Product Marketing Manager - Social & Live Commerce

Apple Apple · Big Tech · Shanghai, China · Marketing

Product Marketing Manager for Social & Live Commerce in China, responsible for driving Apple's product narrative and go-to-market success on social platforms like Douyin and WeChat. This role involves shaping content strategies, developing messaging toolkits, and analyzing performance to drive brand affinity and business growth.

What you'd actually do

  1. Serve as the primary product marketing expert for the ASO (Apple Store Online) live-streaming program and broader social media initiatives. Provide ongoing strategic guidance and insights to shape the content direction across platforms including Douyin, WeChat, rednote and more.
  2. Partner with the ASO content strategy team, Marcom/PR social teams, and other cross-functional partners to identify key product opportunities and build robust, year-round content calendars spanning all Apple product lines. Drive sustained, always-on engagement across official accounts.
  3. Develop foundational messaging toolkits, demo guides, and content frameworks specifically tailored for live-streaming and short-form social video formats.
  4. During New Product Introductions (NPI), collaborate with Worldwide Product Marketing (WWPM) and Product Launch Managers (PLMs) to adapt core product messaging into compelling narratives, scripts, and talking points designed seamlessly for the live-streaming format.
  5. Collaborate with WWPM, PLMs and local teams to review live-streaming scripts, host talking points, and product demos. Ensure all content is consistent with global brand guidelines and product marketing objectives while being highly relevant to the local live-streaming audience.

Skills

Required

  • 6+ years of experience in product marketing, digital marketing, social commerce, or related roles in Greater China.
  • Deep understanding of the Greater China social media landscape, particularly Douyin, WeChat, rednote, and live-streaming ecosystems.
  • Familiarity across Apple hardware, software, and services.
  • Technical fluency with the ability to translate complex technical features into clear, relevant, and engaging consumer benefits for social formats.
  • Excellent presentation, spoken, and written skills in both English and Mandarin. Ability to craft compelling product stories and review scripts with a high attention to detail.
  • Strong analytical skills with the ability to use data and market insights to guide actions and content recommendations.

Nice to have

  • Curiosity, a passion for excellence, the ability to ask the right questions, and a resilient, problem-solving mindset. Flexible and willing to learn.
  • Experience working collaboratively with international teams in a multi-national company.
  • A resilient problem solver who gets things done, works effectively under pressure, flexible and willing to learn, confident but without ego.
  • Deep project management skills, a teammate with strong influencing and collaboration skills and cross-functional leadership abilities.
  • Experience directly managing or heavily collaborating on live-streaming production or social video content creation is a strong plus.
  • MS/MA/MBA degrees.

What the JD emphasized

  • Deep understanding of the Greater China social media landscape, particularly Douyin, WeChat, rednote, and live-streaming ecosystems.