Associate Social Media Content Creator

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day content planning, development, and publishing for Skyryse's LinkedIn, Instagram, X, and YouTube channels, working closely with the Design and Communications teams
• Build and maintain a content calendar across our public and internal channels
• Create content for social, including copy, video, and photography
• Capture flight tests, prototype builds, installations, first flights, and company milestones as they happen, and quickly turn them into compelling creative assets for internal and external audiences
• Draft posts, captions, and on-screen text, following our review and approval process in partnerships with Communications
• Track what Engineering and Flight Test are working toward, anticipate the milestones worth covering, and proactively pitch and plan for future content
• Coordinate with Engineering, Flight Test, and site personnel to capture content safely within the access of constraints of live operational environments
• Track engagement across platforms and use it to inform future creative and content development
• Organize and archive content and assets, and maintain any equipment used
• Work cross-functionally with other Skyryse teams to accomplish project goals

Requirements

• 1-4 years of experience in social media, content creation, or a related field
• Experience running social media channels for a brand, organization, or yourself with a track record of consistent content generation
• Fluency with LinkedIn, Instagram, X, and YouTube, and an understanding of what performs natively on each
• Experience capturing and editing short-form video and photography for social platforms
• Proficiency with the Adobe Creative Suite, including Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Lightroom
• Experience creating content in live, uncontrolled environments
• Strong writing skills for short-form copy, captions, and hooks
• Ability to travel regularly between our El Segundo headquarters and our hangar locations in Camarillo and Hawthorne
• Schedule flexibility when flight tests or milestones fall outside of core hours
• Must be self-motivated and able to manage multiple parallel-path projects

Preferred

• Experience with social analytics and scheduling tools
• Experience running a recurring content series or posting schedule
• Experience creating content in a technical, industrial, engineering, or aerospace environment
• Interest in aviation, hardware, or complex technology, and the patience to understand what you are capturing well enough to tell the story accurately
• Experience working cross-functionally at a startup

Benefits

• Hourly Range: $33-$44/hr depending on experience.
• Valuable stock option plan.
• Heavily subsidized medical, dental and vision plans.
• Full-time employees are eligible for 20 days of paid time off (PTO) and 5 sick days annually. PTO and sick days must be used in accordance with Company policy.
• A company with an ambitious vision, a dynamic work environment, and a team of smart, motivated, and fun to work-with colleagues.