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Hercules Verified
Venture Capital, Financial Services, Investment Management

Social Media Manager

San Francisco, CAOnsiteFull TimeLead$100,000–$250,000 /yrPosted 1 month ago

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Required skills

  • organic growth
  • content engine
  • thought leadership
  • social channels
  • newsletter
  • video
  • X/Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • Instagram
  • TikTok

Nice to have

  • exceptional candidates

Role summary

We are seeking a Content & Social Lead to own the end-to-end organic growth strategy, including thought leadership, social media channels, newsletters, and video production. The ideal candidate will build a repeatable content engine to drive awareness, traffic, and signups. Responsibilities include managing content strategy, calendar, distribution, and iteration across various platforms, hiring and managing a pipeline of contractors (writers, editors, designers, creators), directing video production vendors, and repurposing assets. Strong skills in organic social growth for product-led companies, excellent writing and editorial judgment, creative direction for short-form video, content production system management, analytics, and AI workflows are expected. This role is hybrid, based in San Francisco, with a strong preference for in-office work.

What are we looking for?

We’re hiring a social media manager to own all of our Hercules' presence across X, LinkedIn, and Instagram,.

What will you lead?

  • Channels: You will manage our X, LinkedIn, and Instagram accounts.

  • Content creation: You will create compelling content that converts and grows Hercules' brand

  • Account management: You will engage with customers and prospective customers and direct them to sales or support as needed

What skills do we expect you to have?

  • Proven track record growing organic social for a software product

  • Excellent writing and editorial judgment (hooks, clarity, voice, pacing)

  • Strong creative direction for short-form video (scripting, structure, creator guidance)

  • Comfort with analytics (what moved, why it moved, and what to do next)

  • Strong AI workflows for ideation, drafting, editing, repurposing, and performance analysis

What are Hercules’ operating principles?

Hercules’ operating principles guide how we make decisions every day. We take them very seriously. Most of them are specifically choices that we as a company unique prioritize and so can be learned on the job. However, we do specifically filter for these principles our hiring process:

  1. We move with urgency. We ship fast, iterate, and correct mistakes quickly. Our bias for action speeds our learning and delights our customers.

  2. We strive for excellence. Doing things well is in our DNA. We have good taste. We get the details right. Our outputs are exceptionally simple and self-serve. We’re proud of our work.

  3. We are hungry. We are willing to work hard and break through walls to achieve the outcomes we want. We are willing to operate at any level to get things done. We are politely relentless.

Is Hercules in-office or remote?

Hercules founding team works in-office in San Francisco (Kearny and Bush). We have a very strong preference for in office. We are open to remote for exceptional candidates in US time zones who would be willing/able to travel to the office regularly.

What are Hercules’ benefits?

  • Healthcare, vision, and dental

  • User whatever AI tools you’d like (you have an unlimited AI budget)

  • Take what you need vacation policy

  • Daily lunches, dinners and snacks in the office

  • We guarantee you will do the best work of your career here

What’s the compensation?

$100k-$250k + equity (depends on seniority, equity, and location)

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