Develop and execute a comprehensive global social media strategy that accelerates Rover’s key business priorities while also building positive Brand equity.
Lead a team of contractors and an in-house social media manager, with a direct line to in-house creative for asset development. Serve as the day today contact for our agency for boosted spending.
Drive the strategy across Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, LinkedIn, YouTube Shorts and Reddit.
Own scaling into new countries with audience targeting and localization strategies that resonate.
Serve as a bridge between brand reputation, operations social, paid social, content strategy and brand social to ensure a unified strategy and reporting of insights.
Be a trusted advisor on the rapidly evolving landscape of social trends, emerging platforms, search behavior and content innovation, proactively identifying opportunities for strategic investment.
Build a strategy across multiple of Rover’s brands, including Cat in a Flat.
Establish processes for KPI performance tracking, using data-driven insights to optimize content and campaign effectiveness while clearly communicating impact to stakeholders.
Identify scalable solutions for content production and audience engagement.
Be customer obsessed: maintain a deep understanding of Rover’s target audience and competitive landscape, leveraging insights to influence broader marketing and brand initiatives.
Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and excellence, ensuring that Rover’s brand storytelling remains best-in-class.
Requirements
7+ years of experience in social media marketing, with a track record of building and scaling brand social strategies for consumer brands through in-house and agency experience.
Proven leadership experience, including managing a team of social media professionals.
Ability to identify high-impact opportunities, aligning social media efforts with business strategy and advocating for strategic investments, including net new tests.
Experience translating social listening data into actionable, impact-driving insights that inform strategy across marketing and product teams.
Demonstrates the ability to go deep in program ownership while also keeping stakeholders apprised of wins and learnings.
Strong stakeholder management and ability to effectively communicate insights, strategies, and priorities to executives and cross-functional teams.
Exceptional ability to balance creative and analytical thinking, using data to drive decisions while maintaining a strong brand voice and aesthetic.
Deep expertise in social media platforms, trends, and analytics tools, with hands-on experience managing multi-channel brand strategies.
A self-starter mindset, with the ability to proactively evolve team operations and business rhythms in response to changing needs.
Experience in global social media management and localization strategies.
Experience boosting organic posts in Meta and bridging the gap between paid media and social to make each more effective, preferred.
Knowledge of SEO and AEO landscape, as it relates to social media and Reddit, preferred.
Bonus: Experience with two-sided marketplaces, travel-adjacent brands, or pet-related brands.
Benefits
Competitive compensation
401k match
Flexible PTO
Competitive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision insurance
Commuter benefits
Bring your dog to work (and unlimited puppy time)
Doggy benefits, including $1000 toward adopting your first dog
Stocked fridges, coffee, soda, and lots of treats (for humans and dogs) and free catered lunches semi-monthly
Regular team activities performed in-person and virtually
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Hard skills
social media marketingbrand strategyKPI performance trackingdata-driven insightscontent productionaudience engagementsocial listening dataSEOAEOlocalization strategies