Social Media Strategist role focused on building organic social strategies, campaign execution, and content planning within the cultural commerce industry.
Experience
1–5 yrs
Location
Ernakulam
Kerala, India
Experience
1–5 yrs
Location
Ernakulam
Kerala, India
The Brief
TITLE
Social Media Strategist
TEAM
Brand & Marketing
TYPE
Full-time
POSTED
Jul 9, 2026
JOB ID
019f4686
TITLE
Social Media Strategist
TEAM
Brand & Marketing
TYPE
Full-time
POSTED
Jul 9, 2026
JOB ID
019f4686
Alpha Drop Ventures is building the standard layer for cultural commerce. At the center is DROPZ, the verified limited-edition drop platform. Around it sit the brands we build and own, like Cipher Noir, which set the bar for what credible culture-led product looks like. One ecosystem, one standard, many surfaces. We are pre-launch, raising, and moving fast with people who could be doing easier things somewhere else and chose this instead.
The Role
You own how the ecosystem shows up and gets discovered. The platform presence of DROPZ. The social voice of each owned brand. Every post either earns attention or spends it. There is no filler content here.
Build platform-specific organic strategies for Instagram, YouTube, X, LinkedIn, and emerging channels, translating drop calendars and brand narratives into weekly content plans that drive saves, shares, and community pull
Hold a clear line between the platform presence and each brand presence, so DROPZ shows up like infrastructure and a label like Cipher Noir shows up like culture, without the two bleeding into each other
Own campaign strategy for every organic launch moment, building the content map, hook angles, and sequencing, then driving execution across creatives, founders, and ops so every drop lands on-brand and on time
Translate cultural trends into brand-native formats, validating what is worth riding versus what dilutes the brand, and turning insights into clear briefs
Maintain a living content system across the ecosystem, including a format library, caption bank, and recurring series, so the team scales output without losing craft
Move fast during drop weeks, reworking plans when inputs change, without letting voice or scarcity energy slip
What This Actually Is
This is a founding team role. That means more than a title.
You will not always get a clean brief. You make decisions with incomplete context and refine from performance and feedback without losing momentum
Your strategy goes live in front of issuers, collectors, and partners while the platform and brands are still being sharpened
Feedback is direct and unfiltered. You hear clearly when something is off and when it lands, and you are expected to handle both calmly
You will help define how multiple brands show up before there is a playbook for any of them. That is the rare part of this role and the demanding part
If you want fixed lanes and a manager who checks in twice a week, this is the wrong room, and that is fine.
How We Build And What Sets You Apart
We are here to build something, not make noise around something. We hold a high bar and we hold it together. The role gets you hired. This is what makes you matter here.
You see the gap before anyone assigns it and ask the question that makes the whole drop or campaign sharper
You catch a post that is off-brand or weak before it ships, not after, and give specific feedback that improves it without slowing momentum
You build things that outlast the task. Systems, formats, and standards.
You use analytics as a creative tool, turning numbers into better storytelling decisions and testable experiments, not vanity reporting
No passive feedback, no dropped context, no low effort with an excuse attached
When a deadline is at risk, you raise it early. When a piece is not ready, you do not ship it and hope no one notices
You explain your reasoning, take feedback seriously, and stay genuinely open to better ideas from the team
You protect the standard across every brand, because one weak post in one corner of the ecosystem weakens the whole thing
Going above and beyond is not about hours. It is about caring more precisely than the task requires, and building a presence people are proud to follow
Who You Are
12 to 24 months building organic social strategy and running campaigns end-to-end, with examples where your planning improved consistency or engagement quality
Deep understanding of platform behaviour. You can explain why a format works on one channel and fails on another, and plan distribution from that logic
Strong social copywriter who shapes hooks, captions, and CTAs that feel native and culture-forward, not generic
Able to run campaigns across brands, shifting tone and format for each platform while keeping every presence consistent and intentional
Comfortable with ambiguity, fast turnarounds, and decisions made on incomplete information, then refining from feedback and results
Genuinely curious about culture, community, and human behaviour, not just chasing reach. You want to shape how brands earn genuine attention over time
Build with us. Do not perform for us.
About the company
Alpha Drop Ventures is building the standard layer for cultural commerce in India. At the center is DROPZ, our core platform for verified limited-edition drops. Around it sit the brands we build and own, starting with Cipher Noir. One ecosystem, one standard, many surfaces.
We are pre-launch, raising, and moving fast with people who could be doing easier things somewhere else and chose this instead.