Associate Manager, Rent the Runway
Social Media Design & Editor
$56.2-70.3k
1+ day a week in office (Brooklyn, NY)
Women's clothing subscription service
Posted today
Women's clothing subscription service
501-1000 employees
Posted today
$56.2-70.3k
1+ day a week in office (Brooklyn, NY)
501-1000 employees
Company mission
Rent the Runway's mission is to power women to feel their best every day.
Role
Who you are
- You have impeccable taste and aesthetic filter; You are proud of the content you publish and understand brand and community integrity is a necessary, non-negotiable standard
- You thrive on creative collaboration and believe that thoughtful feedback loops are essential to producing standout, viral content
- 1 year+ of experience in digital design or content editing for social-first accounts; brands, influencers, or yourself
- Mastery of tools like Adobe Suite, Canva, CapCut, or other editing software
- A keen understanding of what content performs well on TikTok vs. Instagram vs. Pinterest
- Strong eye for design, typography, color, and motion
- Portfolio of short-form video edits, branded social assets, and/or visual franchise work
What the job involves
- As the Associate Manager, Social Media Design & Editor, you will bring our brand to life visually across social and organic platforms, with emphasis on @RenttheRunway, @RTRMuse and exec channels.
- You will be the creative engine behind our daily posts—designing eye-catching visuals, animations and social content, editing social-first video content and stringouts, and developing scalable design templates that make content creation seamless and consistent. You’ll play a critical role in shaping our social franchises and elevating the visual identity of the brand
- Design Digital Assets: Create high-impact visuals across platforms (IG, TikTok, Substack, Pinterest, etc.) for daily social posts, ensuring everything feels on-brand, fresh, and platform-native
- Edit Video Content: Cut down influencer and executive footage, edit trend-based videos, and craft short-form content with captions, motion graphics, and sound for maximum engagement
- Edit and Optimize Submissions: Work closely with our lead Editor, provide first-round stringouts or feedback for video content (both internally with original programming and externally with influencers and creators) make edits to social content as needed
- Build and Maintain Franchise Templates: Collaborate with the social and creative team to design reusable visual systems and franchises
- Support Content Calendar Execution: Work closely with the Social Media Manager and Senior Manager of Platforms & Influencers to develop content that maps to the editorial calendar, seasonal campaigns, and creator strategy
- Adapt Content for Platform Specifics: Tailor assets for size, caption, and engagement nuances across IG feed, IG Stories, TikTok, Pinterest, LinkedIn, and more
- Push Visual Innovation: Monitor visual trends, meme formats, and editing styles—ensuring RTR stays modern, relevant, and distinctive
- Appear and support Filming in RTR Content: Play an active support role in filming content with team, including being an active “cast member” of RTR’s social content, comfortable with social media exposure
Our take
Rent the Runway seeks to profit from two important trends in apparel consumption: wanting to stay on top of the latest fashion trends while living and purchasing sustainably. By providing a platform for women to rent designer pieces, its users can have it all.
The company allows users to rent, subscribe, or buy designer apparel and accessories. It achieves this with its network of partnerships with hundreds of top designers and managing the crucial but complicated logistics in-house. It offers its partnered brands sophisticated analytics about potential customers in return for lower prices on designer garments.
Rent the Runway is now focused on diversifying revenue streams while reducing its costs. Its recent partnership with Amazon is an example of this new direction: while it will use this chanel sell to clothes previously rented through its platform, it will for the first time be selling new clothes based off of rental items modified in line with market data.
While moves such as this may well shift Rent the Runway towards profitability, it also risks undercutting the company's central message of sustainability and supporting the circular economy. The company believes that by creating better quality clothing it will nonetheless be aiding in the fight against fast fashion. Time will tell if this move helps or hinders the sustainability movement, but it is likely to boost Rent the Runway's bottom line regardless.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-6% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
Apr 2020
$80m
SERIES G
Mar 2019
$125m
SERIES F
Total funding: $401.2m
Company benefits
- Generous Paid Time Off including annual leave, paid bereavement, and family sick leave - every employee needs time to take care of themselves and their family.
- Universal Paid Parental Leave for both parents + flexible return to work program - because we know your newest family member(s) deserve your undivided attention.
- Paid Sabbatical after 5 years of continuous service
- Exclusive employee subscription and rental discounts
- 401k match
- Work from home opportunities
- Comprehensive health, dental care and dependents care from day 1 of employment - Your health comes first and we’ve got you covered.
- Competitive Stakeholder Pension - taking care of your future
- Company wide events and outings - our team spirit is no joke - we know how to have fun!
- Hybrid Work - our corporate employees have the option to work remotely 3 days a week, in accordance with Company policies
Company HQ
Hudson Square, New York, NY
Leadership
Jennifer Hyman
(CEO)Prior to Rent the Runway, was director of business development at IMG where she focused on the creation of new media businesses for IMG's fashion division.
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