Apple TV Senior Social Lead, Brand

Apple•Culver City, CA

About The Position

As a part of the broader Apple TV Marketing organization, our social team’s purpose is to build big word of mouth, conversation, fandoms, and love for our brand, titles, sports, and talent. This role leads the Brand Social pod, the team responsible for the Apple TV owned social presence across platforms, Sports social strategy, and social creative ideation across our brand, multi-title, sports, and awards social initiatives. As the senior leader of this team, you set the vision, build the culture, and drive the strategy that makes Apple TV one of the most talked- about brands online. You are championing and creating the conditions for great work to develop consistently and at scale across a high-performing team and demanding creative agency partnerships. You are an exceptional leader and operator who thrives in complexity. You lead, building trust and alignment across a highly-matrixed organization while holding a clear, informed point of view on what excellence is. You cut through ambiguity with confidence, make smart decisions quickly, and bring your team and cross-functional partners along with clarity and conviction. You are the person the team looks to for direction, the person XF teams trust as a strategic partner, and the person senior leadership turns to for a grounded, authoritative perspective on brand social. As a senior member of the Apple TV Social Marketing team, you sit at the intersection of strategy, people leadership, and creative accountability, responsible for the owned brand social channels and the team that brings them to life.

Requirements

10+ years of experience in social media marketing, with significant time spent leading and developing high-performing teams within entertainment, sport,, or highly consumer-centric brands
Proven ability to lead and inspire a team of individual contributors and managers. You set a high bar, develop talent intentionally, and build a culture where people do their best work
Deep understanding of social media marketing and the broader entertainment marketing landscape, with the functional expertise to evaluate strategy, creative, and execution with a sharp, informed eye
Proven experience managing agency relationships at a senior level, holding partners to a high standard of ambition, innovation, and accountability
Skilled communicator and presenter. You influence senior leaders, negotiate critical matters, and bring stakeholders along while strengthening the relationship and the work
Command of social analytics and the ability to connect social strategy and output to business goals, framing performance in terms that resonate with senior leadership
Exceptional cross-functional leadership. You build trust quickly, influence without authority, and navigate complex, matrixed organizations with skill and grace
Outstanding ability to cut through ambiguity and drive clarity. You take complex, competing inputs and distill them into a clear direction that teams can execute against
Highly organized operator with excellent judgment, decision-making, and discernment. You establish clear plans, manage budgets and schedules, and ensure the team executes with consistency and excellence
Thrives in a fast-paced, fluid, and ambiguous environment with competing demands and high-stakes deadlines

Responsibilities

Lead, develop, and inspire the Brand Social team, setting clear direction, fostering a culture of creative ambition and collective accountability, and ensuring the team operates at its highest level
Provide active coaching, mentorship, and professional development to ICs and managers within the team, elevating contribution and building long-term capability
Hold a high bar for work quality and team culture, proactively sharing feedback with positive intent and creating the conditions for people to grow
Model and reinforce Apple's values and a "yes, and..." collaborative mindset across the team and beyond
Lead inclusively, ensuring all voices are heard and diverse perspectives inform the work
Own the overarching strategy for the Apple TV brand social presence, setting the vision for how Apple TV shows up across platforms to build conversation, fandoms, and cultural relevance for our brand, titles, and sports programming
Establish operational objectives, work plans, and performance frameworks for the team that connect social activity to business goals
Champion bold, social-first ideas from internal teams and agency partners, creating clear pathways for great work to get made and protecting creative ambition through execution
Drive alignment between brand social strategy and the broader Apple TV Marketing Organization, ensuring social is integrated and informed at every upstream decision point
Monitor platform evolution, audience behavior, and competitive landscape, bringing a clear, proactive point of view on strategy and optimization to senior leadership
Serve as the senior social marketing partner for title leads, sports marketing, creative, media, and international teams, building trust, driving integration, and ensuring social is a valued, upstream contributor to cross-functional planning
Navigate complex stakeholder dynamics with skill, influencing and gaining alignment in sensitive situations without damage to relationships
Represent the team and its work to senior leadership with clarity, conviction, and a well developed point of view
Partner with Apple's central teams to maintain alignment with company-wide values, brand standards, and policies
Provide senior oversight and strategic direction to the social agency, setting the ambition, evaluating output, and holding partners accountable to a standard of creative excellence and business impact
Work alongside the Brand Social & Creative Editorial leads to ensure agency output reflects the brand's editorial vision and platform strategy
Build and maintain strong relationships with key external partners, bringing a broad network and a collaborative, trust-based approach to all partnerships
Drive and own KPI frameworks and success metrics for the brand social team, ensuring the team is measuring what matters and communicating impact in terms that resonate with the business
Oversee social analytics and performance reporting, ensuring regular, senior-level narratives on brand health, audience growth, and business contribution
Oversee and implement highly complex initiatives within the team that require comprehensive analysis and evaluation of competing priorities and intangibles