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Turn cultural moments into commerce moments by curating the products, trends, and stories that captivate social audiences.

RUN Studios and its client partner, a large online retailer headquartered in Seattle, are seeking a highly-motivated, trend-obsessed Social Commerce & Content Curation Manager to own and execute product curation and editorial planning for social media programs spanning multiple retail categories on a 3-month contract. While this is a remote position, RUN Studios can only consider candidates currently residing in the following states at this time: CA, CO, FL, ID, MI, NJ, NY, OR, TX, WA.

As an avid consumer of social media and culture, this individual has a pulse on emerging trends, understands how products move through social ecosystems, and knows how to translate cultural moments into compelling commerce storytelling. You will be responsible for developing category-specific editorial calendars informed by trends, seasonal moments, customer interests, and platform behaviors. You will curate and merchandise products that bring these stories to life, creating high-quality product lists and creative briefs that enable Content Creators to produce engaging, social-first content across TikTok, Instagram, Pinterest, and emerging platforms.

The individual in this role has a proven track record in trend forecasting, merchandising, styling, and editorial planning, with a strong understanding of what resonates with customers and performs on social media. They are passionate about uncovering emerging products and brands, obsess over details, and bring a strong aesthetic point of view balanced with analytical rigor.

As a Social Commerce & Content Curation Manager, You Will

• Develop editorial and commerce calendars across multiple interest areas and retail categories, identifying seasonal moments, emerging trends, and social-first content opportunities.
• Conduct ongoing trend scouting across social platforms, creator ecosystems, media publications, competitive brands, and cultural moments to identify opportunities for content and product storytelling.
• Curate and merchandise products aligned to editorial themes and social trends, creating detailed product lists and creative briefs for Content Creators.
• Partner closely with Content Creators to provide styling guidance, product context, and creative inspiration that enables best-in-class social-first content.
• Monitor social media, influencers, and cultural trends to identify viral products, emerging aesthetics, and evolving customer interests.
• Perform market analyses and competitive audits to identify content white spaces, merchandising opportunities, and shifts in consumer behavior.
• Develop category expertise across a portfolio of interest verticals, including but not limited to Food & Cooking, Beauty & Personal Care, Fashion & Style, Sports & Outdoors, Home & Living, Electronics & Tech, Wellness & Active Living, Pets & Animals, Arts & Crafts, Gaming & Play, Music & Instruments, Photo & Film, Reading & Book Culture, Celebrations & Gatherings, Hobbies & Collecting, and Parenting & Kids’ World.
• Partner alongside stakeholders to ensure editorial plans and product selections align with brand identity, business priorities, and customer interests.
• Present editorial calendars, trend reports, product curations, and learnings/insights in stakeholder reviews.
• Establish and maintain organized tools, templates, and tracking mechanisms for editorial calendars, product lists, and content planning.

In This Role, You Bring

• 5+ years relevant experience in merchandising, editorial, content curation, styling, trend forecasting, or digital marketing.
• Deep understanding of social media culture with demonstrated experience identifying trends, viral products, creators, and cultural moments that influence customer behavior.
• Strong merchandising and styling instincts with the ability to curate products that tell compelling stories and resonate with customers.
• Experience developing editorial calendars or content strategies across multiple categories or consumer interests.
• Demonstrated ability to balance strategic thinking with operational excellence in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and stakeholders simultaneously.
• Proficient with Airtable, Excel, Asana, or similar planning and organizational tools.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience.

Bonus if You Have

• Experience working in a customer-facing editorial, merchandising, social media, or creative role for retailer, publisher, media company, or consumer brand.
• Portfolio showcasing editorial calendars, trend reports, product curations, merchandising strategies, or related work.
• Extensive knowledge of the contemporary retail landscape, brands, creators, and consumer trends.
• Fluency with social media and influencer marketing, including creators and communities across demographic segments.
• Experience partnering closely with content creators, photographers, stylists, or creative teams to develop customer-facing content.

Additional Position Details

• Supervisory Responsibilities
  • None.
• Physical Demands
  • Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Work Environment
  • Typical for an office setting or home environment.
  • Remote.
• Travel
  • None.

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.

Compensation

Pay Range: $45.00 - $51.00 (Hourly)    

The successful candidate’s pay will be based on various factors such as individual qualifications and work location.  

Benefits:

Benefits and perks may vary depending on location and nature of the work, but eligible employees have access to medical, dental, vision, life, and AD&D benefits, health savings and flexible spending accounts, other telehealth and wellness benefits, a minimum of seven paid holidays per year, accrual of at least 6.5 days (Temporary Employment) to at least 15 days (Regular Employment) of paid time off per year, a 401k plan with company match, discretionary bonuses dependent on company, team or individual performance, and referral bonuses for eligible hired referrals.  

As an equal opportunity employer, RUN Studios is committed to pay equity and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.