Social Media Manager Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, communications, journalism, or a related field, or equivalent hands-on experience.
• At least 6 years of related experience in social media, content creation, or digital marketing (agency or in-house), or at least 4 years with a master’s degree.
• Demonstrated end-to-end ownership of a major social or content program, including setting strategy, managing a roadmap, and delivering measurable results.
• Proven track record growing social media for a financial brand, media company, or creator.
• Deep knowledge of the futures, prop trading, or crypto space, including its audiences, communities, and culture.
• Experience building and leading community management programs, owning a brand’s community strategy, and representing a brand voice publicly.
• Ability to work in a fast-moving content environment, with deep understanding of short-form video and X content ecosystems.
• Strong graphic design skills, including independently and collaboratively turning briefs into compelling visuals; comfort with video-editing software such as Adobe Premiere or similar.
• Experience with Sprout Social, Adobe Creative Suite, Canva, and project-management tools such as Jira, ClickUp, or Monday.com.
• Experience using AI tools in a marketing workflow; Claude and ChatGPT are preferred for ideation, copywriting, research, or asset creation.
• Experience adapting long-form content into short-form, social-first formats by identifying hooks and focusing on what matters.
• Fluency in meme culture and internet humor, with the ability to use it strategically.
• Strong writing skills, including concise and engaging captions, adapting tone across platforms and audiences, and communicating recommendations clearly in writing and meetings.
• Strong organization and experience managing vendors, agencies, or contractors alongside multiple content and cross-functional workstreams.
• Ability to align stakeholders in content, product, and growth without formal authority, including at Manager and Director levels.

Nice To Haves

• Comfort on camera for short-form video content such as TikTok and Reels.
• Basic familiarity with paid social and how organic and paid social work together.
• Familiarity with Social SEO, including optimizing captions, hashtags, and scripts to improve discoverability on TikTok, YouTube, and other platforms.

Responsibilities

• Own the social strategy for NinjaTrader Prop and Ecosystem business accounts across X/Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Facebook; ideate, create, and publish content.
• Manage the Prop social content roadmap and calendar from concept through publication.
• Develop and maintain a company-approved, social-first brand voice and visual identity, adapting content natively for each platform.
• Monitor platform algorithm changes, trending formats, and emerging channels to maximize reach and engagement.
• Design social assets, coordinate with creative team members and designers on additional assets, and oversee campaign and product-launch copywriting, captions, and asset coordination.
• Manage relationships with influencers, creators, and agency partners for post scheduling and asset sharing.
• Support the Video Producer on Prop projects by repurposing long-form video into short-form clips for TikTok, Reels, and YouTube Shorts, and writing captions, subtitles, and on-screen text.
• Own community management across NinjaTrader brand accounts by setting guidelines, response standards, and escalation paths; direct responses to comments, DMs, mentions, and tags; build community engagement; and monitor brand mentions and sentiment.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives with content, product, and growth teams, representing social media in forums and advising business units and Manager- and Director-level stakeholders.
• Track and analyze channel performance, turn insights into recommendations and business cases, and influence content strategy, resourcing, and budget decisions.
• Design and document processes to ensure published content meets regulatory and brand standards.

Benefits

• 401(k) plan with a company match of up to 3.5% of employee contributions.
• Annual paid time off allowance accruing at 18 days per year.
• Seven paid holidays annually, plus five conditional holidays annually.
• One service day annually.
• Paid parental bonding leave.
• Health, vision, and dental coverage.
• Life and disability insurance covered 100% by NinjaTrader.
• Annual target bonus based on individual performance (50%) and company/team performance (50%).
• 20 additional flex remote days annually for Chicago-based employees.
• Six company-wide office-optional weeks tied to major holidays.