Social Media Associate

Cape; New York (NY); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

12 weeks parental leave

Family-forming and gender-affirming-c

Job summary

Cape is hiring a Social Media Associate to own and grow our voice across social channels. You will drive growth, sharpen our brand voice, and help Cape become a credible, quotable voice in privacy conversations. This high-ownership role values sharp writing and input on how Cape appears publicly.

You’ll transform technical features into engaging social content, manage posting workflows, and contribute to a scalable approach with proactive ideas beyond a fixed calendar.

Qualifications

• Excellent, distinctive writing and ability to adapt tone for different audiences.
• Strong organizational skills and experience managing content calendars.
• High attention to detail in editing and proofreading across channels.
• Creative instincts with ability to pitch ideas beyond a calendar fill.
• Bonus points for video filming/editing and a portfolio of past work.
• Interest or familiarity with privacy, security, or tech policy conversations.

Responsibilities

• Own social copywriting, editing, and posting end-to-end; evolve Cape's brand voice across channels.
• Translate technical/product features into compelling narratives for social and video.

Skills

Excellent writing

Organizational skills

Attention to detail

Creative mindset

Video editing (Bonus)

Privacy/tech policy interest

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Email marketing platforms

Job description

About Cape

Cape is America's privacy-first mobile carrier. Our mission is to be a force for good in global wireless. Cape was founded in 2022 by people who believe privacy is a fundamental right, not a luxury to be traded away. Our journey began when our founder recognized a critical vulnerability in our modern world: everyone relies on the same stagnant cellular infrastructure and legacy systems that track our every movement, monitor and profile our connections, and lose and sell our personal data.

About Cape

Cape is America's privacy-first mobile carrier. Our mission is to be a force for good in global wireless. Cape was founded in 2022 by people who believe privacy is a fundamental right, not a luxury to be traded away. Our journey began when our founder recognized a critical vulnerability in our modern world: everyone relies on the same stagnant cellular infrastructure and legacy systems that track our every movement, monitor and profile our connections, and lose and sell our personal data. Instead of accepting the status quo, we decided to fix it. National security professionals, journalists, parents, and everyone in between can stay connected and have privacy. We didn't just build a layer on top of old tech; we built America's most private and secure mobile carrier from the ground up. By building our own network from scratch, we are able to design and build a suite of privacy and security features that no other carrier on the planet can offer. Today, Cape provides our secure network to consumers, businesses, and government agencies alike. We closed our Series C in March 2026, and we are scaling rapidly, with the goal of giving people back control of their most personal information.

The Team

At Cape, we are the architects of a privacy-centric movement that is just getting started. We are relentless builders, constantly innovating at the edge of what's possible in telecommunications. We operate on a foundation of high trust and high expectations. Our structure is flat, and collaboration matters more than hierarchy. As a member of our team, you will collaborate with world-class engineers, architects, and visionaries, and work across organizational lines to solve "impossible" problems and deliver mission-critical results for our users every single day.

The Role

Privacy is one of the defining fights of this decade, and most of the public conversation about it is still boring, jargon-heavy, or fear-based. We want to change that. We're hiring a Social Media Associate to own and grow Cape's voice across social media channels. This person will be the driving force behind multiplying our following, sharpening our brand voice into something people actually want to engage with, and helping establish Cape as a credible, quotable voice in the broader public conversation about privacy, not just another company posting product updates. This is a high-ownership role for someone who is a sharp, distinctive writer first, and who wants to grow social channels rather than just maintain existing ones. You'll have real input into how Cape shows up in the world, not just execute a content calendar someone else designed.

What You'll Work On

• Content & voice: Own social copywriting, editing, and posting end-to-end. Develop and evolve Cape's brand voice across channels. Copy edit and upload blog posts. Write and edit email marketing copy; format and help build out email flows/sequences Proofread across all of the above - nothing goes out with typos or off-brand language.
• Thought leadership & positioning: Help identify and shape opportunities for Cape to weigh in on public privacy conversations. Translate technical/product features into compelling narratives for social and video
• Light operations: Order business cards, conference materials, etc. Reply to inbound email inquiries, which requires getting familiar enough with the product to represent it accurately

What We Value

• Cape's social following and engagement grow meaningfully, with a voice that's recognizable and differentiated from typical security/privacy brand accounts
• Our content gets cited, shared, or referenced in broader privacy conversations. Reporters, researchers, and other players in the space start to see Cape as a credible source, not just a product
• Email flows run smoothly with minimal oversight, and copy quality is consistently high
• You've built systems (calendars, trackers, briefs) that make the function scale beyond just you

Experience

• Excellent, distinctive writing
• Strong organizational skills: comfortable building and maintaining spreadsheet trackers to manage projects and content calendars
• High attention to detail
• Creative instincts, not just execution: someone who pitches ideas, not just fills a calendar
• (Bonus Points) Video filming and editing experience (Plus) a portfolio of past work
• (Bonus Points) Interest in or familiarity with privacy, security, or tech policy conversations

Compensation

We offer competitive compensation that is geo-adjusted based on your location, along with meaningful equity so you share in the value you help create. Salary range for this role in Arlington, VA or New York, NY is $75,000 - 110,000 depending on experience and interview performance.

Our benefits include:

• 401(k) match
• 100% coverage of medical, dental, and vision premiums for you and your dependents
• 12 weeks paid parental leave (for all parents, no waiting period)
• Stipends for
  • Family-forming needs
  • Gender-affirming care

Our Culture & Values

• We hire excellent people, give them outsized responsibility, and trust them to execute. Every person at Cape has a proven track record of tackling hard problems and winning.
• We believe that personal privacy and national security are not at odds, and that they can be reconciled through strong technology.
• We believe companies exist to build awesome things and take care of the people who build them, so we offer top-tier healthcare, 401(k) matching, and a generous vacation policy that our team actually uses to recharge.
• We believe that a stronger company and a better product are built by people from all walks of life. We hire without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, disability, or Veteran status. If you are great at what you do, you belong here.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin, and without regard to disability or status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by law.