Social Content Designer

About Strava

Strava is the app for active people. With over 180 million athletes in more than 185 countries, it's more than tracking workouts - it's where people make progress together, from new habits to new personal bests. No matter your sport or how you track it, Strava's got you covered. Find your crew, crush your goals, and make every effort count. Start your journey with Strava today.

Our mission is simple: to motivate people to live their best active lives. We believe in the power of movement to connect and drive people forward.

Strava's Brand & Social team owns how the brand shows up in culture, from always-on social to campaign moments and partnerships. We're building out a dedicated, in-house social team, and we need a Social Content Designer, Contractor to own execution of always-on content. You'll be the person who takes social concepts from idea to finished asset. You'll work closely with our Brand Manager and Social Community Manager, designing and animating Instagram-first creative, adapting it for TikTok, and building the templates and motion systems that let recurring content ship faster. You'll report directly to the Director of Brand & Social.

This position is fully remote or hybrid depending on your location. Those near our New York office will work on-site three days per week.

What You'll Do

• Design and animate social-first creative for Instagram, including Reels, Stories, carousels, and statics
• Adapt and originate content for TikTok in a platform-native way, not as a reformat of Instagram assets
• Turn Strava's platform data, app features, and community moments into visual concepts only someone with access to them could make
• Build reusable templates and motion systems so recurring content franchises ship on a predictable cadence
• Partner with the social team on the content calendar and on reactive, same-week creative
• Work inside Strava's brand system and help extend it for social formats

What You'll Bring to the Team

• 2-3 years of experience in design experience
• A portfolio of social-native design and motion work, with Instagram as the primary proof point
• Fluency in After Effects, the Adobe Suite, and Figma (or equivalent tools), with comfort designing inside platform constraints and safe zones
• Working knowledge of TikTok formats, pacing, editing conventions, and current trending formats
• You take creative direction and run with it, making independent creative decisions within the brand system
• Comfort with a weekly shipping rhythm and occasional quick turnarounds
• Shooting and editing lightweight video on a phone or small kit is a plus
• Interest in running, cycling, or endurance sport is a plus, not a requirement

To Apply

Send a cover letter with your portfolio attached (including two or three examples of social work you both designed and animated yourself) to [click apply]. Please include your availability and your weekly capacity.

Posted by: Maya Holley-Peretz, Director, Brand and Social