About Us:

Rent the Runway (RTR)  is transforming the way we get dressed by pioneering the world’s first Closet in the Cloud. Founded in 2009, RTR has disrupted the $2.4 trillion fashion industry by inspiring women with a more joyful, sustainable and financially-savvy way to feel their best every day. As the ultimate destination for circular fashion, the brand now offers infinite points of access to its shared closet via a fully customizable subscription to fashion, one-time rental or ownership. RTR offers designer apparel, accessories and home decor from 700+ brand partners and has built in-house proprietary technology and a one-of-a-kind reverse logistics operation. Under CEO and Co-Founder Jennifer Hyman’s leadership, RTR has been named to CNBC’s “Disruptor 50” five times in ten years, and has been placed on Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies list multiple times, while Hyman herself has been named to the “TIME 100” most influential people in the world and as one of People magazine’s “Women Changing the World.”

About the Role
Rent the Runway is seeking a Social Media Editor to join our growing Brand Marketing & Content team. Your mission is to help communicate our brand, products and services across social channels through original content strategies and executions to service and scale our social audience. 

This role reports directly to the (Sr) Social Media Manager, and will collaborate with our lean social team to execute on strategy. Day-to-day you will moderate social calendars, publish content across channels, write captions, optimize social posts, brief creative partners and teams and engage our community across channels Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, YouTube, Pinterest and more.

What You’ll Do

• Support daily content strategy, execution and insights across social channels
• Manage daily social media calendars and publishing across channels
• Copywriting and caption creation across all social channels 
• Regularly report on our social trends, content performance and audience development insights
• Bring our brand story to life with strategic social content that engages and grows our audience
• Concept and execute social-first initiatives that help us meet our goals
• Collaborate and brief internal creative teams to develop assets for social channels and projects
• Collaborate with partner teams to develop social media extensions for campaigns
• Partner with our Customer Experience team to handle timely responses, converse with followers, and track customer feedback through social listening
• Implement organic social best practices, establishing benchmarks for success and delivering consistent reporting to internal teams providing learnings and opportunities 

About You

• Bachelor’s degree required
• 1+ years experience running social media, digital or content strategy across multiple platforms for a fashion, retail or lifestyle brand
• In-depth use, knowledge and understanding of social media platforms, social audiences and how each platform can be deployed in different scenarios with creativity 
• Excellent written, verbal communication and presentation skills
• Experience with creative content production and development 
• Familiar with fast-paced, tech-driven creative and marketing environments
• Fluent in content production workflow, especially social planning, tracking and management
• Highly collaborative self-starter, driven by creative excellence with a finely tuned aesthetic sense
• Prior experience and/or passion for the fashion or rental industry is a plus 
• Entrepreneurial and eager to come up with big ideas and execute them with an anything-is-possible attitude 
• A self-starter and creative problem solver, who can juggle multiple things at once; you constantly have ideas for how to make a situation more efficient and successful, and run with it

Benefits:

At Rent the Runway, we’re committed to the wellbeing of our employees, and aim to create a workplace that fosters both personal and professional growth. Our inclusive benefits include, but are not limited to:

• Paid Time Off including vacation, paid bereavement, and family sick leave - every employee needs time to take care of themselves and their family.
• Universal Paid Parental Leave for both parents + flexible return to work program  - because we know your newest family member(s) deserve your undivided attention.
• Paid Sabbatical after 5 years of continuous service - Unplug, recharge, and have some fun!
• Exclusive employee subscription and rental discounts -  to ensure you experience the magic of renting the runway (and give us valued feedback!).
• Comprehensive health, vision, dental, FSA and dependent care from day 1 of employment - Your health comes first and we’ve got you covered.
• 401k match - an investment in your future.
• Company wide events and outings - our team spirit is no joke - we know how to have fun!
• Hybrid Work - when our corporate employees return to the office post COVID they will have the option to work remotely 2-3 days a week, in accordance with Company policies. 

Rent the Runway is an equal opportunity employer. In accordance with applicable law, we prohibit discrimination against any applicant or employee based on any legally-recognized basis, including, but not limited to: race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, lactation, childbirth or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, age (40 and over), national origin or ancestry, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, genetic information (including testing and characteristics), veteran status, uniformed service member status or any other status protected by federal, state or local law.