Community Manager Resident

About the role

VeeFriends is seeking a talented, social-native Community Manager Resident to grow and energize the VeeFriends community across social platforms. This is a 3-month Residency position designed for someone who can quickly integrate into the team and make an immediate impact.

Responsibilities

• Grow and energize the VeeFriends community across social platforms
• Proactively engage with creators, brands, fan pages, collectors, and relevant communities through comments, replies, and timely participation in larger conversations
• Manage comments, DMs, and community responses on VeeFriends-owned content in a timely, thoughtful, and brand-consistent way
• Track and interpret content performance, including views, engagement, retention, and community response
• Create compelling on-screen hooks, captions, and social copy that capture attention quickly and drive engagement
• Support content performance and optimization

Requirements

• 1–3 years of experience in social media, community management, content, or a related role
• A social-native mindset with a strong understanding of how people engage across TikTok, Instagram, YouTube Shorts, and X
• Excellent writing instincts, especially for short-form hooks, captions, replies, and platform-native copy
• Strong desire to create a positive and engaging community/member experience
• High emotional intelligence, sound judgment, and patience when interacting with community members
• Comfortable moving quickly, testing ideas, and adapting based on what performs
• A proactive, hands-on, “hustler” mentality
• Actively collect or follow trading cards
• Understand pull culture, breaks, and collector hype cycles
• Have a strong sense of taste and know how to move fast without making the brand feel forced or off-tone

Qualifications

• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, real-time environment
• Ability to react quickly to trends and contribute ideas
• Experience with TikTok, Instagram, YouTube Shorts, and X
• Understanding of internet culture and adjacent communities, including collectibles, trading cards, sports, pop culture, entertainment, and creator-led ecosystems

Skills

• Strong writing skills, especially for short-form content
• Community management and engagement experience
• Ability to track and interpret content performance
• Understanding of internet culture and adjacent communities
• Ability to move quickly and adapt to trends

Benefits

• Opportunity to contribute meaningfully and make an immediate impact within the VeeFriends team
• Short-term residency position

Pay

The pay range for this role is $66,300 – $73,000 per year.

Schedule

This is an initial 3-month Residency role based at the VeeFriends Hudson Yards office.

Contact

VeeFriends Hudson Yards Office
Creative
New York, NY