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Will AI replace social media managers?
Based on live job postings — updated September 2026
Not yet — employers aren't cutting social media managers. They're asking them to use AI.
There are 345 live social media managers openings right now. Across the roughly 3,300 fast-growing companies we track, 30% of current social media managers openings now ask for AI skills. The work is changing, not going away.
345live openings
30%ask for AI skills
15%remote
147companies hiring
What AI is actually changing
AI shows up directly in these openings: Artificial Intelligence. That is the part of the job changing fastest.
Employers still ask most for: Media, Collaboration, Communication, TikTok, Creativity, Flexibility — the parts of the work people are hired to own.
Who's hiring right now
| Company | Open roles |
|---|---|
| WPP Media | 61 |
| VML | 24 |
| Omnicom Media | 18 |
| Power Digital | 13 |
| Monks | 9 |
| DEPT® | 7 |
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