About the Role
Title: Creator
Location: Irvine, CA (Option to be remote)
Acorns is seeking a motivated content creator to create original growth creative for Acorns social channels (Meta, TikTok, Snapchat, Google) against evergreen core product initiatives, product launches, and new creative concepts. This is an exciting, fast-paced position that contributes directly to the storytelling and growth of the Acorns brand and will report directly into the Social Media Director.
This role has the option to be remote or based in our Irvine, CA, or New York, NY offices.
Within 1 month, you will:
- Familiarize yourself with the processes of the design and growth teams and how to work within the broader matrix of the organization.
- Familiarize yourself with the current slate of influencers, social platforms and agencies that we work with. Identify what’s working and what can be improved on.
- Familiarize yourself with Acorns brand values and how we use these in our growth creative and develop an understanding of our customer base. Communicate Acorns’ brand and values across the Acorns growth creatives.
- Deep dive into how Acorns content is performing and perceived on our growth channels, identify strengths and weaknesses and develop core buckets of new growth creative to decrease CAC metrics.
- Complete Acorns’ best-in-class onboarding, Acorns’ Seedling Program
- Participate in a virtual coffee session hosted by Acorns’ CEO, Noah Kerner
- Attend your first community-wide virtual all-hands meeting
Within 3 months, you will:
- Expand on our existing growth creative buckets and establish ongoing growth creative initiatives that leverage Acorns products and services.
- Work with manager and team to establish priorities, including new features, infrastructure, and tool building.
- Review your 30-60-90 day goals and accomplishments with your manager
- Opportunity to engage in Acorn’s Community & Heritage celebrations
- Receive operational updates from our GoHenry & PixPay team members during Acorns’ quarterly global virtual all-hands session
Within 6 months, you will:
- Develop and manage multiple content ideas that fit our growth marketing content needs at a high velocity.
- Execute on high-level growth creative content that educates and entertains current and future subscribers.
- Come up with out-of-the-box growth creative ideas that will elevate the brand, and bring them to life!
- Participate in a performance check-in as a part of our performance management cycle
What you will bring to Acorns:
- 3 or more years of relevant experience
- Excellent knowledge of social media channels and user generated content (UGC)
- Passion for creating engaging content that educates and informs Acorns customers
- Clear understanding of content best-practices
- Excellent collaboration and interpersonal skills
- Extremely positive attitude; thrives in a fast-paced environment
- Confident in ability to pitch new, creative ideas
- Strong and clear point of view on social content
- Exceptional drive and precision in delivery
- A belief that your work is tied to your life’s mission
- Optimistic about the potential of societal change