Who We Are
Chomps is America’s fastest-growing meat snack brand, redefining convenient snacking with a commitment to real ingredients and bold, satisfying flavors. Crafted from 100% grass-fed, grass-finished beef and venison, along with antibiotic-free turkey and chicken, each Chomps meat stick delivers 10+ grams of high-quality protein without sugar, hormones, soy, dairy, artificial preservatives, artificial nitrates, or MSG. Seasoned with a blend of flavorful herbs and spices, Chomps provides a nutritious protein snack for the whole family. As a minority-owned, family-operated, and B Corporation-certified business, Chomps prioritizes thoughtful sourcing and recently earned the non–ultra-processed food certification through the non-GMO project. Discover a new standard in snacking at www.chomps.com.
Traits of a Chompian
If you’ve been called nimble, resourceful, and persistent, then you might just be a Chompian. You’re a team player who’s self-motivated and action-oriented. You’re committed to delivering efficiency and accuracy, and you happen to be great at proactive cross-functional communication. You’re a critical thinker and a natural problem solver who enjoys details, research, and data. You take initiative and complete ownership of everything you do, and you’ll go the extra mile for your team, consumers, and audience. You’re hungry to learn with a passion to grow and improve every day. You also take a keen interest in health, fitness, and nutrition. Sound like you? Then we want to meat you.
*Accepting applications from 9/8 - 9/15/2026 5pm CST
What You Will Do
We are looking for a strategic, culture-driven marketer to join the team as our Manager, Social Strategy & Community. This role will lead the day-to-day evolution of Chomps' social presence, translating brand strategy into platform-native content, meaningful community engagement and social experiences that build awareness, affinity and advocacy.
You'll combine a deep understanding of social platforms and internet culture with strong marketing instincts, ensuring our channels don't just keep pace with culture, but participate in it in ways that feel authentic to Chomps. Working closely with the Director of Social & Influencer, you'll identify emerging opportunities, exercise strong editorial judgment, test new ideas and translate performance insights into smarter strategies over time.
You'll lead our internal community manager and freelance content creators while partnering closely across IMC, Creative, Brand, CX, PR & Partnerships, Ecommerce, Omni-Channel and Analytics to connect social activity to broader brand and business objectives.
Responsibilities
- Social Strategy & Content
- Lead the day-to-day social ecosystem, translating brand priorities into platform-native strategies, content and community experiences while balancing proactive planning with timely cultural participation.
- Stay deeply immersed in social platforms, internet culture and evolving consumer behaviors, identifying emerging trends and opportunities and exercising strong editorial judgment around when and how Chomps should participate.
- Partner closely with our internal Creative team to develop best-in-class, platform-native content, while bringing a hands-on mindset to marquee brand moments by identifying storytelling opportunities, ideating shots in real time and helping capture content.
- Partner with Ecommerce and Omni-Channel Marketing to ensure social plays a meaningful role in supporting product launches, key campaigns and retail moments.
- Help shape and execute paid amplification strategies for organic social content, identifying opportunities to boost or spark high-performing content to extend reach, engagement and momentum.
- Community Strategy & Engagement
- Develop and lead Chomps' community strategy, fostering meaningful engagement, cultivating brand advocacy and strengthening relationships with our audience.
- Establish best practices for community management, engagement, escalation and brand voice across platforms.
- Turn community insights and conversations into content ideas, storytelling opportunities and broader marketing recommendations.
- Partner closely with our Customer Experience team to ensure consumer inquiries and conversations across social channels are handled thoughtfully, expediently and with the care and responsiveness that reflects the Chomps brand.
- Performance & Innovation
- Own social performance, using analytics, testing and social listening to translate results into actionable recommendations that improve engagement, efficiency and business impact.
- Stay ahead of platform changes, emerging technologies and best-in-class practices, leveraging AI and new tools to uncover insights, improve workflows and continuously evolve our approach.
- Leadership & Collaboration
- Lead and develop a team of our internal community manager and external content creators, providing coaching, feedback, and clear direction that elevates both strategic thinking and execution
- Foster a culture of curiosity, accountability, and continuous improvement, encouraging the team to bring forward ideas, recommendations, and data-backed perspectives rather than simply reporting on performance or executing requests
- Partner cross-functionally with IMC, Brand, Creative, PR, Influencer, Ecommerce and Analytics to ensure social is fully integrated into broader marketing initiatives.
Who You Are
- 5-7+ years of progressive experience in social media strategy, content, community management, or related social disciplines, preferably within CPG, food, lifestyle, or consumer brands
- Proven experience developing and executing social strategies that drive engagement, brand relevance, and broader marketing objectives
- Deep understanding of social platforms, internet culture, and evolving consumer behaviors, with strong editorial judgment and a passion for building brands in culture
- Strategic thinker who can balance day-to-day execution with long-term opportunities, using testing, learning, and analytics to continuously improve performance
- Comfortable leveraging social listening, analytics, AI, and emerging technologies to inform decisions and improve efficiency
- Experience leading or coaching community managers, content creators, agencies, or freelance partners
- Strong cross-functional collaborator with excellent communication, organizational, and project management skills
- Willingness to travel up to 15% for marquee events, activations and other key brand moments.
Position: Manager, Social Strategy & Community
Reports to: Director, Influencer & Social
Location: Remote
Type: Full-Time, exempt
Salary Range Opportunity:
- The salary range for this role is $110,000 - $120,000 + 20% annual bonus
Compensation Philosophy & Total Comp:
- Our salary ranges are based on verified market data and our philosophy of paying competitively for our size and industry
- Individual pay rate decisions are based on several factors, including qualifications for the role, experience level, skillset, and balancing internal equity relative to peers at the company
- In addition to base salary, full-time team members receive medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401K 6% match, and monthly reimbursements for wellness and home office.
Other Perks:
- Ability to make an impact: Join a rapidly growing and entrepreneurial-spirited team at a pivotal point to positively impact the food industry.
- Opportunities to grow: Advance within Chomps quickly based on outstanding performance.
- Unlimited PTO and 15+ paid holiday days, including quarterly mental health days. Hybrid & flexible remote schedule. Chicago office open to those in the area.
- Paid maternity and paternity leave.
- Bi-annual total team in-person activities.
- Company-wide Continual Education budget.
- Unlimited snacks: Enough meat sticks that if you wanted to eat your body weight in them you could (no judgment here).
Our Commitment
Chomps is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. To achieve our mission of making nutritious food more accessible we greatly benefit from a range of perspectives, which comes from diversity of all types, at all levels of the organization. Achieving true diversity and inclusion is the right thing to do and the smart thing for our business.
We're aware of the research showing that historically underrepresented groups are less likely to apply for a job if they don't believe that they meet all of the criteria. Do you hesitate to submit an application because you believe you need to check every box? Please apply anyway with a thoughtful cover letter! We would love to hear from you to discuss how you can help us build a great team at Chomps.
You must reside in the United States to be considered for this position. Chomps does not provide employment-based visa sponsorship at this time. Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future.
Important Notice:
It has come to our attention that fraudsters have been posing as Chomps employees or recruiters and contacting job-seeking candidates regarding potential job opportunities. These fraudulent messages sometimes include a request for payment and confidential personal information. Please note that the Chomps recruiting process does not include asking candidates for payments or other confidential financial information. If you are applying for a job, you can confirm the legitimacy of a job posting by viewing current open roles: https://chomps.com/pages/chomps-careers. If you have questions please email us at [email protected]
Chomps Chicago, Illinois, USA Office
200 N Green St, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60607
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