
Head of Viral Marketing
About Us
Beast Industries is a multifaceted media and entertainment company founded by Jimmy Donaldson, popularly known as MrBeast, the most watched person in the world. Renowned for revolutionizing digital content creation, Beast Industries encompasses a diverse portfolio of ventures that extend far beyond its origins on YouTube. With a mission to entertain, inspire, and create significant social impact, Beast Industries operates across various domains including digital media, philanthropy, consumer products, and innovative business initiatives. At Beast Industries, we believe in the transformative power of digital media and its potential to entertain, educate, and effect positive change. Our commitment to innovation, creativity, and philanthropy drives us to explore new frontiers, create unforgettable experiences, and build a legacy that inspires future generations.
About the Role
We’re looking for a Head of Viral Marketing to lead the team responsible for social-led brand and campaign strategy across the MrBeast organization - spanning our own brands, creator collaborations, and external partners. You’ll oversee how ideas move from creative spark to full-scale execution, building marketing programs that travel organically, perform measurably, and make an impact at cultural scale.
This role blends creativity, strategy, and operational leadership. You’ll shape how we work with brands, creators, and platforms to develop campaigns that make noise and are impossible to ignore.
What You’ll Do
- Lead and grow the viral marketing function, developing breakthrough campaigns that connect audiences, brands, and creators.
- Build the strategy, structure, and systems that enable creative ideas to move quickly from concept to execution.
- Oversee campaign development across internal brands and external partnerships - from creative ideation to launch.
- Partner with social, content, and production teams to ensure cross-channel integration and quality.
- Define performance metrics and use data to optimize effectiveness and scale learnings.
- Manage multiple, fast-moving projects with clear ownership of timelines, deliverables, and budgets.
- Cultivate relationships with brand and creator partners, ensuring campaigns align with both business objectives and audience expectations.
- Develop and mentor a multidisciplinary team capable of producing work that moves culture and drives measurable impact.
What You’ll Bring
- 10+ years in marketing, social, or content leadership - ideally across both agency and brand environments.
- Proven success creating viral, social-first campaigns that deliver business impact and cultural relevance.
- Deep understanding of how to translate brand objectives into campaigns that drive reach and impact.
- Strategic thinker with the ability to balance creativity, storytelling, and results.
- Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and managing complex partnerships.
- Strong creative judgment and ability to coach teams toward work that’s culturally relevant and high impact.
- Comfort operating in a fast-moving, collaborative, and highly visible environment.
- Ability to be onsite in Greenville, NC (required)
Benefits
The Perks, Why Work On the MrBeast Team
- Competitive Salary
- Generous Medical (Blue Cross Blue Shield), Dental, Vision and company-paid Life Insurance
- Company contributions to employee Health Savings Accounts (HSA)
- 401k Plan with Safe Harbor company-matching
- Flexible vacation policy and paid company holidays
- Company-provided technology package
- Relocation when applicable for those coming in from outside the Greenville, NC area including travel and company-provided housing for the first 90 days
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