Community Manager III

The Fountain Group is currently seeking a Brand Engagement Associate for a prominent client of ours. This position is located in New York, NY. Details for the position are as follows:

Job Title: Brand Engagement Associate
Location: New York, NY Hybrid (Minimum 3 Days In-Office)
Pay Rate: $91.42/hr
Duration: 5 Months

Job Description

• Drive brand engagement through social listening, influencer advocacy, community management, and product seeding initiatives.
• Monitor TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and emerging social platforms to identify trends, creator behaviors, viral moments, and cultural insights.
• Translate social trends into actionable engagement strategies, content opportunities, and brand activation concepts.
• Develop and deliver weekly social listening reports covering brand sentiment, competitor activity, industry trends, and consumer conversations.
• Identify influencer opportunities and execute reactive outreach programs tied to trending moments, creator milestones, and cultural events.
• Manage bespoke gifting campaigns for VIP and macro influencers, including concept development, product selection, packaging, fulfillment, and delivery coordination.
• Oversee large-scale influencer seeding programs across macro, mid-tier, micro, and nano creator communities.
• Manage social community engagement through direct messages, comments, and user interactions aligned with brand voice guidelines.
• Source, evaluate, and coordinate amplification of user-generated content (UGC) across brand channels.
• Coordinate with marketing, public relations, and influencer agencies to manage talent lists, product inventory, ordering, shipping, and campaign execution.
• Maintain gifting inventory and track campaign performance, product deployment, and engagement outcomes.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, Public Relations, Digital Media, Advertising, Business, or related field preferred.
• Equivalent experience in social media, influencer marketing, or brand engagement considered.

Required Skills

• Social listening, trend forecasting, and social media intelligence.
• Influencer marketing, creator partnerships, and product seeding program management.
• Community management across TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and emerging social platforms.
• User-generated content (UGC) identification, curation, rights management, and amplification.
• Social media analytics, sentiment analysis, and competitive monitoring.
• Influencer gifting campaign execution and experiential brand activation.
• Brand voice management and social engagement strategy.
• Inventory management, product fulfillment, shipping coordination, and gifting logistics.
• Campaign performance tracking, engagement reporting, and ROI measurement.
• Creator ecosystem knowledge including macro, mid-tier, micro, and nano influencers.
• Cross-functional coordination with marketing, PR, social media, and influencer agencies.

Preferred Skills

• Beauty, cosmetics, skincare, personal care, or consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry experience.
• Experience using social listening and influencer marketing platforms.
• Trend analysis for short-form video platforms and creator-driven content ecosystems.
• Organic social growth strategies and earned media amplification.
• Event-based influencer engagement and surprise-and-delight campaign execution.
• Content marketing, creator relations, and digital brand activation experience.