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Edutopia - George Lucas Educational Foundation logo
Edutopia - George Lucas Educational Foundation

Inspiration and information about what works in education.

Social Media, Community Associate

Social Media ManagerSocial Media ManagerOtherRemoteMid LevelTeam 11-50Since 2000H1B No SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

California

Posted

135 days ago

Salary

$65K - $80K / year

Seniority

Mid Level

Bachelor Degree1 yr expEnglish

Job Description

Social Media, Community Associate

Edutopia - George Lucas Educational Foundation

• Support the day-to-day creation and scheduling of social content across Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, and other emerging platforms. • Draft clear, engaging, on-brand copy for social posts, events, and other initiatives as needed. • Help adapt Edutopia articles, videos, and resources for social-friendly formats (e.g., quote cards, clips, carousels, and polls). • Maintain and update social content calendars, ensuring posts align with the school year, timely topics, and key campaigns. • Bring fresh, audience-first ideas to the table, proposing new formats and content concepts inspired by trends, insights, and what’s resonating with educators. • Monitor comments, replies, and messages across social channels and help ensure educators feel welcomed and heard. • Proactively surface user-generated content (UGC) that highlights authentic educator voices, and pitch posts that showcase that content. • Track common questions, themes, and pain points you’re seeing in the community and share those insights with the marketing and editorial teams. • Use analytics tools and platform insights to help understand what’s resonating and when our audience is most engaged. • Contribute observations and help craft weekly reports that help us refine our social programming and community approach over time. • Support teammates on special projects, events, and engagement initiatives (for example, live chats, AMAs, or conference coverage).

Job Requirements

  • 1–2 years of experience supporting social media and/or online community efforts for an established brand, digital media company, or nonprofit (internships and part-time roles count).
  • Experience collaborating with creative teams (e.g., editors, designers, video producers, content marketers) to share digital content with wide audiences.
  • Comfort using social media management tools (such as Sprout Social, Later.com, ManyChat, or similar platforms).
  • Curious, creative thinker and doer who enjoys testing new ideas (with guidance) and learning from results.
  • Strong writing skills and a clear, friendly, professional tone in social copy.
  • Genuine interest in educators’ experiences and a respectful, empathetic approach to community interactions.
  • Highly organized, with the ability to juggle multiple posts, channels, and deadlines.
  • Problem-solver who can recognize when to respond directly and when to escalate.
  • Proactive, reliable, and comfortable working in a distributed, remote team.
  • Experience moderating online communities or managing comments and DMs on high-traffic accounts (preferred).
  • Comfortable working remotely with tools like Slack, Trello, Zoom, and Google Workspace (preferred).
  • Basic understanding of social analytics and how to interpret performance metrics (preferred).
  • Familiarity with preK–12 education topics, trends, and common educator challenges (preferred).

Benefits

  • Health insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Employer match of up to 6% for retirement fund
  • Annual education stipend for professional development

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Edutopia is an initiative of the George Lucas Educational Foundation, which is dedicated to transforming prekindergarten through 12th grade (pre-K to 12) education so all students can acquire and effectively apply the knowledge, attitudes, and skills necessary to thrive in their studies, careers, and adult lives. Founded by innovative and award-winning filmmaker George Lucas in 1991, the Foundation advances this mission through Edutopia, which uses digital media and interactive technology to increase knowledge, sharing, and adoption of what works in education. A nonprofit, nonpartisan 501(c)(3) private foundation that is operated for educational purposes, we welcome all who are devoted to improving education. The George Lucas Educational Foundation is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, political affiliation, sexual orientation, or any other non-merit factor.

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