Digital Communications Specialist

Savannah-River-National-Laboratory; Aiken (SC); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) seeks a versatile Digital Communications Specialist to elevate SRNL's online presence and drive audience engagement across partners, sponsors, and stakeholders. The role blends WordPress website management with social media strategy, content creation, and performance analytics.

The ideal candidate will craft compelling social posts, optimize web pages for user experience, and collaborate with subject matter experts to translate complex science into

Qualifications

• Experience creating and distributing digital content across platforms.
• Ability to translate complex science into accessible, engaging material.
• Strong writing, editing, and storytelling skills.
• Familiarity with analytics to measure performance and audience insights.

Responsibilities

• Steward SRNL's external website and drive the lab's social media presence.
• Collaborate with subject matter experts to translate science into digital content.
• Develop content strategies and posts, monitor performance analytics.

Skills

Digital communications

Social media strategy

Content creation

Audience engagement

Performance analytics

SME collaboration

Tools

WordPress

Job description

Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) is seeking a versatile and skilled Digital Communications Specialist to elevate the laboratory's online/social presence, drive audience engagement, and ensure SRNL's groundbreaking work reaches partners, sponsors, stakeholders, and other targeted audiences. This position sits within SRNL's Communications team and works collaboratively across the full communications function to support and promote the laboratory.

The selected candidate will serve as the primary steward of SRNL's external website and the strategic driver behind the lab's social media presence. This is a hands-on role that blends website building and management in WordPress with social media strategy development, content creation, and performance analytics. The ideal candidate is equally comfortable crafting a compelling social post, restructuring a web page for improved user experience, and working with subject matter experts to help translate complex science into accessible, engaging digital content.