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~The MetaMarketingContent & Social Media Manager

Content & Social Media Manager

This role creates and distributes content across multiple formats and channels to build awareness and engagement for AI products, translating complex technical concepts into compelling narratives that resonate with developers, founders, and enterprise audiences. The Content & Social Media Manager produces everything from social posts and thought leadership to customer stories, guides, and campaign materials, often working hands-on across writing, editing, and strategy. What sets this work apart is the deep product knowledge required—these professionals must understand the AI capabilities they're explaining, work closely with technical teams and founders, and measure success not just in vanity metrics but in driving real business outcomes like pipeline, community growth, and category positioning. Typically embedded in fast-growing AI companies with small, scrappy content teams, these roles sit at the intersection of product marketing, communications, and community building.

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Social Media ManagerHead of Content & StrategyGrowth Content WriterSocial Content CreatorContent Creator
Open Jobs36
Companies Hiring27
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Measured across 36 of 36 open postings.

39%
expect AI in the role's own work
3% state it as a requirement
22%
work directly with customers
22%
manage people
Mid
most common level
47% of open postings
BY LEVEL

This role is advertised at one level, so a single figure for the role would describe none of them. Experience and pay are the midpoints for each level on its own.

LevelShareMedian yearsMedian pay
Mid47%(17)4$180k

A dash means too few postings stated it to report a midpoint. Most companies do not publish a salary band, so pay is indicative rather than a market rate. 5 levels with fewer than 10 open postings are not shown.

WHAT THEY ASK FOR, VERBATIM

“champion Runway's presence in AI-generated answers”

Runway · SEO / AEO Manager

“track how that presence shows up in AI answers”

Campfire · Social Media Manager

“comfortable enough with AI/infrastructure concepts to write copy”

Crusoe · Developer Social & Content Manager

“Experience using AI writing and productivity tools thoughtfully to support content creation and scale”

Axion · Senior Content Marketer
$ barriers
45%
advertised as remote
of postings that state a work mode
90%
still advertised a month later
5 points slower than the board

Requirements are a share of every open posting, so a role missing from this list is one where almost nobody asks. Work mode is different: many postings never say, so that figure counts only the ones that do. A posting stops being advertised when it is filled, cancelled or reorganised, so read the last figure as how long these stay on the market, not as time to hire.

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Skills

What companies are looking for in this role.

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Content strategy and editorial planning

97%

Social media strategy

56%

Community program management

36%

Content and learning analytics

31%

Brand strategy and identity

25%

Video and multimedia production

22%

Content operations and governance

22%

Customer advocacy and storytelling

19%

Growth experimentation and CRO

19%

Developer advocacy and technical content

14%

Demand generation programs

14%

Product positioning and messaging

14%

Technical narrative translation

11%

Campaign creative direction

11%

Revenue analytics and reporting

8%

Marketing and GTM measurement and attribution

8%
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AI-assisted content production

19%

Hands-on AI tool fluency

17%

AI search and answer optimization

14%
$ skills --soft

Writing and editorial judgment

47%

Cross-functional collaboration

36%

Technical team leadership and mentoring

17%
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Technology

The tools and technologies that define this role.

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LinkedInhigh
X (Twitter)moderate
YouTubemoderate
Instagramlow
Redditlow
TikToklow
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Google Analyticslow
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Generative AIlow
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Open Jobs

36 open Content & Social Media Manager jobs across 27 companies.

Runway1w
Marketing Manager, Partnerships
Remote·Marketing
Inferact2w
Social Media Manager
San Francisco·Marketing
Figma2w
Video Strategist
San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States·Marketing
Legora2w
Editorial Specialist
London·Marketing
Runway2w
SEO / AEO Manager
Remote·Marketing
Skild AI2w
Content Creator (Intern)
San Mateo·Marketing
Baseten2w
Social Media Manager
San Francisco·Marketing
Rhoda2w
Social Media & Content Lead- AI Research
Mountain View·Marketing
Campfire3w
Senior Content Marketing Manager, Storytelling
San Francisco·Marketing
Campfire3w
Social Media Manager
San Francisco·Marketing
Campfire3w
SEO & AEO Manager
San Francisco·Marketing
DualEntry3w
Finance Content Creator, Socials
New York City·Marketing
Crusoe3w
Developer Social & Content Manager
San Francisco, CA - US·Marketing
Axion3w
Senior Content Marketer
Remote·Marketing
Rox1mo
Social & Content Marketing
San Francisco·Marketing
Multiverse1mo
Campaigns & Content Specialist
London·Marketing
Ramp1mo
Social Media Lead
New York, NY (HQ)·Marketing
Harvey1mo
Content Marketing Lead
San Francisco·Marketing
Lambda1mo
Head of Content
San Francisco Office (Second St)·Marketing
OpenAI1mo
Startup Content Marketing Manager
San Francisco·Marketing