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Director, Social & Influencer
Job Location:
Job Location:
Richfield, MN - USA
Monthly Salary:
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Posted:
18 August 2026 (19 days ago)
Posted:
Application Deadline:
15 November 2026
Application Deadline:
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
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Job Summary
The Director of Social & Influencer leads Best Buys Social Center of Excellence (COE) owning the strategy roadmap and performance of the companys paid owned and earned social ecosystem. This role drives customer engagement and incremental advertising revenue through innovative social media and influencer programs while leading a high-performing team developing scalable social advertising solutions and cultivating strategic relationships with platform partners agencies and key stakeholders.
This role is hybrid which means you will be required to work on site Monday through Thursday at the Best Buy corporate office in Richfield Minnesota. You can work virtually from home or another non Best Buy location on Friday. The recruiter or hiring manager will provide more details during the hiring process.
What youll do
This role is hybrid which means you will be required to work on site Monday through Thursday at the Best Buy corporate office in Richfield Minnesota. You can work virtually from home or another non Best Buy location on Friday. The recruiter or hiring manager will provide more details during the hiring process.
What youll do
- Lead Best Buys social and influencer strategy across paid and channels establishing the vision and roadmap for social engagement and advertising growth.
- Build and scale social and influencer advertising offerings across Meta TikTok Pinterest YouTube and emerging platforms to drive incremental revenue.
- Lead develop and coach a team of social and influencer professionals building capabilities that support content community management and advertising objectives.
- Oversee the activation and optimization of RMN and enterprise paid social campaigns through internal and agency partners while integrating influencer and organic social strategies.
- Manage strategic relationships with platform partners agencies and executive stakeholders to drive innovation business planning and social performance results.
Basic qualifications
- 10 years of social media influencer marketing digital media or advertising experience.
- 5 years of direct and/or indirect leadership experience.
- 5 years experience developing paid owned and earned social strategies.
- 5 years managing social advertising across major social platforms.
- 5 years leading cross-functional teams and external partnerships.
Preferred qualifications
- Experience building social influencer or retail media advertising products.
- Experience in retail media networks ecommerce or digital advertising.
- Strong knowledge of social commerce and influencer marketing.
- Experience managing platform and agency partnerships.
- Experience presenting strategy and performance insights to executive leaders.
Whats in it for you
Were committed to helping our people thrive at work and at home. Best Buy offers a range of benefits to support your overall well-being and provide support as you need it especially at key moments in your life.
Our benefits include:
Were committed to helping our people thrive at work and at home. Best Buy offers a range of benefits to support your overall well-being and provide support as you need it especially at key moments in your life.
Our benefits include:
- Competitive pay
- Great employee discount
- Financial savings and retirement resources
- Support for your physical and mental well-being
Best Buy provides different types of leaves of absence (LOA) and potential pay sources to employees based on eligibility. The length of your LOA depends on your situation where you live your full-time or part-time employment status and federal and state regulations. Intermittent or reduced-schedule leave is also available for certain medical or family care leaves. Paid time off (vacation or PTO) is offered to full-time and part-time employees based on work location employment status salary or hourly status (exempt/non-exempt) and years of continued or bridged service.
Certain roles where market norms demand it are eligible for various forms of incentive pay to drive performance and offer recognition for achieving financial and strategic results. For more information about our incentive pay plans including eligibility please refer to our Incentive Programs Summary.
For more information about benefits LOA and paid time off please refer to our Benefits Guide.
About us
As part of the Best Buy team youll help us fulfill our purpose to enrich lives through technology. We bring that to life every day by humanizing and personalizing tech solutions for every stage of life in our stores online and in customers homes.
Our culture is built on deeply supporting and valuing our amazing employees who make it all possible. Were committed to being a great place to work where you can unlock unique career possibilities. Above all we aim to provide a place where you can bring your full authentic self to work now and into the future. Tomorrow works here.
Best Buy is an equal opportunity employer.
Application deadline: Minimum of 5 days from the posting date. You can find that date above the job title at the top of the page.
Certain roles where market norms demand it are eligible for various forms of incentive pay to drive performance and offer recognition for achieving financial and strategic results. For more information about our incentive pay plans including eligibility please refer to our Incentive Programs Summary.
For more information about benefits LOA and paid time off please refer to our Benefits Guide.
About us
As part of the Best Buy team youll help us fulfill our purpose to enrich lives through technology. We bring that to life every day by humanizing and personalizing tech solutions for every stage of life in our stores online and in customers homes.
Our culture is built on deeply supporting and valuing our amazing employees who make it all possible. Were committed to being a great place to work where you can unlock unique career possibilities. Above all we aim to provide a place where you can bring your full authentic self to work now and into the future. Tomorrow works here.
Best Buy is an equal opportunity employer.
Application deadline: Minimum of 5 days from the posting date. You can find that date above the job title at the top of the page.
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