Short Form Content Manager

Skills
AnalyticsBusinessContent MarketingCreative DirectionDigital MarketingFilmFit
Role

What the job involves

The main requirements, responsibilities and hiring steps.

Requirements

  • Proven experience growing short-form content across multiple platforms
  • Exceptional design eye for graphics and typography
  • Strong editing and motion-graphics skills
  • Deep understanding of platform best practices and native storytelling formats
  • Comfort balancing creative instincts with performance data
  • Exceptional organizational skills and clear documentation
  • Curiosity around AI-driven tools automation and new media workflows
  • Spreadsheet or analytics fluency to track and visualize performance

Nice to have

  • High experimentation mindset
  • Strong collaboration
  • Creative problem solving
  • Leadership presence
  • Audience intuition

Day to day

  • Lead short-form content strategy and execution across Instagram YouTube Shorts Facebook Reels and emerging platforms
  • Develop and scale new content formats across written graphic and video posts while improving production capacity
  • Hire manage and coach pods of producers editors and strategists to deliver high-volume high-quality output
  • Use data experimentation and platform insights to refine creative direction test ideas and iterate quickly

Hiring process

  • Recruiter Screen: 30-minute phone call
  • Hiring Manager Screen: 30-minute video interview
  • Technical Interview: 75-minute interview focused on creative strategy platform expertise storytelling content performance and ideation
  • Paid Project: Compensated short-form content project including copywriting carousel design and data analysis
  • Peer Interview: Interview with a cross-functional peer
  • Marketing Leadership Interviews: Video interviews with senior marketing leaders
  • Final Round: 30-minute conversation with a C-suite executive