--- title: 'Managing Editor at Cantina' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/managing-editor-cantina-los-angeles-1jexsrwnpzzz' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-10-31' --- # Managing Editor at Cantina - **Company:** Cantina - **Location:** Los Angeles, CA - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** hybrid - **Posted:** 2026-10-30 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-31 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/cantina/e17b4637-04cd-4674-90bb-d3a42eabb7c0 ## Job description About Cantina: Cantina is a new social platform founded by Sean Parker with the most advanced AI character creator. Our bots are lifelike, social creatures that can interact wherever people are online—across voice, video, and text. Create yourself, imagine someone new, or choose from thousands of characters to share infinitely scalable, personalized content and seamless group chat. If you’re excited about how AI can shape creativity and social interaction, come help us build what’s next. About the Role: Cantina is looking for a Manager Editor to lead our outbound messaging across content, marketing, and thought leadership to drive user growth, creator adoption, partnerships, recruiting, and fundraising. You’ll own the long-term strategy and day-to-day execution of our content marketing machine, working closely with executives, comms leadership, and our community team. What You’ll Do: - Oversee all outbound copywriting across long-form, social, paid, and executive thought leadership. - Hire, train, and manage Cantina’s editorial team across consumer growth, creator growth, and Labs recruiting. - Collaborate with executives and comms leadership to build and maintain key marketing messaging. - Develop brand voices for Cantina’s core social accounts, Labs account, and executives. - Populate and execute the content calendar across all channels. - Help Cantina develop its own thriving, platform-native new media property. - Learn and apply the latest editorial GTM strategies to beat the algorithms and win attention. - Coordinate content amplification campaigns in collaboration with our community team. - Seize on narrative opportunities that arise out of news, trends, and X debate. What You’ll Bring: - Experience managing a multi-person creative or content marketing team. - Exceptional persuasive writing skills for capturing attention. - A fast-shipping, non-perfectionist, experimental mindset: you’d rather post five times today and learn what works than spend a week polishing one announcement. - High taste as a curator, with the ability to quickly sort good content from bad and give clear, direct feedback. - A voracious appetite for learning the latest channels, algorithmic hacks, and content strategies. - A data-driven approach, using metrics to iterate on content strategy. - Chronically online instincts for spotting opportunities for rapid messaging. Bonus Points For: - Hands-on experience running and everinternal amplification communities. - Previously a managing editor of a modern media outlet. - Former mid-to-late stage consumer content marketing team leader. - A track record founding and growing a solo new media property. Compensation: The anticipated annual base salary range for this role is between $230,000-$380,000. When determining compensation, a number of factors will be considered, including skills, experience, job scope, location, and competitive compensation market data. Benefits: - Competitive salary and generous company equity - Medical, dental, and vision insurance – 99.99% of premiums covered by Cantina - 42 days of paid time off, including: - 15 PTO days - 10 sick days - 15 company holidays - 2 floating holidays - Generous parental leave & fertility support - 401(k) retirement savings plan - Lifestyle spending account – $500/month to use however you’d like - Complimentary lunch and snacks for in-office employees - One Medical membership, and more! ## About Cantina ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Cantina is a social AI platform that lets users create, chat with, and share AI characters that talk, perform, and interact in real-time. - **Entity Type**: Private (Seed Stage) - **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, United States - **Founded**: 2023 - **Founders**: Not publicly listed; key leadership includes Co-Founder Prakash Ramakrishna ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Social AI / Social Media / Software Development - **Target customers**: B2C (consumers), with a creator/developer ecosystem for building AI characters - **Mission or purpose**: "Infinite Creativity Unlocked" — bringing AI characters to life to transform how people tell stories, connect, and create. ## Products & Services - **Cantina App**: A social media platform where users chat with friends and AI, create video messages, share with friends, and "set bots free." The flagship product is a mobile-first experience focused on real-time AI character interaction. - **Cantina AI Models**: A suite of advanced real-time models pushing the boundaries of expression, personality, and realism for AI characters. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private company) - **Key Metric**: Total Funding — Seed Round (1 investor, amount undisclosed); 148 employees as of mid-2026 - **Notable Investors/Partners**: 1 seed investor (name not publicly disclosed); member of the Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI) - **Growth Signals**: - Headcount grew 7.2% YoY (+29 people) to 148 employees - Monthly website traffic growth of +47.7% and yearly growth of +149.8% - Active job postings: 13 (yearly job posting growth of +44.4%) - Operates in 15 countries with 4 offices (San Francisco HQ, Sunnyvale, Brooklyn NY, and another Brooklyn location) - High LinkedIn follower growth (+9.9% yearly) reaching 22,462 followers ## Competitive Advantages - **Real-time AI character technology**: Builds proprietary real-time models for expression, personality, and realism — a technical moat in the rapidly growing social AI space. - **Creator ecosystem**: Allows users to build and release their own AI characters, creating a network effect and UGC flywheel. - **First-mover in social AI**: One of the earliest platforms combining social networking with generative AI characters for mass consumer use. - **Strong talent pool**: Employees recruited from top tech companies including Airtime (18), Aircore (26), Meta (4), Grammarly (4), TikTok (4), Amazon (3), and BeReal (4). ## Strategic Focus - **Product expansion**: Actively hiring for Kotlin Multiplatform Engineer, iOS Engineer, Machine Learning Engineer (Images), and Media Software Engineer (Speech) — indicating a push toward cross-platform mobile, image generation, and speech capabilities. - **Safety and trust**: Joined the Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI) in 2025 and invested heavily in trust & safety infrastructure, signaling a commitment to responsible AI. - **Monetization and growth**: Hiring a Head of Product Marketing, Creator Partner Manager, and Product Managers for Video and Web — suggesting moves toward monetization, creator partnerships, and web-based experiences. - **Research-driven**: Actively recruiting ML engineers and research talent, with 10% of workforce in Research roles. ## Why Work Here - **Cutting-edge AI work**: Engineers work on real-time AI models for speech, images, and character interaction — at the intersection of generative AI and social media. - **Strong technical culture**: 66 employees (15% of workforce) in Technical roles, with a tech stack including PyTorch, TensorFlow, Kubernetes, Docker, GCP, Snowflake, and modern mobile frameworks (Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, Swift). - **Growth stage**: At 148 employees and 13 open roles, this is a growth-stage startup where new hires can have outsized impact. - **Flexible locations**: Offices in San Francisco (HQ), Sunnyvale, and Brooklyn (two locations) — with a distributed workforce across 15 countries. - **Creative, fun environment**: Company culture emphasizes creativity ("Minister of Bots" is a real title) and viral social experiences. - **Notable perks**: Team has a dedicated Comedy Director and "Chief Horse Officer" — indicating a playful, unconventional culture. - **High talent density**: Recruits from top AI and social media companies (Meta, TikTok, Grammarly, Amazon, Apple, Netflix alumni). ## Sources 1. [cantina.com](https://cantina.com/) 2. [LinkedIn - Cantina Labs](https://www.linkedin.com/company/cantinaai) 3. [Cantina Careers (Ashby)](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/cantina) 4. 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