Manager, Social Art Director

Starface is seeking a Manager, Social Art Director to help evolve and elevate our social creative across owned, paid, and retail channels. In this role, you’ll report directly to our Director, Social & Content. You’ll lead the ideation and execution of highly creative, brand-right social content, manage and support a Social Media Coordinator, and help push Starface’s social presence forward across existing and emerging platforms.

While this role is fully remote, we are ideally looking for someone based in New York City or Los Angeles who can be available for occasional on-site shoots and in-person creative moments.

The right person for this role is a social-first creative thinker, a strong people manager, an expert collaborator, and someone who is deeply online – but not overly reliant on trends or algorithms.

At Starface, we find fun, lead with care, aim high, stay curious, and move forward. We love people who defy convention and welcome an attitude of exploration into the bold and creative in all that we do. If you are a highly creative social art director who knows how to make content that feels fresh, thoughtful, platform-native, and unmistakably Starface, and all of this resonates with you so far, please keep reading!

• Ideate and manage the execution of social content across owned organic, paid, and retail channels, delivering creative that is both highly original and strategically aligned.
• Support growth, engagement, awareness, and brand love across Starface’s social channels by creating content that reaches new audiences, builds loyalty, and drives positive sentiment.
• Evolve Starface’s creative approach across existing platforms and emerging channels, helping us stay best-in-class as the brand scales.
• Maintain Starface’s brand integrity while continuing to push the creative boundaries of what our social content can be.
• Manage, mentor, and support one direct report, helping them grow creatively while ensuring strong execution and follow-through.
• Lead creative brainstorming, oversee content execution, identify opportunities for improvement, and give thoughtful feedback across social creative work.
• Source, brief, contract, and manage creators from start to finish, including both traditional influencers and more unexpected creative collaborators such as artists, ceramicists, makers, and other culturally relevant creators.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional partners across marketing, retail, creative, copy, external agencies, and other key stakeholders.
• Translate marketing, launch, brand, and retail briefs into social-first creative ideas that are timely, on-brand, and executable.
• Build strong working relationships with internal and external partners, ensuring all asks and briefs are delivered on time.
• Bring a clear point of view to the work, proactively sharing ideas, opportunities, and areas for improvement.
• Understand how creative needs to flex across platforms, including Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, paid social, organic channels, and new/emerging spaces. 
• Balance quantity and quality of output, increasing the volume of strong social creative without sacrificing craft, taste, or brand consistency.

• You have 5+ years of experience in social, ideally with a creative or art direction background rather than a purely marketing-led social background.
• You have experience managing at least one direct report and know how to support, guide, and grow creative talent.
• You are deeply online and genuinely understand what is happening culturally, especially with Gen Z and Gen Alpha.
• You know how to think beyond trends. You understand algorithms and platform behavior, but you are not boxed in by them.
• You have a strong eye for social-first creative and understand what makes content compelling, whether you are directing, briefing, reviewing, or partnering with creators to produce it.
• You’re experienced working with creators and know how to write strong briefs, give clear feedback, and manage content from initial sourcing through final assets.
• You can balance big, unexpected creative thinking with excellent execution, organization, and follow-through.
• You have strong communication skills and are comfortable selling your ideas, navigating feedback, and working through approval processes.
• You are highly detail-oriented and know how to distinguish between what needs to be perfect and what can move quickly.
• You are excited by new platforms, communities, creative approaches, and the opportunity to help shape what Starface social can become.

• The compensation range for this role is a $90,000-$110,000 base depending on level of experience, as well as bonus eligibility.
• Additional benefits include:
• Access to high-quality health care options
• Access to a 401k with 5% employer match eligibility
• 4 weeks of vacation plus up to 20 paid holidays
• 12 weeks fully paid parental leave 
• 5 days of pet-ernity leave for pet adoption
• Home office & internet supplement stipend  
• Annual learning & development stipend
• Flexible Fridays, and Summer Fridays
• Fully remote work environment 
• ...and much, much more!

Starface is an Equal Opportunity Employer where the spirit of inclusion feeds into everything that we do.  We are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates.  We believe that opportunity, access, resources and rewards should be available to and for the benefit of all.  Starface is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, gender expression, and Veteran status.