Job Title: Global Lead, Social Media Marketing
Company: Pinterest Los Angeles, CA
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Millions of people across the world come to Pinterest to find new ideas every day. It’s where they get inspiration, dream about new possibilities and plan for what matters most. Our mission is to help those people find their inspiration and create a life they love. In your role, you’ll be challenged to take on work that upholds this mission and pushes Pinterest forward. You’ll grow as a person and leader in your field, all the while helping Pinners make their lives better in the positive corner of the internet.
Creating a life you love also means finding a career that celebrates the unique perspectives and experiences that you bring. As you read through the expectations of the position, consider how your skills and experiences may complement the responsibilities of the role. We encourage you to think through your relevant and transferable skills from prior experiences.
Our new progressive work model is called PinFlex, a term that’s uniquely Pinterest to describe our flexible approach to living and working. Visit our PinFlex landing page to learn more.
In this role, you’ll lead Pinterest’s Global Social Media team as you revitalize and expand our social media presence to accurately reflect our position as one of the world’s most beloved and creative brands.
What You’ll Do
- Leverage your strategic expertise to evaluate and optimize our social strategy and build multi-year resourcing plans to support it.
- Use your editorial experience to partner with agencies and in-house creative teams to increase the volume of our content publishing, while establishing a new bar for creative excellence on a channel-by-channel basis.
- Build best-in-class social media marketing campaigns to support company priorities
- Grow our social media following and evaluate opportunities to activate on emerging platforms.
- Build our community management discipline and develop playbooks for efficient crisis response social operations.
- Guide measurement plans and dig into analytics with our agencies and measurement teams to continuously optimize our strategy and content.
- Manage a small and mighty team of social media strategists and channel leads.
What We’re Looking For
- We’re looking for an experienced social media leader who is as strategic as they are creative.
- You have 10+ years of experience working in the social media space, and you understand how to effectively engage and delight consumers in a way that is both brand-accretive and authentic.
- You love Pinterest and the inspiration and manifestation it enables.
- You have a finger on the pulse of culture, with attention paid to what’s happening in entertainment, fashion, beauty, design, food and more.
- You put a high bar on creative excellence - and understand how definitions of excellence need to change on a channel-by-channel basis.
- You think within the mindset of your target audience and you love geeking out on data and analytics to better understand and optimize your team’s impact.
- You have a proven track record of delivering social campaigns that demonstrate measurable business impact, as well as a record of significantly growing a brand’s following and engagement across channels.
- You have experience mobilizing teams to respond to challenging corporate situations through social. And you take pride in growing and developing your team members, with 5+ years of management experience.
Our PinFlex future of work philosophy requires this role to visit a Pinterest office for collaboration approximately 1x per quarter. For employees not located within a commutable distance from this in-office touchpoint, Pinterest will cover T&E. Learn more about PinFlex here.
This position is not eligible for relocation assistance.
At Pinterest we believe the workplace should be equitable, inclusive, and inspiring for every employee. In an effort to provide greater transparency, we are sharing the base salary range for this position. The position is also eligible for equity. Final salary is based on a number of factors including location, travel, relevant prior experience, or particular skills and expertise.
Information regarding the culture at Pinterest and benefits available for this position can be found here.
US based applicants only
$141,950—$248,200 USD
Our Commitment To Diversity
Pinterest is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit. We want to have the best qualified people in every job. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic under federal, state, or local law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you require an accommodation during the job application process, please notify [email protected] for support.