Content Marketing Specialist

Percona is a leader in open source database software, and they are seeking a Content Marketing Specialist to join their team. This role involves managing social media content, overseeing case study production, and publishing blog content, all while collaborating with senior marketers to accelerate your career in marketing.

Responsibilities:

• Manage the social media content calendar across LinkedIn, X/Twitter, and other relevant channels
• Serve as the primary point of contact for our social media agency: brief, review, provide feedback, and approve content
• Contribute to social strategy directionally, identifying content themes, trending topics, and engagement opportunities, in collaboration with the Senior Content Strategist
• Monitor social performance metrics and report on what's working; surface insights to inform the broader content strategy
• Engage with community comments and conversations in a brand-appropriate way
• Own the end-to-end case study process: coordinate customer approvals, schedule interviews, manage production timelines, and track status
• Work with AI tools and the Senior Content Strategist to produce case study drafts from interview transcripts and raw notes
• Manage customer and internal review cycles, ensuring feedback is incorporated accurately and on schedule
• Maintain a pipeline of case study candidates in coordination with the customer success and sales teams
• Publish blog posts in WordPress environment: formatting, tagging, image selection, SEO metadata, and internal linking
• Maintain and update evergreen website content pages as needed, coordinating with design when changes require visual updates
• Keep the editorial calendar organized and current, flagging scheduling conflicts or gaps to the Senior Content Strategist
• QA content before publishing; checking formatting, links, images, and metadata

Requirements:

• 1–3 years of experience in content marketing, social media, or a related marketing coordinator role
• Strong organizational skills with an ability to juggle multiple projects, you keep things moving without needing to be managed
• Experience managing or coordinating with an external agency or vendor
• Hands-on experience with social scheduling tools (Sprout Social, Buffer, Hootsuite, or similar)
• Familiarity with WordPress platforms, comfortable publishing and formatting content without developer help
• Excellent written communication; you don't need to be a head writer, but you can spot an error and write a clear, on-brand caption
• A self-starter mentality, you look for ways to contribute beyond your job description and take initiative without waiting to be asked
• Genuine curiosity about AI tools and eagerness to build fluency in them as a core professional skill, not just a nice-to-have
• Experience using AI writing tools for drafting or editing content
• Basic understanding of SEO and content performance metrics
• Experience in B2B or tech marketing environments
• Exposure to customer marketing, case study production, or customer success workflows