Free social media templates
Designing, strategizing, posting. You’ve got a tough job on your hands. Luckily, we’ve done some of the tedious work for you. Copy and paste, bookmark for later, and take all the credit. You have our permission.
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Downloading free templates from Hootsuite is easy-peasy. Simply click on the template you’d like to use, fill out the short form, and your resource will download immediately.
Once you’ve got the template on your device, you can start editing or import it to your preferred word processor. We typically create our templates in Google Docs, Google Slides, and other commonly used programs, but you can download them and import into your software of choice.
Simply make a copy of the template you’d like to use and add whatever relevant information you’d like!
The best part? You can use these free social media templates to save time, impress your boss, and make your job even easier.
Our template library is worthy of a bookmark to help you:
Create content with social media post templates that look amazing plus plenty of Canva templates and post ideas to get your creative juices flowing.
Analyze performance with social media report templates and calculators that you can customize with your unique metrics and branding.
Get your dream job with social media manager resumé templates, portfolio templates, and more.
Note: if you’d like to automatically generate social media reports and engagement-boosting content, be sure to sign up for a free trial of Hootsuite. No template needed.
Absolutely! In fact, these templates were all made especially for you, SMMs. 💖
We’ve made our templates super-easy to sort and filter so you can find exactly what you want. Looking for interview questions or job description templates? Simply filter using the “career tools” tab. Want to write a social media policy that knocks your legal team’s socks off? Filter by “compliance and policy.”
We sure do. To find all of our best social media influencer templates — including media kits, strategy templates, and campaign templates — filter by “influencer tools.” Influencers may also find our post ideas and social media advertising templates useful.
Yep! If you’re stumped on where to start, we recommend downloading our content calendar template. This is one of our most popular free resources, and for good reason. It includes everything you need to build out your content calendar from scratch, including a social media content plan, a monthly calendar view, a weekly calendar view, and even a place for you to add your evergreen content ideas.
Side note: if you’re ready to jump to the next level of content planning, be sure to sign up for Hootsuite. Hootsuite comes with the world’s best drag-and-drop content calendar that features built-in Canva templates, a hashtag generator, and even tools that tell you the best time to post on each network.
Yes. While there’s no substitute for a solid social media analytics software (ahem, Hootsuite), these templates are great for getting you started with some foundational reporting. Start by selecting “analytics and reporting” in the filter to explore our selection of social media report templates, audit templates, and more.
Build next-level social media reports and create content way faster
Want to simplify your social media strategy? Hootsuite is the best way. Every Hootsuite plan comes with a drag-and-drop content calendar, customizable analytics reports, and built-in post templates.