Freelance Social Media Coordinator or Manager

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Freelance Social Media Coordinator or Manager

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I have an open 1099 contract for a social media coordinator or manager with 3-5+ years of experience. You'll be supporting one or more clients with community management, scheduling, content calendar management, proactive engagement, trendspotting, and light analytics work (with deeper reporting available if you have the experience).

Must have experience managing engagement, publishing, and calendars for a brand account. Both B2B and B2C experience preferred. Instagram, TikTok, YouTube Shorts, and LinkedIn experience required.

Contract: 1099, quarterly renewal
Location: Fully remote - must reside in the U.S.
Start Date: August
Hours: 50–70/month
Rate: $35–55/hr

For my sanity and the sake of my inbox, please no DMs or direct emails. Thank you!

Posted by: Bridget Szuminsky

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I am looking for a sharp, detail‑oriented freelancer to support one or more clients through daily community management, proactive monitoring and engagement, publishing, data migration/reporting, and social project management. This contract role is ideal for a social native who thrives in fast‑moving digital environments, can confidently represent distinct brand voices, and brings both operational excellence and creative intuition to social execution.

Contract Details

• Contract Type: 1099
• Expected Start Date: August
• Anticipated Hours: 50-70/month
• Rate: $35-55/hour based on experience and contract scope
• Location: Fully remote within the United States
• Schedule: Must typically be available during standard U.S business hours and able to perform community management daily (weekdays)

Key Responsibilities

• Monitor and respond to comments, messages, and mentions across assigned brand channels.
• Manage internal and client social calendars, shared client folders, response matrices, and other digital environments. Maintain a clean, organized workflow across multiple brands and calendars.
• Schedule/publish content across social channels.
• Pull analytics data into reporting spreadsheets.
• Troubleshoot platform or social tool issues, flagging bugs, outages, or unexpected platform behaviors that may impact client social accounts or workflows.
• Maintain and adapt to distinct brand voices, tones, and response frameworks.
• Identify relevant creators, conversations, and trends for proactive engagement.
• Surface community insights, recurring questions, and sentiment trends to internal teams.
• Stay up to date on platform updates, algorithm shifts, emerging content formats, and engagement norms.

Additional Responsibilities, Based on Experience

• Analyze social media performance data and create comprehensive, actionable monthly, quarterly, and campaign reports.
• Train and optimize social listening queues.
• Analyze social listening data to provide content and engagement recommendations.

Required Experience & Skills

• 3+ years managing social communities and channels for a brand (agency or in‑house).
• Ability to manage multiple brands, voices, and priorities simultaneously.
• Experience with Instagram, TikTok, YouTube Shorts, and LinkedIn required. Facebook, X, and Threads preferred.
• Previous use of a social media management tool such as Sprout Social, Sprinklr, Hootsuite, or a similar platform.
• Strong understanding of platform engagement behaviors.
• Skilled in using AI tools (i.e., Copilot or ChatGPT) for research, voice guidance, proofreading, content ideation, etc., when needed.
• Ability to quickly learn new tools, workflows, and brand guidelines.
• Ability to work independently, with strong time management, organization, and problem-solving skills.
• Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy.
• Clear communication and reliable follow‑through.

Preferred Experience & Skills

• If you have less than 4 years of experience, prior work as an independent freelancer or in a fully remote agency environment is highly preferred.
• B2B and B2C experience.
• Experience supporting technical or complex industries (technology, manufacturing, industrial, utilities, robotics, etc.) is a major plus.
• Sprout Social use for community monitoring, publishing, and data management.
• Social analytics and listening (not required, but may expand your hours if you have the experience).

Application Process

• Submit a resume and portfolio (optional for this role) using the form below.
• We will conduct 1–3 Google Meet interviews depending on the project(s) you’re being considered for.
• A paid test project may be requested.
• The application will be closed on Friday, July 24, or after 100 applications have been received—whichever comes first.

Please note—I try to respond to everyone, but I am a team of one and sometimes receive an overwhelming number of applications. Please do not call to follow up on applications.

No agencies or recruiters.