Social Media Manager and poster

About Artiq Artiq is a mobile app that turns art discovery into a scrolling feed. Instead of digging through a cluttered marketplace or trying to break into a gallery, people swipe through original works full-screen, follow the artists behind them, and collect the pieces they love. We take an 8% platform fee — far below typical gallery and marketplace cuts — because the point is that emerging artists actually get seen and actually get paid. We're early. Social is our primary growth channel, and this role owns it. The Role You'll build and run Artiq's social presence from scratch — starting with TikTok and Instagram, and expanding to other platforms as it makes sense. This is not a "schedule the posts we hand you" job. You'll own strategy, content, posting cadence, community, and the artist relationships that feed the content pipeline. The work happens in three overlapping phases: Phase 1 — Launch the channels - Set up and brand TikTok and Instagram accounts (bios, highlights, link strategy, consistent visual identity) - Build a content strategy for an art app: artist spotlights, time-lapse and process clips, "art that made me stop scrolling" style edits, studio content, collector stories - Shoot, source, edit, caption, and post consistently ([X] posts/week to start) - Engage in comments and DMs, and grow the account through trends, sounds, hashtags, and posting-time testing Phase 2 — Direct artist outreach - Find and DM/email emerging artists to onboard them onto Artiq - Run outreach in an organized pipeline (track who was contacted, follow-ups, who signed up, who posted their first work) - Write outreach messages that don't read like spam and get replies - Help new artists get their first pieces uploaded and turn their onboarding into content for our channels Phase 3 — Influencer partnerships - Once we have traction, identify artist-creators whose audiences overlap with ours and who could feature Artiq in their videos - Pitch, negotiate, and coordinate paid and organic collabs - Track what each partnership actually delivers in installs and signups What we're looking for - Proven experience growing a TikTok and/or Instagram account from zero (send numbers and links — this matters more than your résumé) - You can shoot and edit short-form video yourself (CapCut, Premiere, or similar). We are not hiring a strategist who outsources the editing. - Strong instincts for what performs on short-form right now, and the discipline to post consistently while testing - Comfortable doing cold outreach and following up without being annoying - Genuine interest in art, artists, and creative communities — the audience will smell it if you're faking it - Clear written English and reliable communication Nice to have - Background in art, design, or photography - Experience marketing an app or a two-sided marketplace - Experience running influencer or UGC creator campaigns - Basic analytics comfort (reading platform insights, reporting on what worked) Deliverables in the first 30 days - TikTok and Instagram accounts live, branded, and posting on a set schedule - A documented content strategy and a 30-day content calendar - [X] posts published across both platforms - [X] artists contacted, with a tracked outreach pipeline - A short weekly report: what was posted, what performed, what's next