content, fan engagement moments, and talent-driven video concepts that drive awareness, fandom, and audience growth.
• This role blends hands on video editing and production expertise with a strong understanding of what makes content perform, bringing entertainment brands and programming to life across social platforms.
• A strong understanding of what makes content perform across social platforms, across short form and long form video.
• Expertise in video editing, pacing, and storytelling for platform native formats.
• A deep understanding of how culture influences fan behavior and social storytelling.
• Experience guiding or providing feedback to editors and designers to elevate creative output.
• The ability to translate creative direction and programming priorities into engaging content.
• Awareness of creators, trends, and formats shaping entertainment conversations online.
• Curiosity about emerging trends, fandoms, creators, and platform behaviors + how to apply them to content.
• Are a self-starter who takes ownership and can lead projects from concept through execution.
• Think like a creative and editor, turning programming moments into engaging social content.
• Have strong instincts for what makes video content perform on social platforms.
• Are fluent in short form video trends, formats, and platform best practices.
• Love developing social-first creative ideas, talent-driven content, and fan engagement moments.
• Are obsessed with trailers, edits, pacing, trends, fandoms, and internet culture.
• Thrive in collaborative environments working with marketing teams, production partners, and talent teams.
• 5-7 years of experience in brand marketing, social media strategy, or creative content development, ideally within entertainment, media, sports or agency environments.
• Demonstrated experience developing social-first creative and culturally relevant content.
• Proven ability to concept and execute talent-driven social content in collaboration with production and marketing teams.
• Strong understanding of how content performs across TikTok, Instagram, YouTube Shorts, X, and emerging platforms.
• Creative instincts with the ability to translate entertainment programming into engaging social-first content.
• A refined point of view on video editing including pacing, structure and storytelling.
• Deep interest in entertainment culture, fandom communities, and emerging creators.
• Expertise in Adobe Creative Suite including Premiere Pro and Photoshop.
• Experience using social media publishing and analytics tools such as ListenFirst, Sprout, Sprinklr, Monday.com, Airtable, or Asana.
• Strong collaboration skills with the ability to work across multiple stakeholders in fast-paced campaign environments.
• Experience working on entertainment brands, sports, streaming platforms, or media companies
• Familiarity with talent management workflows and on-set production processes
• Experience developing social-first video content or creative campaigns
• Background in social creative development or digital storytelling
• Comfort working within large, matrixed organizations

• We believe great storytelling connects audiences across cultures and communities.
• This role helps ensure entertainment programming reaches fans in ways that feel authentic, culturally relevant, and engaging across digital platforms.

• Creative, a lot of brain storming and coming up with ideas.
• Really tapped into social.
• Part of it is strategic given that it's a brand role.
• What's happening on the internet that makes sense for the brand.

• Theatricals for client for the upcoming year, library content, comicon

• Technology requirements: Adobe suite, capcut
• 4 minimum years of experience
• Looking for someone who has managed jr team members
• Has a portfolio of work - need to showcase work that they've done
• Skilled in adobe suite and capcut
• Has a POV on editing and creating
• Don't have to be from entertainment, can be beauty or fashion (even more interesting to the manager)

• Health Benefits
• Referral Program
• Excellent growth and advancement opportunities