Digital Communications Specialist - Remote

USA (Remote)

$30/hr – $51/hrSenior Level2+ years expFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive CIS’s social presence by planning, creating, and optimizing content across platforms while coordinating campaigns and visuals.

  • Must-have: 2+ years of social management for a B2B/government/nonprofit/tech org and strong copywriting/visual storytelling.
  • Standout: Collaboration with a Graphic Designer and cross-team campaigns with paid social coordination.
  • Standout: Proficiency with social tools (Sprout/Hootsuite/GA4) and ability to coordinate multiple projects to deadlines.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Maintain a strong understanding of CIS offerings and audiences to inform high-impact social content
  • Develop and manage a unified editorial calendar across CIS social channels
  • Create, publish, and optimize timely, accessible, and engaging social content
  • Collaborate with internal teams to support integrated campaigns and major organizational initiatives
  • Conduct community management online by monitoring channels, responding to inquiries, and escalating issues when appropriate
  • Coordinate paid social efforts, including creative specifications, targeting inputs, and performance review
  • Track and analyze social performance metrics to guide ongoing content and strategy improvements
  • Apply social listening to identify trends, opportunities, and platform updates relevant to CIS
  • Ensure all social and visual content adheres to CIS brand, editorial, legal, and accessibility standards
  • Develop and adapt visual assets (e.g., graphics, infographics, ads, collateral) to support social and broader communications
  • Prepare production‑ready files and maintain organized version control of design assets
  • Work closely with the Graphic Designer to ensure cohesive visual execution across channels
  • Support Communications by amplifying earned media, executive visibility, and key announcements
  • Develop and support email marketing efforts as needed
  • Coordinate with Marketing Operations on tracking, UTM parameters, and analytics accuracy
  • Edit and proofread social and visual content to maintain clarity, quality, and brand consistency
  • Other duties and responsibilities as assigned

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Marketing, Design, or related discipline*
  • 2+ years of professional experience managing social media for a B2B, government, nonprofit, or technology organization, including content planning, publishing, and analytics
  • Demonstrated ability to write and design for social channels; strong copywriting, visual storytelling, and attention to detail
  • Proficiency with social media management and analytics tools (e.g., Sprout Social, Hootsuite, or native platform tools) and Google Analytics 4
  • Experience coordinating paid social (creative specs, audience targeting, and performance reporting)
  • Working knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign) and/or Canva for rapid content creation and adaptation
  • Ability to successfully coordinate multiple projects and meet deadlines in a fast‑paced environment
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills; ability to apply constructive feedback
  • Must be authorized to work in the United States

Preferred

  • Experience in the cybersecurity or technology sector and comfort translating technical subject matter
  • Familiarity with Sitecore, Optimizely, or similar CMS platforms
  • Basic knowledge of HTML/CSS and digital accessibility standards (e.g., WCAG 2.1)
  • Certification in Adobe Creative Cloud or social media platforms
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Center for Internet Security

The Center for Internet Security, Inc. (CIS®) makes the connected world a safer place for people, businesses, and governments through our core competencies of collaboration and innovation.We are a community-driven nonprofit, responsible for the CIS Controls® and CIS BenchmarksTM, globally recognized best practices for securing IT systems and data. We lead a global community of IT professionals to continuously evolve these standards and provide products and services to proactively safeguard against emerging threats. Our CIS Hardened Images® provide secure, on-demand, scalable computing environments in the cloud.CIS is home to the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center® (MS-ISAC®), the trusted resource for cyber threat prevention, protection, response, and recovery for U.S. State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial government entities, and the Elections Infrastructure Information Sharing and Analysis Center® (EI-ISAC®), which supports the rapidly changing cybersecurity needs of U.S. elections offices.

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