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We’re building the world’s first robotic hair-braiding that works with professional stylists to reduce braiding appointments from hours to minutes and grow their business. Billion hours are spent braiding hair each year. HaloBraid exists to give that time back.\nOur product has already gone viral, generating millions of views across social platforms, building a fast-growing community of stylists, braid wearers, beauty lovers, and early believers excited for what’s next. This role will help transform our early traction into a dedicated and nurtured community.\nWe’re looking for a social media-obsessed highly creative Social Media Manager (Freelance or Full Time) to help bring HaloBraid to life across social platforms and in the community. This is a hands-on role for someone who loves creating content, following trends, shooting and editing short-form video, writing captions, engaging with audiences, and building digital community from the ground up.\nResponsibilities\nOwn HaloBraid’s day-to-day organic social strategy, including content calendars, platform planning, posting cadence, and creative testing.\n\nConcept, create, shoot, edit, caption, and publish social content across TikTok, Instagram, Reels, YouTube Shorts, and emerging platforms.\n\nIdentify trends, sounds, memes, conversations, and cultural moments that HaloBraid can participate in authentically.\n\nDevelop recurring content ideas and series that build awareness, trust, community, and excitement ahead of launch.\n\nCapture behind-the-scenes content with the HaloBraid team, stylists, community members, product demos, events, and brand moments.\n\nOwn day-to-day community engagement, including comments, DMs, tagged posts, mentions, and social listening.\n\nTrack social performance, report on KPIs, and use data to adjust strategy, improve content, and drive growth.\n\nSupport community events, interviews, creator moments, and brand storytelling across the broader marketing and community team.\n\nQualifications\n2-3 years of experience in social media, content creation, community, influencer marketing, brand marketing, or a related role.\n\nExperience creating or growing your own or brand TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, or other platform from scratch.\n\nLoves social media, is chronically online and enjoys keeping up with trends.\n\nDeep fluency in TikTok, Instagram, Reels, YouTube Shorts, and emerging social platforms.\n\nStrong short-form video instincts. You understand hooks, pacing, captions, trends, sounds, memes, and what makes people share.\n\nHands-on content creation experience, including concepting, shooting, editing, writing copy, and posting.\n\nComfortable being on camera and helping others feel comfortable on camera too.\n\nPassion for beauty, hair care, hair trends, textured hair, braiding, salons, and community.\n\nStrong taste level and an understanding of what feels fresh, premium, funny, culturally relevant, and socially native.\n\nIndependent, organized, proactive, and excited to work in a fast-paced startup environment.\n\nNice to Haves\nWork experience at a beauty, hair care, fashion, lifestyle, consumer, or creator-led brand.\n\nExperience with CapCut, Canva, Figma, Adobe Premiere, Photoshop, Lightroom, or similar tools.\n\nWorking Style\nLow ego, adaptable, and collaborative spirit\n\nExcited to learn in a fast-paced environment\n\nPassionate and community drive\n\nBenefits of Working with Us Full Time:\nComprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits\n\n100% medical premium coverage\n\nMeaningful equity\n\n12 company holidays and unlimited PTO\n\nCompany subsidized parking or commute for onsite employees\n\nRemote / Hybrid Work\nHaloBraid is based in Cambridge, MA. 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