Marketing & Multimedia Content Specialist (Part-Time / Freelance)

USA (Remote)

Salary Not AvailableMid LevelContract

Posted 1 day ago

Job Summary

Own end-to-end content production and distribution across major channels, leveraging AI-powered workflows to deliver high-impact multimedia assets, newsletters, and web assets while optimizing engagement with executive audiences.

  • Lead multi-format content production and distribution streams.
  • Drive strategic newsletters, digital assets, and channel growth.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • AI-Accelerated Content Production: ingest long-form research, wargaming scenarios, graphic narratives, and executive discussions to rapidly generate high-impact derivative assets (short-form video, carousels, audiograms, infographic briefs, and thought leadership snippets). Utilize generative AI audio/video and workflow automation tools to scale editing velocity while maintaining bespoke production standards.
  • Multi-Channel Growth & Distribution: own end-to-end scheduling, copy, and audience engagement across core channels (LinkedIn, X/Twitter, Substack/Beehiiv, Instagram, YouTube, and emerging niche professional networks). Build and execute channel strategies to launch and scale new formats, including targeted YouTube programming, podcasts, and video series.
  • Strategic Newsletter & Publications: curate, design, and deploy a high-value regular newsletter highlighting our latest projects, analytical insights, and industry impact. Optimize open rates, click-through performance, and list growth among key decision-makers.
  • Web & Digital Asset Management: maintain and update web properties (CMS), ensuring portfolio pieces, press features, and interactive assets are seamlessly integrated. Implement best practices for SEO, metadata, and cross-platform tagging.

Requirements

  • Citizenship: US Citizenship Required

Preferred

  • Strategic Translation: exceptional knack for distilling dense, technical, or highly specialized geopolitical and defense concepts into sharp, engaging, and accurate narratives.
  • Sector Familiarity: understanding of the national security, defense innovation, and enterprise tech ecosystem (fluency in the lexicon, key themes, and communication norms of this space is a strong advantage).
  • Advanced AI Literacy & Workflow Integration: hands-on proficiency with generative AI video, audio, and visual tools (e.g., OpusClip, Runway, ElevenLabs, Descript, Midjourney, Claude/ChatGPT for prompt-assisted structuring), and an experimental mindset that actively identifies new AI tools to streamline content pipelines without sacrificing voice or accuracy.
  • Multimedia & Design Fluency: strong editing capabilities in modern suites (Adobe Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, CapCut, or Descript), and proficiency in visual design using Canva, Adobe Photoshop, or Illustrator to produce clean, executive-ready graphics.
  • Publishing Platforms & CMS: experience managing modern newsletter stacks (Beehiiv, Substack, HubSpot) and website platforms (WordPress, Webflow, or similar).
  • Autonomous Execution: high agency, organizational discipline, and project management skills to own editorial calendars, meet tight publication cadences, and proactively propose new creative directions.
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Useful Fiction

Useful FictionTM pioneered FICINTTM (Fictional Intelligence) — a methodology that melds nonfiction research with the power of narrative to reach target audiences with greater effect.Our work serves organizations ranging from US Special Operations Command, NATO, and the UK Ministry of Defence to Fortune 500 companies and leading tech firms. We create narrative visualizations and leadership workshops that don't just inform — they inspire action.Founded by New York Times bestselling authors and national security experts August Cole and P.W. Singer, our network brings together creators, strategists, and subject matter experts who understand that story remains the most powerful communication technology ever invented.Our work has been presented at the White House and Nobel Institute, featured in The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, NPR, and Wired, and lauded by figures ranging from heads of state to commanders of military services to Fortune 100 CEOs and leading investors.If your organization needs to communicate a strategy, explain complex ideas, drive change, or reach new audiences — Useful Fiction makes facts compelling.

Founded in 2020
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
11 employees (2 in marketing)

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
2 (18% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
450
Traffic Source Mix
Search
30.4%
Direct
29.8%
Referral
8.8%
Social
7.9%
Paid
7.3%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~11