Communications Specialist (Contract) Jobs

SecondMuse champions and supports the growth of future economies by designing and leading programs that involve workshops, events, mentorship networks, curriculum, and other efforts to build and grow community ecosystems. At the core of our community-sourced approach is a dedication to creating and fostering cohesive narratives and deep relationships throughout the ecosystem. We have organized innovation programs in over 100 countries and 250 cities, sourcing solutions from every corner of the world. Each program has challenged our teams to develop targeted approaches to find, and then support, visionary leaders with a diverse range of experiences, motivations, and cultures. We invite you to help build with us--leverage our proven strategies to build strong communities and influence local, regional and global networks, and add your own contribution to our growing team and portfolio of programs.

The SecondMuse Studio team, which oversees marketing and communications for SecondMuse, seeks a contractor to provide communications support to a SecondMuse project, the NASA International Space Apps Challenge.

The NASA International Space Apps Challenge is an international hackathon designed for coders, scientists, designers, storytellers, makers, builders, technologists, and others in cities around the world, where teams engage with NASA’s free and open data to address real-world problems on Earth and in space. Each October, over the course of two days, Space Apps brings thousands of participants from around the world together for in-person and virtual local events to solve challenges created by NASA experts.

Twitter: @SpaceApps

Instagram: @nasa_spaceapps

Facebook: @SpaceAppsChallenge

Youtube: @NASASpaceAppsChallenge

Website: spaceappschallenge.org

This person will manage social media, paid ads, and support general marketing and communications tasks such as graphic creation, and email campaigns. The ideal contractor should have experience in all things social media management, graphic and content creation, email campaign management, copywriting, paid ads, and analytics.

Work Environment

This role will be a fully remote, contract position. Although virtual, the working environment is inclusive, extremely collaborative, and communicative.

Contract Deliverables

• Support on email campaigns when requested
• Join weekly program and communications meetings
• Identify and coordinate social media collaborations and campaigns with partners in the industry on a monthly basis
• Monthly support on video content coordination and organization for the Space Apps YouTube page
• Social Media weekend support during the 2-day Space Apps hackathon event on October 7-8, 2023.
• Create a weekly editorial calendar, including copywriting, scheduling, uploading content, and creating “stories”
• Create graphic and video content weekly to be integrated into the editorial calendar
• Troubleshoot, problem-solve, and find creative paid ads solutions on a weekly basis
• Track and document engagement and “mentions” from Space Apps stakeholder social media handles weekly
• Monitor and report on daily social media accounts, including reposting, engaging with handles, responding to direct messages and comments, tracking engagement, and inquires
• Monitor and report paid ads, including weekly and monthly analytics reporting
• Administer a monthly paid ads budget
• Deliver a monthly social media analytics report

Cost and Timeframe

The maximum value of the contract is $35,000. The estimated time required is 10-13 hours per week, with the busier months anticipated to be July, August, September, and October. Contractor will invoice and be paid on a monthly basis. The contract should begin as soon as possible and will end on June 30, 2024. Contractor will receive more detailed information about the monthly deliverables and deadlines during onboarding. Contractor will be required to provide weekend extended social media support during the NASA Space Apps hackathon on Oct 7-8, 2023.

Requirements

• Strong attention to detail
• At least 1-3 years of hands-on digital marketing experience and paid media, background in communications, marketing, or journalism preferred
• Project management skills, including previous experience working with Asana, Slack, and Google Drive
• Advanced understanding of digital media analytics
• Proactive, collaborative, and results-driven work style
• Experience working with Mailchimp
• Understanding of past and current digital marketing and technology trends
• Graphic design skills and experience with Canva required
• Excellent writing skills with an emphasis on writing for the web and social media