SAS, Social Strategist

Remote (20-25 hours/week; EST hours) – ongoing contract role starting ASAP. Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship.

About the role

We’re looking for a highly culturally curious, social-first strategist to help shape social and creative strategy for a major retail brand. This is a hands-on role for someone who can turn emerging conversations, communities, and trends into meaningful brand opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Stay deeply immersed in social media and internet culture, particularly TikTok, and identify relevant trends, communities, conversations, and consumer behaviors.
• Translate social and cultural insights into strategic opportunities, creative ideas, briefs, and recommendations.
• Support holiday, seasonal, always-on, and culture-led social campaigns in partnership with social, creative, creator, and cross-functional teams.
• Build compelling Google Slides and PowerPoint decks, turning insights into clear, visually engaging narratives.
• Participate in ideation, contribute to social and creative strategy, and help identify innovative ways for the brand to engage with culture.
• Be highly hands-on and collaborative — comfortable researching, writing, developing strategy, building presentations, and presenting recommendations to stakeholders.

Requirements

• 3-7 years of experience as a Social Strategist, Cultural Strategist, Creative Strategist, or Social Insights Strategist.
• Creative-led social/culture agency experience strongly preferred; Community Management experience is a plus.
• Strong understanding of social, creators, earned media, digital culture, and internet communities.
• Excellent writer and storyteller who can connect insight → opportunity → idea → recommendation.
• Strong deck-building skills with the ability to create visual narratives, not just bullet-point presentations.
• Genuinely “very online” and culturally curious — fluent in TikTok, trends, memes, entertainment, and pop culture.
• Strong communicator, adaptable, collaborative, and comfortable in a fast-paced, meeting-heavy environment.
• EST availability required.

Pay

$45-49/hr on W2.

Benefits

Eligible for Health, Dental, Vision, and 401K.

Schedule

20-25 hours/week (EST hours).