Common Cause

Senior Manager, Social Media

Common Cause

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $97,850 - $113,300 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Lead our strategic use of social media across the organization
  • Build and execute a comprehensive social media strategy that advances Common Cause priorities, expands our reach, and unites our brand messaging
  • Lead a cohesive, unified approach to social media across departments
  • Develop platform-specific strategies for Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Threads, BlueSky, YouTube, and emerging channels
  • Oversee the creation, publishing, and optimization of daily content across all platforms
  • Maintain and manage a unified social media calendar tied to strategic campaigns, press moments, fundraising, and advocacy priorities
  • Transform complex policy topics into compelling, accessible, and high-impact digital stories
  • Proactively identify new tools, formats, and trends from across the social media landscape to test and adopt
  • Create viral-ready moments, experiment with storytelling styles, and push creative boundaries
  • Ensure that social efforts are tied to measurable goals, outcomes, and impact in alignment with Common Cause’s mission and goals
  • Track and analyze, and report on social media performance, using data to guide decisions, refine strategy, and identify new opportunities
  • Prepare regular reports that share key social media metrics, insights, and trends with the broader team
  • Partner closely with digital, communications, and development colleagues to ensure messaging consistency and integrated execution within the External Affairs department
  • Build relationships across the organization, coordinating with state teams and supporting their needs within a cohesive national strategy
  • Create paid digital advertising efforts by developing social-first campaigns and collaborating on paid strategies
  • Directly supervise the Social Media Associates and/or any Interns(s): collaboratively set goals that are aligned with the work, coach and develop them towards these goals, and support their career progression and retention at Common Cause
  • Set expectations for quality, timeliness, and creativity in content production and scheduling
  • Offer mentorship that builds skills in strategy, storytelling, analytics, and cross-team collaboration

Requirements

  • A strong commitment to Common Cause’s nonpartisan mission and to advancing civil rights through our pro-democracy agenda
  • Strong knowledge of content creation best practices, and a creative approach to using visual, written, and video formats
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced or rapid response environment to manage and meet deadlines for multiple short- and long-term priorities at once, with high attention to detail; strong organization skills, and the ability to manage your time independently
  • Ability to compel action through both written and verbal communication, including distilling complex concepts into engaging and accessible storytelling for a broad audience, and to differentiate communications as needed for various audiences
  • Demonstrated ability to stay ahead of emerging social media trends, platforms, algorithms, and tools, and translate that knowledge into strategies that expand reach, engagement, and impact with priority audiences.
  • A track record of working collaboratively with others, with the ability to build rapport, trust, and credibility with multiple stakeholders with diverse interests
  • Ability to navigate organizational and power dynamics, respectfully navigate conflict while maintaining your values, and influence others to adopt changes to meet common goals
  • Innovative and strategic thinking skills, with the ability to navigate through ambiguity to achieve goals, and a resourceful approach to solve problems
  • A commitment to equity in the goals of your work and in how you work with others
  • Openness to feedback and awareness of your own strengths and areas for growth
  • Familiarity with office productivity tools including Microsoft Office and Zoom
  • Experience managing the social media strategy for a mission-driven organization, public figure, brand, campaign, or creative agency, including having successfully built or transformed a social media strategy from the ground up
  • Proven experience building social media accounts from the ground up or dramatically scaling existing ones, with clear examples of transforming low- or mid-performing channels into high-impact, high-engagement platforms.
  • Experience using analytics, performance metrics, and other data to create social media strategy
  • Demonstrated knowledge of video editing platforms, including Canva, Vimeo, Adobe Premiere Pro, and CapCut
  • Demonstrated knowledge of social media platforms, including TikTok, X, Bluesky, Facebook, etc.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of democracy issues, including voting rights, redistricting, campaign finance reform, disinformation, ethics, etc.
  • Have managed at least one staff member, intern and/or Fellow
  • Willing to have a social media presence on behalf of Common Cause, including being tagged on posts and creating content on behalf of the organization (as needed, Common Cause may provide accounts for staff members to use)
Benefits
  • A robust healthcare plan that covers 97% of employee’s medical care, 100% of employee’s vision and dental benefits, and 75% of family medical care and 100% of family vision and dental benefits
  • Long-term disability and life insurance
  • Generous Paid Time Off including 20 Days of Vacation and 10 observed Holidays per year, and additional days off for Thanksgiving and Winter break
  • 16 weeks of paid parental leave
  • Flexible spending accounts
  • A 401k retirement savings plan, with immediate Employer Match
  • Dependent Care and Pet Care Support when you travel for work
  • Funds for professional development

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
content creationsocial media strategyanalyticsvideo editingdata analysisdigital storytellingpaid digital advertisingsocial media performance metricsplatform-specific strategiesemerging social media trends
Soft skills
strategic thinkingorganizationcommunicationcollaborationmentorshipproblem-solvingattention to detailcreativityrelationship buildingadaptability