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Hire a social media manager who builds audience, not noise

Hire a social media manager screened on content calendars, live community drills and analytics. Dedicated, remote talent placed directly on your team, working your US hours, with a 12-month replacement guarantee. Pay from $10 per hour.

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Posting every day is not a strategy. It is a content treadmill with no finish line.

Most brands know they need to be on social. Few know what it is supposed to do for them. So someone posts on schedule, likes count as wins, and comments sit unanswered over the weekend. The feed looks busy. It does not build an audience, support sales or protect your reputation when a customer complaint goes public.

RevHires places social media managers who start by giving each channel a job: awareness on one, community on another, demand capture or recruiting on a third. They plan content around what your audience actually engages with, reply like a member of your team, and report on outcomes leadership cares about. You hire them directly, and they work your US hours from Latin America, South Africa or Egypt.

The role

What does a social media manager do?

A social media manager plans, publishes and measures a brand's presence across platforms like LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, X and YouTube. Related titles include social media strategist, community manager and social media marketing manager. They build content calendars, write captions, brief designers and video editors, manage comments and DMs, track trends, and report on reach, engagement and traffic. In B2B, the role often includes executive ghostwriting on LinkedIn. In consumer brands, it leans toward short-form video and creator partnerships.

Channel strategy by platform

Defines what each platform is for, who it reaches and how success is measured. LinkedIn might drive executive visibility and pipeline, Instagram might drive community and product discovery, and TikTok might drive top-of-funnel reach. Cuts channels that do not earn the time spent on them.

Content calendar ownership

Builds a rolling monthly calendar that mixes educational, proof, product, culture and timely posts. Coordinates with marketing, sales and leadership on launches and events, and keeps a backlog of evergreen content so the schedule never depends on last-minute scrambles.

Copywriting and captions

Writes platform-native copy in near-native English: hooks that stop the scroll, captions that fit each platform's tone, and calls to action matched to the goal. Adapts your voice for LinkedIn thought leadership versus Instagram or TikTok without sounding like two different companies.

Creative and video briefing

Briefs designers, video editors and creators with clear concepts, references, specs and deadlines. Edits short-form video in CapCut or Canva when needed, and builds reusable templates so the feed stays recognizable without every post requiring a full design cycle.

Community management

Responds to comments, mentions and DMs within agreed response times, using your tone and escalation rules. Routes sales inquiries to the right rep, customer issues to support, and potential PR problems to leadership before a single complaint turns into a public thread.

Executive and employee advocacy

Ghostwrites LinkedIn posts for founders and executives from interviews and voice notes, and builds simple programs that help employees share company content. In B2B, this is often where social drives the most pipeline, so it gets planned with the same care as brand posts.

Trend and competitor monitoring

Tracks platform changes, emerging formats, competitor activity and conversations in your category. Brings timely ideas to the team quickly, and knows when a trend fits your brand and when joining in would look forced or create unnecessary reputational risk.

Analytics and reporting

Reports monthly on reach, engagement rate, follower growth, link clicks, website sessions and conversions sourced from social. Uses UTM tracking to connect posts to leads or sales, and recommends what to do more of, what to stop and what to test next.

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Every profile includes a voice clip, enterprise background, English level and a scored role play.

Omar K.
Social Media Manager
6 yrs experience
C1 to C2 English
ex-Vodafone
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Mariam S.
Social Media Manager
4 yrs experience
C1 to C2 English
ex-Microsoft
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Youssef A.
Social Media Manager
5 yrs experience
C1 to C2 English
ex-Amazon
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Nour H.
Social Media Manager
7 yrs experience
C1 to C2 English
ex-Oracle
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Karim F.
Social Media Manager
3 yrs experience
C1 to C2 English
ex-Salesforce
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Salma R.
Social Media Manager
5 yrs experience
C1 to C2 English
ex-Google
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The standard

What you get with a RevHires social media manager

  • Three or more years managing brand social accounts across at least three major platforms
  • Writes native-sounding captions and LinkedIn posts in near-native English for US audiences
  • Hands-on with Sprout Social, Hootsuite or Later for scheduling, inbox and reporting
  • Edits short-form video in CapCut, Canva or Premiere Rush without waiting on a designer
  • Experience ghostwriting executive LinkedIn content from interviews and voice notes
  • Tracks results with UTMs and GA4, reporting traffic and conversions, not just likes
  • Works your US business hours, so replies happen while your customers are online
  • Placed directly on your team with a 12-month replacement guarantee
Tools they work in
  • Sprout Social
  • Hootsuite
  • Later
  • Buffer
  • Canva
  • CapCut
  • Meta Business Suite
  • Google Analytics 4
  • Brandwatch
  • Notion
How we screen for this role

Social candidates receive a brief for a sample brand and return a two-week content calendar, three finished posts and one short-form video concept. Finalists then complete a live community drill: a RevHires reviewer fires realistic comments and DMs at them, including an angry customer and a sales inquiry, and we score tone, speed and escalation judgment. We also review their published portfolio, test written English, and check references on accounts they actually ran.

