Senior Social Strategist

BarkleyOKRP
Kansas City +3 more
On-site

Who this role is best for

Strong fit for candidates with agency or brand-side social strategy experience who translate insights into actionable strategies. They should be adept at cross-functional collaboration and have expertise in emerging platforms like TikTok and Reddit.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with 4-6 years of agency or brand-side experience in social strategy and content ecosystems
    — “4-6 years of relevant social, communications, strategy, or agency experience”
  • Individuals skilled in shaping creative briefs and guiding integrated planning efforts
    — “Shape creative briefs and provide strategic direction throughout concept development”
  • Professionals with a deep understanding of creator marketing and audience behavior
    — “Strong understanding of creator marketing, audience behavior, and social intelligence”

Things to consider

  • Mentorship responsibilities may require strong leadership and team development experience
    — “Mentor junior team members and elevate team capabilities”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience in translating social listening findings into strategy
    — “Translate social intelligence into content, platform, and campaign approaches”
  • Demonstrate cross-functional collaboration skills with examples of influencing client decisions
    — “Ability to influence cross-functional teams and client decisions”
  • Showcase proficiency in multiple social platforms, especially TikTok and Meta
    — “Expertise across TikTok, Meta, YouTube, Reddit, and emerging social/digital trends”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • actionable social strategies
  • social-first campaign recommendations
Typical background
4-6 years of experience in social strategy or agency

Skills & requirements

Required

Social Strategy DevelopmentContent EcosystemsCreator StrategiesChannel ApproachesCommunity Building

Preferred

TiktokMetaYoutubeRedditPinterest

About the role

Original posting from BarkleyOKRP via Greenhouse

Senior Social Strategists own day-to-day social strategy development for assigned clients. They transform audience insights, cultural intelligence, social listening findings, platform expertise, and performance data into actionable strategies that drive business outcomes. 

They are responsible for shaping content ecosystems, creator strategies, channel approaches, community building efforts, and social-first campaign recommendations. Senior Social Strategists are trusted advisors to clients and internal teams and play a significant role in influencing creative development and integrated planning.

Key Responsibilities

Develop social strategies, POVs, and artifacts for assigned clients and initiatives

Develop social-first, creator-led, and community-driven strategic recommendations

Translate social intelligence into content, platform, and campaign approaches

Build channel strategies, audience frameworks, and content ecosystems

Provide social input into integrated planning processes

Shape creative briefs and provide strategic direction throughout concept development

Supports QA, scheduling and publishing of content as well as community management and RTMs

Partner with other teams, departments to identify optimization opportunities and measure impact

Present recommendations and strategic findings to clients and internal teams

Mentor junior team members and elevate team capabilities

Qualifications

4-6 years of relevant social, communications, strategy, or agency experience

Experience developing social strategies and content ecosystems for brands

Strong understanding of creator marketing, audience behavior, and social intelligence

Expertise across TikTok, Meta, YouTube, Reddit, Pinterest and emerging social/digital trends

Strong storytelling, presentation, and workshop facilitation skills

Ability to influence cross-functional teams and client decisions

BarkleyOKRP’s Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion + Belonging

At BarkleyOKRP, DEI+B drives work that matters. We believe people and creativity are made of the same substance, and when every perspective is valued, the impact is stronger. We build belonging as a business strategy, power inclusive creativity that delivers measurable results, and hold ourselves accountable as a B Corp committed to progress over performative intent. When people are valued, the work carries greater impact.

Source: BarkleyOKRP careers (Greenhouse)

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