Group Director, Social Strategy & Connections (Social Media)

Location: New York, New York; hybrid work

Salary: $180,000–$220,000 per year, plus discretionary bonus and benefits.

Company

Blue Hour Studios is a social-first agency backed by hirify.global, connecting culture, content, creators, commerce, creativity, and media to drive business impact.

What you will do

• Build integrated strategies connecting social, influencer, creative, and media workstreams across agency and client teams.
• Apply audience insights, platform intelligence, creator learnings, social trends, and cultural signals to planning and growth opportunities.
• Shape content strategies, social and influencer briefs, and production plans for organic engagement and paid amplification.
• Integrate creator and influencer strategies into broader social and media plans.
• Lead social real-time boosting and amplification strategies across platforms.
• Translate performance data and behavioral signals into optimization recommendations while championing testing and learning.

Requirements

• 8–12+ years of experience in social strategy, connections planning, or content strategy.
• Deep fluency in social media, creators, content ecosystems, platform behaviors, and community dynamics.
• Experience developing social-first strategies across social, influencer, creative, social listening, and media disciplines.
• Strong understanding of audience strategy, content planning, creative effectiveness, testing frameworks, and performance optimization.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders while developing frameworks, recommendations, briefs, and plans.
• Strong strategic storytelling, collaboration, cultural awareness, and ability to work in fast-moving environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Cross-functional collaboration across Blue Hour Studios, hirify.global, and client teams.
• Health insurance, life and disability insurance, and retirement savings plans.
• Company-paid holidays and unlimited paid time off.
• Mental health and wellness resources, pet insurance, childcare resources, and fertility assistance.
• Identity theft insurance and fitness reimbursement.