Jr. Strategist

Adelphi Group•Los Angeles, CA

9d•Hybrid

About The Position

Deutsch is hiring a Jr. Strategist to help manage the organic social presence of a portfolio of iconic food brands. The role focuses on community management, social listening, publishing, and identifying opportunities for brands to participate in culture. The strategist handles day-to-day operations across social channels and partners with strategy, creative, account, production, and client teams to make content timely, relevant, and engaging. The role includes managing owned channels, primarily Instagram and TikTok; publishing approved content; responding to and engaging with communities; maintaining calendars and trackers; monitoring trends and conversations; developing recommendations and reactive briefs; supporting social strategy and content planning; and contributing to performance reporting and optimization. The position follows a hybrid schedule with at least three days per week in the office in Playa Vista, California.

Requirements

2–3 years of experience in social media, community management, content strategy, marketing, or a related role.
Experience managing or supporting branded social channels.
Strong writing and editing skills, including the ability to communicate clearly and adapt tone.
Experience with social management, listening, and analytics tools.
Strong attention to detail and comfort working with calendars, publishing workflows, and approvals.
Ability to identify meaningful cultural opportunities without forcing a brand into the conversation.
Strong time-management skills and the ability to work calmly and accurately in a fast-paced agency environment.
Sound judgment regarding social monitoring, escalation, brand safety, privacy, and sensitive community interactions.

Nice To Haves

Agency experience.
Experience with Sprinklr.
Interest in food, lifestyle, creators, entertainment, sports, or consumer brands.

Responsibilities

Monitor and manage owned social channels, primarily Instagram and TikTok.
Schedule and publish approved content, checking captions, tags, links, formats, and posting details for accuracy.
Respond proactively and promptly to comments, questions, and relevant brand mentions while following brand voice and tone.
Engage with fan content and identify opportunities for meaningful community interaction.
Manage master editorial calendars and daily publishing trackers.
Coordinate with account, strategy, creative, and client teams to move content and approvals forward.
Escalate customer service, product quality, legal, regulatory, or reputational issues to appropriate client contacts.
Track recurring questions, themes, sentiment, and notable interactions to support community management reporting.
Monitor social trends, conversations, memes, creators, and relevant cultural moments for brands and their audiences.
Identify proactive engagement opportunities and reactive content opportunities, and explain why they fit the brand.
Help develop reactive briefs and support fast-turn content when opportunities arise.
Track competitor and category activity and monitor platform updates, emerging behaviors, and cultural signals.
Help develop quarterly organic social briefs, content calendars, and community management recommendations.
Use social listening, audience insights, trend analysis, and past performance learnings to inform content planning.
Partner with strategists and creatives on campaigns, tentpole moments, partnerships, creator strategy, and content series.
Help ensure content is tailored to each platform and consistent with brand voice, visual identity, and key messaging.
Contribute to quarterly reporting by assessing content performance and synthesizing creative learnings into optimization opportunities.
Stay current on platform features, publishing tools, accessibility considerations, social best practices, and trends.