Social Media & Community Manager - Life Sciences

Valid8 Financial, Inc.; Tustin (CA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance

Generous 401(K) with matching

Employee Referral Bonus

Complimentary catered lunches on Thursdays

Job summary

Zymo Research is looking for a Social Media & Community Manager to enhance our organic social presence and engage with the scientific community. This role involves creating meaningful content that builds trust and interest in our brand.

Responsibilities include managing social media accounts, collaborating with teams on content, and tracking performance metrics. Ideal candidates will have 3+ years of experience in social media management, strong writing skills, and a community-first mindset.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to create engaging and credible social content.
• Experience managing organic social accounts.
• Ability to analyze social performance metrics.

Responsibilities

• Own organic social presence on key platforms.
• Collaborate with teams to create social content.
• Track social performance and provide insights.

Skills

Strong writing ability

Community engagement

Visual judgment

Social media management

Education

3+ years in social media or community management

Tools

LinkedIn

Instagram

YouTube

Job description

Zymo Research is seeking a Social Media & Community Manager to own our organic social presence and build meaningful engagement with the scientific community.

This role will translate product stories, brand initiatives, scientific resources, programs, events, and community opportunities into social content that feels credible, useful, visually engaging, and relevant to researchers. The goal is not to simply promote products, but to build trust, connection, interest, and long‑term affinity for the Zymo brand.

The right person is a strong writer, thoughtful visual communicator, and natural community builder who understands how to create content that is both engaging and on‑brand.

Join us in making a meaningful impact!

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Organic Social & Community Engagement

• Own Zymo’s organic social presence across key platforms, with a focus on LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube. Manage the content calendar, draft posts and captions, engage with comments, mentions, messages, and tags, and help Zymo show up as a credible and human presence in the scientific community.

Social Storytelling & Program Amplification

• Work with Marketing, Product Marketing, Commercial, Scientific Communications, and Creative teams to identify stories worth sharing. Turn product launches, scientific resources, collaborations, grants, webinars, events, user stories, and community opportunities into social‑first content that builds trust without feeling overly commercial.

Brand Voice & Visual Communication

• Maintain Zymo’s social voice: scientifically credible, warm, direct, useful, and never generic. Bring strong visual judgment to the role by understanding how copy, imagery, layout, pacing, and platform format work together to create content that is clear, engaging, and on‑brand.
• You do not need to be the primary designer, but you should understand design principles well enough to brief creative partners, evaluate content quality, and recognize when something needs to be stronger.

Social Insights

• Track organic social performance with a focus on engagement quality, audience growth, content resonance, and community signals. Share clear insights on what is working, what audiences are responding to, and where there are opportunities to improve.

Education and Experience

• 3+ years of experience in social media, community management, brand communications, or content strategy.
• Strong writing ability with the ability to create clear, engaging, and credible social content.
• Experience managing organic social accounts, especially LinkedIn and Instagram.
• Strong editorial and visual judgment, including an understanding of what feels valuable, on‑brand, engaging, or too promotional.
• Ability to translate product, commercial, technical, and scientific inputs into content that builds trust, connection, and interest.
• Strong understanding of how copy, imagery, layout, pacing, and platform format work together in social content.
• Community‑first mindset with the ability to build engagement through conversations, not just broadcasting.
• Strong cross‑functional collaboration skills with the ability to work with marketing, product, commercial, creative, scientific, and brand stakeholders.
• Basic understanding of social performance metrics and how to turn results into useful insights.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in life science, biotech, healthcare, scientific publishing, B2B, or another technical field.
• Experience building social engagement for a technical or expert audience.
• Familiarity with YouTube, short‑form video, reels, carousels, thumbnails, and platform‑specific storytelling.
• Experience supporting social amplification of webinars, events, grants, campaigns, product launches, collaborations, or user stories.
• Basic photography, video editing, or social content production skills are a plus.

About Us

Since its inception in 1994, Zymo Research has been proudly serving the scientific community by providing innovative, reliable, and high‑quality research tools and products. Whether it's DNA, RNA, epigenetics, microbiomics, protein, or yeast‑based research, our philosophy remains the same: To provide the highest quality products in the industry while ensuring they are both simple to use and reliable in their performance.

Recognized as Top Workplace by the Orange County Register in 2021, 2022, and named a Top Workplace USA in 2023, Zymo Research continues to be a vibrant community where employees thrive, feel connected, and are inspired by their work. If you are passionate about contributing to scientific advancement and want to be part of an exceptional team in a dynamic, growing company, we'd love to hear from you!

Compensation, Benefits, and Perks

The estimated base compensation range for this position is $75,000 to $90,000 annually at the time of posting. Actual compensation details will be provided in writing at the time of offer, if applicable, and is based on several factors we believe fairly and accurately impact compensation, including geographic location, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, and other job permitted factors.

Zymo Research also offers competitive benefits and perks including:

• Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance Coverages
• EAP Sessions
• Generous 401(K) with matching
• Employee Referral Bonus
• Complimentary fruit, snacks, and beverages
• Complimentary catered lunches on Thursdays
• Complimentary EV Charging

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

Zymo Research welcomes candidates of all backgrounds. These include sex, age, color, race, religion, marital status, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, physical & mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, or any other protected status as defined by federal, state, or local law.

Location

Onsite – Zymo Research - 2961 Dow Avenue, Tustin, CA 92780