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TikTok Channel Manager (Contract)

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Job Location:

Los Angeles, CA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer

Posted: 19 September 2026 (20 hours ago)

Application Deadline: 17 December 2026

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Department:

Marketing

Job Summary

The Role

Were looking for a TikTok Channel Manager to own our organic TikTok channel end-to-end. This is a high-ownership role for someone who is equal parts creator strategist and channel operator and who wants the freedom to shape how a brand shows up in culture.

You will set the channels creative point of view and make the work yourself turning brand priorities product stories creator and customer voices and cultural moments into platform-native content. You will own every stage: insight concept brief script shoot edit publish and learn.

Your mandate is to build a distinctive presence people recognize within seconds and choose to follow share and return to. You will develop original series move quickly on the right trends and create content that is entertaining or useful before it is promotional.

You will be accountable for day-to-day channel health and organic growth using audience response and performance data to sharpen the creative system. You will report to the Director of Content and be the organizations go-to TikTok expert.

What Youll Own

Channel management: Own the organic TikTok channel end-to-end including programming publishing cadence channel hygiene and day-to-day channel health.
Trend mining: Stay ahead of platform features algorithm shifts competitor activity internet culture trends and formats; identify relevant opportunities early and turn insight into published content at speed.
Creative standards: Set and uphold a recognizable standard for channel voice art direction storytelling humor hooks pacing captions sound and recurring formats.
Talent direction: Be a confident on-camera presence when the idea calls for it and direct employees and Linker partners to deliver natural compelling performances.
Creative development and production: Lead each post from insight and concept through brief script shoot edit packaging publishing and final quality control balancing speed with craft.
Project management: Build and run the operating system behind the channel including the content calendar briefs schedules budgets UGC asset delivery & content rights and internal production workflows.
Performance and optimization: Turn channel performance and audience insights into clear creative actions.
Cross-functional partnership: Work closely with Creator Product Marketing and Growth Teams to align priorities unlock contributors and identify organic winners for amplification.

What Youll Bring

3-5 years growing an organic TikTok channel or running a high-volume short-form video program for a brand agency or your own audience.
A portfolio that proves both craft and impact: work you personally concepted produced filmed directed or edited plus examples of accounts you grew or posts that outperformed and why.
The range to operate as strategist and maker: you can set the plan manage a high-volume pipeline make the work and learn from the results.
Expert-level short-form production and editing skills in CapCut Premiere or equivalent tools with the ability to move quickly using a lean mobile-first setup.
Deep TikTok fluency across culture platform mechanics features algorithms trends distribution retention community behavior and organic growth.
A strong creative point of view and sharp visual taste with the ability to translate brand and product stories into content people want to watch not advertisements.
Experience appearing on camera or directing talent plus experience sourcing and managing creators influencers or UGC partners through briefs and deliverables.
Cultural judgment and a test-and-learn mindset: you know what matters when a trend fits and how analytics and AI-enabled workflows can sharpen the next idea.

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