Social Media Manager

Social Media Manager

Wondergate | San Diego, CA | Full-Time, On-Site
About Wondergate
Wondergate is a San Diego-based music and events company rooted in underground electronic music and nightlife culture. Our portfolio includes Wondergate Presents, Sunlight Social, and our forthcoming Gaslamp Quarter venue, This Is Not a Club.

We bring artists and audiences together through live shows, daytime gatherings, and thoughtfully produced experiences. We're looking for someone who can translate that energy into a distinctive social presence and help build a lasting community around our brands.

The Role
As Social Media Manager, you'll own the social strategy and day-to-day content across Wondergate's brand, venue, and event accounts. Your mission is to grow our audience, strengthen community engagement, and turn interest into attendance at our events.

This is a hands-on role. You should be equally comfortable planning a campaign, filming at an event, editing short-form videos, and using performance data to improve your work. You'll have support from a photographer and designer while taking responsibility for the content calendar, publishing, community management, and campaign results.

You must live in San Diego and be available to work full-time on-site, including late nights, weekends, and holidays. This position does not offer remote or hybrid work.

What You'll Do

Own our social strategy.

Build platform-specific plans that connect event promotions, artist announcements, venue updates, and everyday storytelling.

Create compelling content.

Film, edit, and publish short-form videos, Reels, Stories, photos, and captions that reflect each brand's identity.

Capture the live experience.

Cover events on-site and turn footage into timely content, recaps, and future promotions.

Manage the content calendar.

Coordinate deadlines, creative assets, approvals, and publishing across multiple accounts.

Build our community.

Respond to comments and direct messages, encourage conversation, and maintain a consistent brand voice.

Lead social campaigns.

Coordinate organic content, paid social advertising, and influencer partnerships around upcoming events.

Collaborate with our creative team.

Give clear direction to our photographer and designer while handling day-to-day content production.

Turn insights into improvements.

Track audience growth, engagement, video performance, and ticket traffic or conversions where measurable.

Keep our content relevant.

Identify trends, sounds, formats, and cultural moments that fit our audience and brands.

What You'll Bring

At least

three years of professional social media management experience , supported by examples of your work.

Strong hands-on filming and video editing skills, including the ability to independently produce polished short-form content.

Proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro, CapCut, or comparable editing tools.

A strong understanding of Instagram, TikTok, platform-specific storytelling, and current social trends.

Experience managing content calendars, publishing schedules, and multiple social accounts.

Strong copywriting skills and the ability to adapt your voice across brands.

Experience using analytics to evaluate campaigns and improve results.

Familiarity with nightlife and music culture, including house, EDM, open format, vinyl, and lounge environments.

The organization and initiative to move projects forward independently while collaborating with a team.

Preferred Experience

Creating content for nightlife, live music, hospitality, venues, or entertainment brands.

Managing paid social campaigns that support ticket sales or event attendance.

Coordinating influencer partnerships and artist collaborations.

Supporting a venue opening, brand launch, or recurring event series.

What Success Looks Like
A consistent, recognizable social presence across our brands; timely, high-quality event content; an engaged and growing audience; and clear reporting that shows which content and campaigns help generate interest and attendance.

Compensation & Benefits

$75,000 annual base salary plus performance bonus

Full-time, salaried, exempt position

401(k) retirement plan

Two weeks of paid time off

Sick leave

Employee perks

Company-provided laptop, phone, and required software

Opportunities for career growth

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