Cost

US hire vs RevHires: the real monthly cost

The US figure is Built In's national average base salary for a social media manager, plus a 30% load for payroll taxes and benefits. It excludes recruiting fees, equipment and social media tools. Through RevHires, a full-time hire in this role typically earns $10 to $25 per hour. The RevHires figure uses the top of that range, $25 per hour at 40 hours, paid direct to your hire or through RevHires, plus one flat placement fee. Want the team managed for you? Done-for-you pricing is covered on your strategy call.

US hire
RevHires placement
Monthly base salary
$6,210
$4,330
Payroll tax and benefits
+$1,860
None in the US
Recruiting fee
20% to 30% of salary
One flat fee
Guarantee
Varies
12 months
Monthly cost
$8,070
$4,330
Talent placement

How a placement search runs

Step 1
Brief

Role scorecard, stack, salary band and must-haves.

Step 2
Source

Targeted search across Latin America, South Africa and Egypt.

Step 3
Screen

Language, enterprise background and a role test.

Step 4
Shortlist

Vetted finalists with recorded intros.

Step 5
Hire

Your interviews, your offer, 12-month guarantee.

Pricing

One placement fee. Your hire, your team.

One flat placement fee, due only when your hire accepts. 12-month replacement guarantee. Pay your hire direct, or through RevHires and we handle payroll.

Typical talent pay
$10 to $25 per hour
Placement fee
One flat fee, walked through on your call
Guarantee
12-month replacement guarantee
Payroll
Direct, or through RevHires
Time to shortlist
2 to 3 candidates in 48 to 72 hours
FAQ

Questions buyers ask before they hire

How much does it cost to hire a social media manager?

Built In reports an average US base salary of about $74,500 for a social media manager, before payroll taxes, benefits and recruiting costs. Through RevHires, a full-time social media manager typically earns $10 to $25 per hour, about $1,730 to $4,330 per month, paid direct to your hire or through RevHires. You pay one flat placement fee, and only when you hire. Want the team managed for you? Done-for-you pricing is covered on your strategy call.

Can someone outside the US understand American social media culture?

Social is where cultural fluency shows fastest, so we screen for it directly. Candidates write posts and replies for a US audience, and we score humor, slang, tone and timing. Our talent is college-educated with near-native English, and many come from enterprise brands like Vodafone, Amazon and Microsoft. You see their writing and portfolio before you interview anyone.

How fast can I hire a social media manager through RevHires?

After a role intake call covering your platforms, posting volume, brand voice and approval workflow, we run a custom search and deliver a vetted shortlist of 2 to 3 candidates within 48 to 72 hours. You interview finalists and make the offer. Role-specific onboarding then covers your brand guidelines, escalation rules and content backlog before your new manager starts publishing.

Will my social media manager respond to comments during US hours?

Yes. Every social media manager we place works your US business hours, so they are live when your audience is posting, commenting and sending DMs. You agree on response time targets and escalation rules during onboarding. If you need weekend coverage, we scope a schedule that fits your volume when we define the role.

Who approves posts and manages the work?

You do. With talent placement, your social media manager joins your team directly and follows your approval workflow, whether that is a shared calendar, a Slack channel or approvals inside Sprout Social. RevHires handles the search, screening and role-specific onboarding to your brand voice, guidelines and escalation rules. From there, your team directs the work.

How do you keep our brand accounts secure?

Every engagement includes an NDA and data handling protocols. We recommend granting access through business managers and scheduling tools with role-based permissions rather than sharing raw passwords, with two-factor authentication on every account. You stay the owner of every profile and can remove access instantly. For healthcare brands, we sign BAAs and screen for HIPAA-aligned handling of patient messages.

What if I hire a social media manager who is not the right fit?

Every placement comes with a 12-month replacement guarantee. If your new social media manager is not working out in the first 12 months, tell us and we restart the search under the guarantee terms in your agreement. Screening is designed to surface fit early: candidates build a real calendar, pass a live community drill and show accounts they actually ran.

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