Social Media Manager

Allied Universal • Irvine, CA

26d • $75,000 - $90,000

About The Position

Allied Universal is hiring a Communications and Social Media Manager to lead social storytelling and develop sophisticated social media concepts, campaigns, platforms, and activations. The role requires a proactive, strategic, socially savvy, and detail-oriented leader who can respond quickly in a fast-paced environment and stay current with social trends, best practices, brand activity, and changes in the security and media landscape.

The manager independently develops and presents social content strategies to stakeholders, translating complex brand challenges and security topics into impactful social narratives. The role is hands-on, spanning graphic design, video production, editing, motion graphics, and animation, and requires taking ideas from concept through execution while incorporating feedback and maintaining consistent brand aesthetics and tone. The manager also evaluates content performance, supports social listening and insights, and creates content for platforms including Instagram and LinkedIn.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, journalism, advertising, media studies, digital marketing, graphic design, marketing, English, business, or a related field.
• At least 3 years of creative experience in social media and content, including 3 years in a mentorship role.
• Proven ability to develop creative, earned-first social strategies that break through.
• Exceptional social art direction and copywriting skills, with a strong portfolio of graphic design and video production work created for social media.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating a range of content types and platforms.
• Deep understanding of content formats, real-time trends, and content-creation best practices across core social channels.
• Proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite or Adobe Creative Cloud, including tools such as Premiere Pro and After Effects, and experience creating brand content hands-on.
• Experience with basic or in-app editing tools such as CapCut, Canva, or TikTok.
• Proficiency using Hootsuite or comparable social listening tools.
• Ability to efficiently turn a concept into a produced piece of content.
• Strong collaboration skills across strategy, social, influencer, digital, production, and Corporate/Issues teams.
• Strong understanding of brand protection, social care, and reputation management across social media platforms.
• Portfolio showcasing sophisticated social strategies, integrated campaigns, diverse content formats, and case study development.

Nice To Haves

• Public company experience.
• Experience with Hootsuite or comparable social listening tools.
• Experience with Adobe and/or Canva.
• Prior experience with reputation management and media relations.

Responsibilities

• Lead social creative strategy and develop sustainable campaigns, platforms, and activations rather than one-off tactics.
• Evaluate content performance and use findings to develop or adjust communications strategy and future content.
• Develop, implement, and manage a content calendar.
• Design and assemble social media toolkits for campaigns and initiatives and ensure their implementation.
• Create planned and rapid-response content for brand social channels, including graphic design, video shooting and editing, motion graphics, and animation.
• Develop concepts, content series, and repeatable templates for social media platforms including Instagram, LinkedIn, and others.
• Create content addressing security trends and developments while making effective use of platform features and best practices.
• Lead art direction and copywriting for social campaigns, personally executing visual designs and maintaining consistent brand aesthetics and tone.
• Collaborate with strategy and creative teams to create rapid-response content as news, cultural moments, and trends emerge.
• Support social listening and insights, tracking security trends and developments in real time while balancing ongoing deliverables.
• Package and present social content strategies to stakeholders, clearly communicating rationale and impact.
• Independently produce a range of social formats from concept to final output, including static graphics, short-form video, motion graphics, animations, carousels, and stories.
• Develop creative solutions to social challenges involving budget constraints, stakeholder feedback, and strategic pivots.
• Package completed work as case studies for internal education, pitches, and awards submissions.
• Build stakeholder trust through presentations and effective social strategies.
• Maintain an understanding of each business unit’s compass and social strategy and how it applies to day-to-day execution.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Basic life and AD&D insurance.
• Retirement plan.
• Disability insurance.
• Eight paid holidays annually.
• Five sick days.
• Four personal days.
• Vacation accrued at 3.08 hours biweekly; unused vacation is paid out only where required by law.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager