Be Part of What's Next
Help shape the future of social storytelling for two of the most iconic brands in media. As the Video & Social Media Manager for Cosmopolitan and Seventeen, you'll create culture-driving content, develop innovative video franchises, and connect millions of fans with the moments, personalities, and trends they care about most.
About Hearst Magazines (Why Us?)
Hearst Magazines is home to 30 leading editorial brands that inspire, inform, and entertain millions of audiences across print, digital, video, social, and emerging platforms. Our teams are driven by creativity, innovation, and collaboration, delivering exceptional content and experiences while shaping the future of media.
Key Responsibilities (What You Are Doing)
- Create original, social-first video franchises optimized for TikTok and Instagram Reels that build audience engagement and drive repeat viewership.
- Lead video production from concept through execution, including pitching ideas, planning shoots, editing content, and publishing finished assets.
- Partner with editorial teams to identify stories that translate into compelling social video and proactively pitch creative concepts inspired by pop culture trends.
- Monitor emerging TikTok and Instagram trends and quickly develop content that keeps Cosmopolitan and Seventeen at the center of the conversation.
- Develop and execute video strategy for Cosmopolitan TikTok, Instagram Reels, and Seventeen TikTok in partnership with the Social Media Director.
- Capture behind-the-scenes content and produce social-first video at editorial shoots, red carpets, live events, and other brand experiences.
- Manage social media calendars to ensure timely, high-quality publishing across platforms.
- Analyze platform performance and audience insights to optimize content strategy, posting cadence, formats, and copy.
Qualifications (What We're Looking For)
- 4+ years of experience in social media, social video production, or digital content creation.
- Proven success creating highly engaging, viral short-form video content across TikTok, Instagram Reels, or similar platforms.
- Strong experience shooting, editing, and producing short-form video in a professional media environment.
- Expertise with CapCut and short-form video editing best practices; working knowledge of Adobe Premiere is a plus.
- Experience working with talent, creators, journalists, and cross-functional teams in fast-paced production environments.
- Strong copywriting skills with the ability to create compelling captions and social headlines.
- Familiarity with social publishing platforms such as Sprinklr, Dash Hudson, Sprout Social, or similar tools, along with social analytics platforms, is preferred.
- Comfortable covering live events, awards shows, and breaking cultural moments with speed and creativity.
- Confident on-camera presence is a plus.
- Hybrid work schedule based in New York, NY, with an expectation of working in the office four days per week.
Benefits (What We Offer)
- Work with the Best: Collaborate with top-tier professionals across media, advertising, tech, fashion, lifestyle, and publishing, shaping the future of these dynamic industries.
- Grow Your Skills: Unlock your potential with access to innovative training programs, immersive workshops, and exclusive industry events.
- Work-Life Harmony: Enjoy the flexibility of hybrid work, empowering you to balance professional success with personal priorities.
- Foster Connection & Belonging: Join our Employee Resource Groups and help create a welcoming workplace where everyone feels valued and empowered.
- Wellness First: Prioritize your well-being with a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision insurance from Day 1.
- Plan for Your Financial Future: Enjoy competitive financial perks, including a 401(k) plan with a generous company match.
The target base salary for this role is $85,500. This position is not eligible for bonus or commission compensation. Actual compensation will be determined based on experience, skills, qualifications, and location.
Hearst Magazines is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Skills Required
- 4+ years of experience in social media, social video production, or digital content creation
- Proven success creating highly engaging, viral short-form video content across TikTok, Instagram Reels, or similar platforms
- Strong experience shooting, editing, and producing short-form video in a professional media environment
- Expertise with CapCut and short-form video editing best practices
- Working knowledge of Adobe Premiere
- Experience working with talent, creators, journalists, and cross-functional teams in fast-paced production environments
- Strong copywriting skills, including creating compelling captions and social headlines
- Familiarity with social publishing platforms such as Sprinklr, Dash Hudson, Sprout Social, or similar tools
- Familiarity with social analytics platforms
- Comfort covering live events, awards shows, and breaking cultural moments with speed and creativity
- Confident on-camera presence
- Ability to work a hybrid schedule in New York, NY, with four days per week in the office
Hearst Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Hearst and has not been reviewed or approved by Hearst.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is described as comprehensive, including medical plan choice, full in-network preventive coverage, dental and vision, telemedicine, prescription coverage, and fertility resources. Mental-health resources and other wellbeing services (e.g., therapy sessions, crisis support, virtual physical therapy, and chronic-condition programs) further strengthen the health offering.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support is positioned as meaningful through a 401(k) plan with company matching and Hearst covering plan administration fees. Performance bonuses are also noted as available in some roles, adding an additional rewards component beyond base pay.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off benefits include paid holidays, paid sick days, and vacation time with a commonly cited annual range, alongside paid parental leave and family medical leave. A remote work program and flexibility signals are also included as part of the overall rewards experience.
Hearst Insights
What We Do
Hearst is a leading global, diversified media, information and services company with more than 360 businesses. Its major interests include ownership in cable television networks such as A&E, HISTORY, Lifetime and ESPN; global financial services leader Fitch Group; Hearst Health, a group of medical information and services businesses; transportation assets including CAMP Systems International, a major provider of software-as-a-service solutions for managing maintenance of jets and helicopters; 33 television stations such as WCVB-TV in Boston and KCRA-TV in Sacramento, California, which reach a combined 19 percent of U.S. viewers; newspapers such as the Houston Chronicle, San Francisco Chronicle and Times Union (Albany, New York); more than 300 magazines around the world, including Cosmopolitan, ELLE, Men's Health and Car and Driver, and digital services businesses such as iCrossing and KUBRA; and investments in emerging digital entertainment companies such as Complex Networks.
