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Mondo is hiring: VP, Social & Audience Growth in Santa Monica

Mondo, Santa Monica, CA, United States


Position Overview


We are seeking a VP, Social & Audience Growth to lead and evolve our social strategy into a true engine for audience expansion.


This role sits at the intersection of campaign marketing, platform strategy, and digital distribution. You will define how content breaks through in a crowded social landscape leveraging trends, partnerships, and platform-native storytelling to drive reach beyond owned channels.


As a challenger brand, we operate with a lean, high-impact team offering the opportunity to build, innovate, and shape how social drives growth, rather than simply executing within an established machine.


What You'll Do (Day-to-Day)



  • Lead social strategy across all campaigns, ensuring best-in-class execution across platforms

  • Identify ways to optimize performance in real time—leveraging trends, cultural moments, and partnerships

  • Rethink how social channels are structured and scaled, including consolidating and strengthening flagship brand channels

  • Drive audience growth with a focus on expanding reach beyond organic social

  • Oversee agencies and internal teams to ensure campaigns are executed at full force and on schedule

  • Act as both a strategic leader and hands-on operator—guiding vision while staying close to execution


Key Responsibilities



  • Own social strategy for campaign launches, ensuring alignment with broader marketing goals

  • Translate campaign objectives into platform-native executions that drive engagement and reach

  • Partner closely with internal marketing and creative teams


Audience Growth & Platform Strategy



  • Develop strategies to grow audiences at scale, particularly across flagship channels

  • Identify opportunities to break beyond owned media through creators, partnerships, and distribution tactics

  • Stay ahead of emerging trends and translate them into actionable growth strategies

  • Evaluate and optimize current social channel structure (e.g., brand vs. title-specific handles)

  • Drive a more cohesive and scalable approach to social presence

  • Increase discoverability and sustained audience engagement

  • Manage 2 direct reports and oversee 2-3 external agencies

  • Ensure agencies are delivering high-quality, on-strategy work across all campaigns

  • Establish clear workflows, priorities, and performance expectations

  • Identify and activate partnerships that extend reach and cultural relevance

  • Test new formats, tools, and distribution strategies to continuously improve performance

  • Foster a culture of experimentation and learning


Qualifications & Experience


Must-Haves



  • 10+ years of experience in social, digital, or platform marketing

  • Proven experience leading social for campaigns (entertainment or content-driven strongly preferred)

  • Deep expertise across all major social platforms and how content performs within them

  • Experience managing teams and external agencies

  • Track record of driving audience growth and expanding reach beyond owned channels

  • Ability to operate both strategically and hands-on

  • Background in social media for network TV / streaming brands


Preferred



  • Experience in tech or digital-first companies (nice to have)

  • Experience working with creators, influencers, and platform partners


What Success Looks Like



  • Audience growth accelerates across key channels, especially flagship brand accounts

  • Social becomes a high-impact distribution and growth engine for campaigns

  • Campaigns consistently break through via platform-native, trend-driven execution

  • Agencies and internal teams operate seamlessly and at a high level

  • New strategies and structures unlock scale and efficiency across social


Who You Are



  • A strategic thinker who can also execute when needed

  • A strong but empathetic leader—collaborative, kind, and low-ego

  • Comfortable working in a lean, fast-paced environment where you wear multiple hats

  • Excited by the opportunity to build and shape, not just maintain


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