Senior Creative, Social
Duolingo
$142,800 - $193,200 / year
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Description
Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It’s a big mission, and that’s where you come in!
At Duolingo, you’ll join a team that cares about educating our users, experimenting with big ideas, making fact-based decisions, and finding innovative solutions to complex problems. You’ll have limitless learning opportunities and daily collaborations with world-class minds — while doing work that’s both meaningful and fun.
Join our life-changing mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world.
Read our blog to learn more.
About the role...
Duolingo’s social channels have become a cultural phenomenon. Now we’re looking for a social-native creative who can take our speed-of-culture thinking beyond the feed and into the real world.
You’ll join Duolingo’s Brand Marketing Studio and work closely with our social team to transform trends, memes and cultural moments into breakthrough ideas across social, experiential, OOH, partnerships, events, and unexpected corners of culture.
You’re part content creator, part copywriter, part art director, and deeply fluent in the internet. You can make something yourself when speed matters, develop a bigger idea when the opportunity deserves it and give sharp feedback that makes other creators’ work more ownable, timely and unmistakably Duolingo.
🧠 You will...
- Turn social moments into ideas that move beyond the feed, including stunts, billboards, products, mascot appearances, partnerships, pop-ups and more
- Provide clear, actionable feedback to social content creators, helping make their work more ownable, culturally relevant and true to Duolingo
- Develop and ship ambitious creative on internet timelines, often moving from opportunity to execution within one or two weeks
- Identify validated trends, memes, fandoms and cultural moments where Duolingo can play a meaningful and unexpected role
- Create original social-native content yourself when the strongest idea is still a great post, video or meme
- Help steward and evolve Duolingo’s distinctive voice, visual language, characters and sense of humor across TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, X and emerging platforms
- Work closely with social, brand marketing, design, production, PR, partnerships and legal to determine what we can make and how quickly we can make it
- Present ideas clearly and persuasively, from a fast Slack pitch to a fully developed creative deck
- Raise the creative standard of our daily social work while spotting opportunities with business impact and award-winning potential
✅ You have...
The most important thing you’ll bring to this interview is your portfolio. We want to see work that made people stop scrolling and ideas too big to stay in the feed.
Beyond that, you have:
- 7+ years of experience creating culturally relevant work for social platforms, brands, agencies, media companies or your own audience
- A portfolio that demonstrates social-native thinking, strong concepts and excellent creative craft
- Deep fluency in internet culture and an instinct for distinguishing an emerging opportunity from a dying trend
- A clear point of view on what great social creative looks like now and where it’s going next
- Strong copywriting skills and a sharp eye for art direction, design and visual storytelling
- Expertise in short-form video, including concepting, directing and getting the work made
- Experience turning cultural insights into ideas beyond social posts, such as experiential activations, earned-media stunts, OOH, products or partnerships
- Experience giving direct, useful creative feedback that helps other creators improve their ideas and execution
- The ability to operate at both the strategic and hands-on level; you’re not too senior to make things
- Strong taste, low ego, and the ability to make the work better through collaboration
- The ability to work from or relocate to Pittsburgh, PA or New York, NY
⭐ Exceptional candidates will have...
- Experience working across both in-house and agency or studio environments
- A genuine obsession with Duolingo’s mission, product and characters
The offered salary is dependent upon several factors, including work experience, skills, and internal peer comparisons. The posted range is subject to change in the future. For this role, base salary is supplemented by equity compensation. We encourage you to talk with your recruiter for more information related to compensation for this role!
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Accommodations: We will do everything we can within reason to make sure that your interview takes place in an environment that fairly and accurately assesses your skills. If you need assistance or accommodation, please contact accommodations@duolingo.com.
Equal Employment Opportunity: Duolingo is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
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Benefits
- stock options
About this role
# About This Role
Duolingo's social channels have become a cultural force, and this role sits at the intersection of that momentum and real-world impact. You'll join the Brand Marketing Studio to transform internet trends and cultural moments into ideas that extend far beyond social feeds—into experiential activations, billboards, partnerships, products, and unexpected cultural moments. The work demands speed: moving from identifying an opportunity to execution in one or two weeks, while also developing bigger, more ambitious ideas when the moment calls for it. You'll be part content creator, part copywriter, part art director, and expected to contribute across TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, X, and emerging platforms.
The role requires 7+ years of experience creating culturally relevant work, demonstrated through a strong portfolio that shows social-native thinking and excellent craft. You need deep fluency in internet culture, sharp copywriting skills, expertise in short-form video, and the ability to give direct creative feedback that improves others' work. Critically, you'll operate at both strategic and hands-on levels—concepting big ideas and making things yourself when speed matters. You should have experience turning cultural insights into work beyond social posts, such as stunts, OOH, or partnerships.
This is a full-time, in-office role based in Pittsburgh or New York, with a salary range of $142,800–$193,200 plus equity. The position suits someone with low ego and strong collaborative instincts who genuinely cares about Duolingo's mission and can raise the creative standard of daily social work while spotting opportunities with real business impact.
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