Responsibilities

• Serve as a reliable day-to-day partner to clients and internal teams, helping manage relationships with responsiveness, clarity, professionalism, and care.
• Support the development and execution of strategic communications programs, including communications plans, media strategies, digital campaigns, social media strategies, and owned-channel communications.
• Translate client priorities, editorial themes, and audience insights into clear content strategies, social media plans, and client-ready recommendations.
• Draft and edit high-quality communications materials, including messaging, talking points, briefing documents, articles, social media posts, LinkedIn and executive thought leadership content, newsletters, website copy, email content, and other client-ready materials.
• Develop and manage digital and social media content calendars, including coordinating inputs, tracking client review processes, managing deadlines, and ensuring content reflects the client’s voice, style guide, and strategic goals.
• Support social media execution across platforms such as LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube, including preparing posts for publication, monitoring engagement, and flagging opportunities or issues for response.
• Support media outreach, story development, thought leadership efforts, executive visibility opportunities, and preparation for meetings, events, interviews, and other public-facing moments.
• Track and analyze social and digital media performance, identifying trends and helping develop recommendations that strengthen audience engagement and client impact.
• Project manage specific lanes of work, including timelines, deadlines, next steps, client requests, and coordination across team members so that questions, opportunities, and deliverables do not fall between the cracks.
• Staff and help manage external events for clients, including supporting preparation, logistics, materials, follow-up, and related communications needs.
• Exercise sound judgment about when to bring in senior team members for counsel, approvals, issue resolution, or potential client delays.
• Collaborate with colleagues to ensure work is thoughtful, well-organized, strategically aligned, and delivered with excellence.
• Contribute proactive ideas that strengthen client impact, improve audience engagement, and help evolve Newton Street’s digital, social, and strategic communications offerings

Requirements

• 3+ years of progressive professional experience in communications, public relations, strategic communications, journalism, digital communications, social media, nonprofit communications, or a related field.
• Required experience supporting digital and/or social media communications, such as social content writing, content calendars, LinkedIn or executive thought leadership, digital campaigns, community engagement, website content, email, or newsletter communications.
• Experience translating client priorities, editorial themes, and brand voice into social media strategies, content plans, and platform-specific recommendations.
• Experience developing and executing both planned and reactive social media content across platforms such as LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube, including familiarity with formats such as Reels, video, and other emerging content types.
• Experience using social media scheduling, publishing, monitoring, and analytics tools, such as Sprout Social, Brandwatch, or similar platforms.
• Strong writing and editing skills, with the ability to produce clear, polished, persuasive materials that follow style guides, reflect client voice and anticipate client feedback.
• Strong organizational and project management skills, including experience managing content calendars, client review processes, multiple priorities, and follow-up in a dynamic, deadline-oriented environment.
• Ability to analyze digital and social media performance, quantify results over time, use relevant benchmarks, and make proactive recommendations to improve audience engagement and strategic impact.
• Comfort working directly with clients and representing an organization with professionalism, warmth, and confidence.
• Understanding of media, digital communications trends, and how different channels can advance strategic goals.

Preferred

• Existing media relationships or experience supporting earned media outreach.
• Experience working with foundations, philanthropies, nonprofits, or social impact organizations.
• Experience supporting communications for global health, philanthropy, climate, economic opportunity, policy, or other social impact issue areas.
• Experience translating complex or technical subject matter into clear, accessible content for public audiences.
• Experience staffing events, executive briefings, media opportunities, or client convenings.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits: medical, dental, vision, disability, accidental death & dismemberment insurance, and retirement plan.
• Generous paid time off and holidays — including a year-end paid break.
• Fully remote, U.S.-based work environment.
• A culture where your voice matters and your impact is visible.