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Apple

Designs phones, computers and their operating systems

Brand Social & Creative Editorial Lead

Full-Time
No salary listed
Expert
Culver City, CA, USA
In Person
Social MediaSocial Media Strategy & Management

About the job

Requirements
  • At least 10 years of experience in social media marketing, with a demonstrable track record of building cultural moments and driving word of mouth for entertainment, sports, or highly consumer-centric brands.
  • Deep subject-matter expertise across social platforms, including knowledge of effective, emerging, and declining formats and a proactive point of view on maintaining platform relevance.
  • A strong editorial sensibility with a clear vision for brand voice, content hierarchy, and attention-winning content.
  • Proven experience leading and managing agency teams, inspiring innovation, setting a high creative bar, and redirecting work with clarity and conviction.
  • Extensive experience across brand storytelling, title campaign social, and live event or sports social, with the ability to adapt the approach for each.
  • Strong command of social analytics and data, using metrics to evaluate creative decisions and communicate return on investment and business impact.
  • Exceptional communication, presentation, and creative collaboration abilities, including pitching with conviction and aligning senior leaders and external partners.
Responsibilities
  • Own the editorial identity of Apple TV, defining the brand's social voice, creative standards, and content philosophy across all owned social channels in collaboration with creative teams.
  • Set and evolve the creative direction for the @appletv social ecosystem, ensuring the accounts function as evolving editorial platforms that fuel social conversation and fandoms.
  • Establish and maintain the brand's point of view across entertainment, pop culture, and sports conversations, identifying when and how Apple TV should participate meaningfully and differently.
  • Champion a social-first creative mindset across the broader marketing organization by educating, inspiring, and elevating collaborative work.
  • Lead holistic social campaign development across Apple TV, developing audience-first campaign frameworks that drive fandoms, conversation, and business results.
  • Develop, concept, and lead content capture initiatives that generate word of mouth and cultural momentum.
  • Define and drive innovation in social creative, including formats, platform mechanics, editorial series, talent integrations, real-world extensions and activations, and real-time opportunities.
  • Own the full content ecosystem for @appletv, from evergreen brand storytelling to title campaign beats and live sports moments, ensuring coherence and intentionality at every touchpoint.
  • Lead and manage the social agency relationship by setting the vision, inspiring ambition, maintaining creative standards, and driving accountability for innovative, business-driving output.
  • Partner with internal creative teams, title marketing leads, sports marketing, and international teams to integrate social strategy deeply into marketing efforts.
  • Serve as a senior social voice in cross-functional title teams, media, and brand planning processes, bringing an informed social perspective to upstream creative decisions.
  • Drive and define key performance indicators and success metrics for @appletv social channels, connecting social output to business goals.
  • Use social analytics, cultural listening, and platform data to iterate on creative strategy and present new learnings and points of view proactively.
  • Monitor platform evolution, competitor activity, and cultural shifts, bringing recommendations and optimization perspectives proactively.
  • Build and present regular insights and performance narratives to senior leadership, framing social impact in terms of brand health, audience growth, and business contribution.
  • Model a team-first culture that fosters creative ambition, psychological safety, and collective accountability.
  • Mentor and elevate peers and junior colleagues, sharing expertise and maintaining a high contribution standard.
  • Partner with Apple's central Marketing and Communications teams to align with company-wide values, brand standards, and policies.
  • Operate independently with exceptional judgment, making effective decisions quickly in ambiguous situations and bringing relevant stakeholders along with clarity and confidence.
  • Embody Apple's values in all work through taste, thoughtfulness, and a high standard of excellence.
Desired Qualifications
  • Demonstrated creative taste and expert-level fluency in social creative, including the ability to brief, concept, elevate, and discontinue work.
  • A sophisticated understanding of internet culture, meme ecosystems, and zeitgeist content.
  • The ability to anticipate resonant cultural content and participate authentically as a brand.
  • Proven ability to build cross-functional relationships and influence indirectly across a large, matrixed organization.
  • Experience collaborating with high-touch stakeholders with professionalism, creativity, and discretion.
  • Ability to thrive in ambiguous, fast-paced, fluid environments with competing demands and high-stakes deadlines.

About the company

Apple designs and sells consumer electronics, from iPhone smartphones and Mac computers to tablets and wearable devices. Its operating systems manage apps and built-in functions for communication and work, while iCloud stores files and synchronizes data across devices. Customers buy additional digital services through subscriptions such as Apple Music and Apple TV, and developers distribute software through the App Store. Apple earns money from hardware sales, subscriptions and digital transactions, selling directly to customers and through retailers and mobile carriers around the world. It was founded in 1976 and has its headquarters in Cupertino, California.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Cupertino, California

Founded

1976

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What believers are saying

  • Business demand is growing: Apple reported $109.4 billion revenue in the June 2026 quarter, up 16% year over year.
  • Eligible US employees get learning support: Apple reimburses career-related tuition and runs Apple University classes.
  • Services earn richer margins: Apple reported 75.6% services gross margin in the June 2026 quarter, versus 40.1% for products.

What critics are saying

  • Assembly depends on Asian partners: Apple outsources substantially all final hardware assembly, reducing direct control over production.
  • iPhone concentrates demand risk: the product generated 49.6% of Apple revenue in the June 2026 quarter.
  • Student support shifts take evenings: Apple College Advisors typically work three evening shifts and one weekend shift weekly.

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  • Its chips link hardware and software: Apple designs M-series processors and developer frameworks tuned to their unified memory.
  • Stores double as service hubs: Apple combines device sales, Genius Bar technical help and in-person learning sessions.
  • It owns a spatial operating system: Apple Vision Pro runs visionOS, controlled through eyes, hands and voice.

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Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan
  • 401(k) Company Match
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Performance Bonus
  • Relocation Assistance
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan

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