Marketing Partnerships Social Manager

About the Role

This contract role sits at the intersection of brand partnerships, sponsorships, and hands-on social production for a major media and entertainment organization. The position exists to provide maternity leave coverage and carries real ownership from day one, with structured overlap time alongside the hiring manager both at the start and close of the engagement to ensure a smooth handoff in both directions. The hiring manager is based in New York, so comfort operating with autonomy while staying tightly aligned across time zones matters here.

The ideal candidate brings proven experience driving brand partnerships and sponsorships, with a strong instinct for connecting editorial strategy to social team assets and external event productions. They are a full-lifecycle social producer who can take an idea from concept through execution without losing momentum, and they feel at home in fast-moving environments. A background in sports, live events, or high-volume live media is a genuine differentiator for this one.

Key Responsibilities

1. Drive brand partnership and sponsorship initiatives, aligning editorial strategy with social assets and external event productions
2. Manage full-lifecycle turn-key social media production from initial concept through final execution
3. Provide on-the-ground production support at off-site events and activations as needed
4. Coordinate closely with internal social teams to ensure brand and editorial alignment across all content streams
5. Maintain momentum on high-volume content pipelines in a fast-paced, live media environment
6. Collaborate across time zones with a New York-based hiring manager, keeping communication clear and decisions moving
7. Support a clean handoff at both the start and end of the engagement through structured overlap periods with the hiring manager

Required Skills & Experience

• Proven experience in brand partnerships and sponsorships, including editorial strategy alignment with social and event production
• Hands-on, full-lifecycle social media production experience from concept to execution
• Ability to manage high-volume content in a fast-moving environment
• Comfortable operating with autonomy while staying aligned with remote leadership
• Willingness and ability to work onsite Tuesday through Thursday in Los Angeles and support occasional off-site productions

Preferred Skills

• Background in sports, live events, or fast-moving live media environments
• Experience managing or collaborating across cross-functional teams in a large media organization
• Familiarity with brand sponsorship structures within editorial or content-driven organizations