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Social Media Strategist (Ice Cream & Confectionary)

24 Seven, New York, NY, United States


Social Media Strategist (Ice Cream & Confectionary) Social Media Strategist, Ice Cream & Confectionery (Social Playbooks)

6–8 week contract with potential full time hire | Hybrid NYC | ASAP start

Our client is hiring a Social Media Strategist to support a portfolio of well-known ice cream and confectionery brands, with a primary focus on developing comprehensive social media playbooks. This role will define how brands show up across social platforms by creating structured frameworks that guide content direction, tone of voice, engagement approach, and platform best practices.

The strategist will be responsible for building playbooks that provide clear guidance on channel roles, content pillars, audience engagement, and content formats across key platforms, with emphasis on Meta channels including Instagram and Facebook. These playbooks will be used by creative and social teams to ensure consistency across campaigns, product launches, seasonal initiatives, and culturally relevant moments.

This role is ideal for someone who has experience translating brand positioning into structured social playbooks that teams can execute against. Strong candidates will understand how to create strategic documentation that drives consistency, improves performance, and supports scalable content development.

Responsibilities:

Build comprehensive social media playbooks that define channel roles, content pillars, tone of voice, and engagement approach

Develop structured frameworks that guide how brands show up across social platforms

Create playbooks that outline best practices for content formats including video, static, reels, stories, and creator content

Develop content strategy frameworks tied to product launches, seasonal moments, and cultural events

Translate brand positioning and consumer insights into clear social direction

Provide clear documentation that creative and social teams can execute against

Define how social content should adapt across different platforms and audience segments

Partner with creative and marketing teams to ensure alignment between strategy and execution

Identify culturally relevant opportunities tied to seasonal campaigns and major events

Ensure playbooks create consistency across campaigns, markets, and content initiatives

Qualifications:

Experience developing social media strategy for consumer-facing brands

Demonstrated experience building social playbooks including content frameworks and tone of voice guidanceStrong understanding of how structured playbooks improve social consistency and performance

MUST HAVE experience supporting food, beverage, confectionery, CPG, or lifestyle brands

Experience translating brand positioning into clear social strategy documentation

Experience collaborating with creative, account, and marketing stakeholders

Strong understanding of social content formats and platform behaviors

Agency or in-house brand experience preferred

Strong written communication skills and ability to present strategic frameworks clearly

Must Haves:

Proven experience building social media playbooks that define content pillars, tone of voice, and platform roles

Experience creating structured social frameworks that guide content teams

Strong understanding of how social playbooks improve consistency and execution

Experience developing strategy for consumer brands in food, beverage, confectionery, CPG, retail, or lifestyle industries

Ability to translate brand positioning into clear playbook documentation

Experience defining content approaches tied to campaigns or seasonal initiatives

Experience collaborating with creative and marketing stakeholders

Strong understanding of social content formats across major platforms

Ability to create clear, usable documentation for cross-functional teams

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