Remote Social Media Leader for Democracy & Engagement

States United Democracy Center; Washington (District of Columbia); Remote; USD 77,000 - 94,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, vision & dental plans

Matching retirement plan

Remote-friendly with travel

Job summary

States United Democracy Center, a nonpartisan organization focusing on the rule of law and free elections, seeks a Social Media Manager to lead daily content creation for organizational and CEO channels. You will shape messaging, drive engagement, and coordinate with the Communications Team to implement strategies across platforms.

You will own the social calendar, manage rapid response, and provide KPI-driven insights while coordinating with leadership and partners.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, journalism, public affairs, or a similar field.
• 6 or more years of experience working in social media in a news-driven environment.
• Excellent writing skills with a focus on accuracy and detail, and the ability to rapidly synthesize complex issues into clear, engaging content.
• Ability to create social-first visuals using tools like Canva, Figma or Adobe Creative Suite.
• Experience using social media management and analytics tools (e.g., Sprout Social, native platform insights).
• Experience with reporting on social media metrics and analyzing performance.
• Excellent communications skills (listening and verbal) with an ability to partner with team members across different levels and diverse backgrounds.
• Must be able to commit to up to 25% travel time.
• Willingness and ability to work beyond the normal workday, on weekends, and/or more than 40 hours a week as necessary.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute social media strategies aligned with organizational priorities, including identifying opportunities to grow audience, engagement, and impact.
• Create compelling copy, graphics, videos, and other engaging content that highlights States United’s work and drives engagement.
• Own, plan and schedule the social media calendar across all social media platforms for States United Democracy Center, States United Action, and States United’s leadership.
• Lead on social media rapid response.
• Provide daily community management and engagement across all social media platforms, with the goal of expanding States United’s audience, increasing brand awareness, and ensuring consistency.
• Manage social media reporting and KPI tracking to analyze performance data and optimize content strategy accordingly.
• Create social media toolkits, guidance, and/or trainings for States United’s leaders, stakeholders, and partners for key moments and best practices.
• Generate regular updates for States United’s leadership on social engagement, trends, and opportunities.
• Monitor and track news and conversations on social media to identify opportunities for our current or previous work to inform the public on key issues.
• Stay abreast of digital marketing industry trends, research new tools, platforms and channels, and identify opportunities to expand States United’s efforts to improve target audience reach and increase engagement.
• Support the Communications team on projects as needed.

Skills

Copywriting

Content strategy

Social media management

Analytics & reporting

Community management

Time management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Canva

Figma

Adobe Creative Suite

Sprout Social

Platform analytics

Job description

States United Democracy Center, a nonpartisan organization focusing on the rule of law and free elections, seeks a Social Media Manager to lead daily content creation for organizational and CEO channels. You will shape messaging, drive engagement, and coordinate with the Communications Team to implement strategies across platforms.

You will own the social calendar, manage rapid response, and provide KPI-driven insights while coordinating with leadership and partners.