UGC Engineer

About Quizlet

At Quizlet, our mission is to help every learner achieve their outcomes in the most effective and delightful way. Our $1B+ learning platform serves tens of millions of students every month, including two-thirds of U.S. high schoolers and half of U.S. college students, powering over 2 billion learning interactions monthly.

We blend cognitive science with machine learning to personalize and enhance the learning experience for students, professionals, and lifelong learners alike. We’re energized by the potential to power more learners through multiple approaches and various tools.

Let’s Build the Future of Learning Join us to design and deliver AI-powered learning tools that scale across the world and unlock human potential.

About the Team

The Quizlet Growth & Media Team has one goal: Make Quizlet’s social presence best-in-class. We’re a quirky, collaborative, analytical group that is hyper-focused on making the best social content in our class. We don’t shy away from competition. We recruit and retain best-in-class content creators.

About the Role

Here at Quizlet, you will lead a team of content creators at Quizlet while creating content of your own. We have an extremely talented team of part-time creators ready to learn from you, better understand their content quantitatively and qualitatively, and take your creative direction.

We’re happy to share that this is an onsite position in our San Francisco office. To help foster team collaboration, we require that employees be in the office a minimum of three days per week: Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday and as needed by your manager or the company. We believe that this working environment facilitates increased work efficiency, team partnership, and supports growth as an employee and organization.

In this role, you will

Lead content strategy (Reels, TikTok, YouTube Shorts, et al) for all of Quizlet Lead our team of part-time creators including group meetings and 1:1's Conduct a weekly detailed analysis of our content at the video, account, creator, and aggregated levels Recruit, hire, develop, and retain great creator talent Work closely with management in growth, media, and content to refine and develop our overarching content strategy Design and implement systems that support user-generated content, including cross-functional work with procurement, legal, finance, et al Own our social content measurement, tagging, analysis, and data pipeline using third-party systems Collaborate with ML and Data Science to analyze content performance data Automate content-related workflows to reduce manual processes as content volume scales

What you bring to the table

Deep understanding of viral content and trends Ability to analyze and articulate why content goes viral and drives results for a brand Proven track record of creating engaging short-form content; you have 10’s or 100’s of millions of views on your content in aggregate Exceptional creative storytelling abilities Self-driven, growth mindset Great communication skills Proactive in nature; bias toward action over deliberation Strong competitive spirit; you don’t back down when competition is tough

Bonus points if you have

Experience managing a team of 5+ people Experience managing content creators Experience recruiting content creators

Compensation, Benefits & Perks

Quizlet is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Salary transparency helps to mitigate unfair hiring practices when it comes to discrimination and pay gaps. Total compensation for this role is market competitive, including a starting base salary of $114,000 - $142,000, depending on location and experience, as well as company stock options Collaborate with your manager and team to create a healthy work-life balance 20 vacation days that we expect you to take! Competitive health, dental, and vision insurance (100% employee and 75% dependent PPO, Dental, VSP Choice) Employer-sponsored 401k plan with company match Access to LinkedIn Learning and other resources to support professional growth Paid Family Leave, FSA, HSA, Commuter benefits, and Wellness benefits 40 hours of annual paid time off to participate in volunteer programs of choice