Social Media Manager

Role Overview

• Manage and execute social media presence around defense suicide prevention and response, including developing and maintaining a monthly editorial calendar of posts, tweets, and blogs
• Coordinate across the team to ensure content aligns with communications plans, events, messaging strategies, and campaign goals
• Provide additional strategic and tactical support for related communications initiatives to enhance engagement and awareness

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Marketing, Public Relations or a related technical field
• 7+ years of directly related experience
• 10+ years total work experience
• 7+ years of experience in strategic communications, public affairs, or marketing
• Experience managing social media accounts, including content creation, scheduling, and analytics
• Experience collaborating with government and internal teams to ensure content aligns with overall communications strategies, messaging priorities, and campaigns
• Experience developing messaging materials, campaigns, event resources and communications plans, including fact sheets, one-pagers, and presentations
• Experience monitoring and reporting on engagement metrics to inform future content strategy
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with attention to messaging consistency and clarity
• Knowledge of social media platforms, trends, and best practices
• Ability to develop a monthly social media editorial calendar outlining upcoming posts, blogs, and tweets
• Ability to obtain a Secret Clearance
• Experience coordinating with government or regulatory stakeholders (Preferred)
• Experience posting content and ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and adherence to brand guidelines (Preferred)
• Strong organizational and collaboration skills (Preferred)
• Experience with Hootsuite strongly preferred (Preferred)