Social Media Manager

Compensation: $500-800/month (depending on experience)

Southern Style Event is hiring a Full-Time Social Media Manager to drive shopper traffic for our holiday pop-up markets in the Houston area.

We host markets with 100 local vendors each. You'll handle all behind-the-scenes social content and engagement. We already have an on-site team for photos/videos — your job is to turn that into content that gets shoppers in the door.

Must be available for quick replies during market weeks.

What you'll do:

• Own the content calendar: Plan + schedule daily posts July–Dec across Instagram + Facebook. Stories, Reels, carousels, Events.

• Vendor spotlights: Create 100+ unique posts featuring our makers. You'll get photos/info + footage from our on-site team and turn it into branded Canva posts.

• Shopper engagement: Answer DMs/comments within a few hours during peak season. FAQs, parking, pet policy, what vendors take Venmo, etc.

• Drive foot traffic: Use collab posts, local hashtags, location tags, and vendor tags to reach Houston-area shoppers. Track what's working.

• Repurpose content: 1 video from market day = Reel + 3 Stories + email graphic. Work smarter, not harder.

You're a fit if you:

• Have managed social for events, retail, or markets before — you get that engagement = attendance

• Can write captions that sound human, not corporate

• Are fluent in Canva + Meta Business Suite/Later/Buffer for scheduling

• Are ridiculously organized — 100 vendors means spreadsheets + systems or it's chaos

• Can respond to DMs with warmth + accuracy. You're the voice of the market

• Can commit through Dec 2026. Ghosting after Thanksgiving = not it

Bonus if you:

• Have experience with Facebook Events optimization

• Can show examples of batching 30+ posts or managing high-volume creator campaigns