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 Opportunity

This is a contract role that will report to our SecondMuse Studio team, which oversees marketing and communications for SecondMuse.

SecondMuse is seeking a Communications Specialist, Contractor role to support communications and marketing work on their programs; the NASA International Space Apps Challenge and Headstream Innovation. This role will manage social media, paid ads, and support general marketing and communications tasks such as graphic creation, email campaigns, and media outreach. The ideal person should have experience in all things social media management, graphic and content creation, email campaign management, copywriting, paid ads, and analytics.

The NASA International Space Apps Challenge is an international program 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

Headstream is a national innovation program focused on creating a just and thriving digital world that supports the wellbeing of young people as they grow up. Over the last years, we have focused on influencing and reshaping the social tech, ed-tech, and digital health sectors so that they serve the needs of young people, through our three main initiatives, the Accelerator, Headstream Research, and Youth 2 Innovator (Y2I) Programming, are the crux of how we put our vision into action.

Twitter: @HeadstreamInno

Linkedin: Headstream Innovation

Instagram: @HeadstreamInno

Youtube: @HeastreamInnovation

Website: https://www.headstreaminnovation.com/

Essential Functions

Social Media Management:

• Coordinate, execute, and track social media campaigns
• Manage an editorial calendar, including copywriting, scheduling, uploading content, and creating “stories”
• Stay and keep the team up-to-date on social media trends
• Collaborate across programs to amplify our messages
• Identify and coordinate social media collaborations and campaigns with partners in the industry
• Create graphics and content including video
• Manage and monitor social media accounts, including reposting, engaging with handles, responding to direct messages and comments, tracking engagement, and inquires
• Monitor and report on social media metrics, including weekly and monthly social media analytics reporting

Paid Ads:

• Monitor and report paid ads, including weekly and monthly analytics reporting
• Troubleshoot, problem-solve and find creative paid ads solutions
• Maintain knowledge of paid industry best practices and new technologies
• Manage monthly paid ads budget

General Marketing and Communications Support:

• Drafting, testing, and sending monthly newsletters through Mailchimp
• Lead media outreach, including writing press releases, maintaining and updating press lists, and cultivating relationships with key journalist
• Graphic and content creation, including toolkits and templates
• Coordinate media opportunities with the internal team
• Support on new website developments: copywriting, blog posting, and updating web pages
• Drafting, testing, and sending dedicated email campaigns through Mailchimp
• Identify speaking opportunities for the team

Work Environment

This role is a fully remote, contract position, up to 35 hours per week. Although virtual, the working environment is inclusive, extremely collaborative, communicative, and shares active practices of knowledge sharing. The NASA Space Apps team works Eastern (EST) and the Headstream team works Pacific (PST).

Requirements

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