Social Media Content Specialist

USA (Hybrid)

$65K/yr – $80K/yrMid Level1+ years expFull time

Posted 5 months ago

Job Summary

Drive social content for a center-left policy team focused on breaking news, with hands-on posting, video creation, and design using Adobe Express.

  • Own and schedule posts across Mod Comms social accounts to sustain daily publication.
  • Must-have: experience writing accurate, pithy content for broad audiences in political spaces.
  • Standout: ability to produce short-form video and basic design using common tools.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Manage and schedule posts across all Mod Comms social media accounts;
  • Write engaging captions and copy tailored for various social platforms;
  • Monitor and flag rapid response opportunities to highlight center left political and policy leaders in breaking news and trending topics;
  • Produce, film, and edit short-form videos and graphics using Adobe Express and other tools;
  • Add accurate video captioning to ensure accessibility and clarity;
  • Assist with basic design needs for social media and digital campaigns;
  • Monitor social trends and analytics to optimize content performance;
  • Collaborate with the team to maintain a consistent tone, style, and brand voice.

Requirements

  • An undergraduate degree in a relevant field or 1-3 years relevant work experience in government, on a political campaign, advocacy or nonprofit space, or strong political digital internship experience.
  • A demonstrated ability to write accurate, pithy, culturally-relevant content for a wide audience;
  • Passion for creative storytelling;
  • Familiarity with the Democratic ecosystem of policymakers, influencers, and advocates;
  • Experience interacting with and responding to high impact organizations and leaders on social media;
  • Familiarity with paid advertising on social platforms;
  • Comfort working in digital programs such as the Adobe Express, Canva, Snapstream, CapCut.

Preferred

  • Self-starters
  • Collaborators
  • Creators
  • Results-oriented
  • Respectful

Benefits

  • Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance; Health Reimbursement Account (HRA); and Flexible Spending Account (FSA, DCA, Parking, and Transit); Life Insurance; Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance; Retirement plan; Accrued Paid Sick and Vacation leave; Long-term Disability, Employee Assistant Program (EAP).
  • Hybrid work environment to support our employees’ healthy work-life balance. This position is based in Washington, DC, and Third Way’s in-office days are Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.
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Third Way

Third Way is a national think tank that champions modern center-left ideas.Our work is grounded in the mainstream American values of opportunity, freedom, and security. But we identify as center-left because we see that space in U.S. politics as offering the only real path for advancing those ideals in the century ahead.Our agenda is ambitious, aspirational, and actionable. It is built on the bedrock belief that for political movements to succeed in our political system, they must relentlessly re-imagine their policies, strategies, and coalitions.We are fighting for opportunity, so everyone has the chance to earn a good life; progress on social issues, so all have the freedom to live the lives they choose; and security, so we are protected from 21st century global threats.Our competitive advantage lies in our high-impact advocacy campaigns that combine rigorous policy research with a unique and incisive understanding of the vast American middle—the people who ultimately decide majorities and provide mandates for change. We design our work to persuade elected officials, intellectuals, advocates, the media, and others with political influence.Winner of the 2013 North American Think Tank of the Year by Prospect Magazine, Britain’s leading monthly current affairs magazine, for its ‘original, influential, and rigorous work on the most pressing challenges facing people, governments, and businesses.’ Third Way’s impact on the debate has prompted Reuters to opine: "Third Way is the future of think tanks" and The New York Times to note that the organization “has become a constant presence in Washington.” POLITICO’s Mike Allen wrote that Third Way is “the moderate voice of the progressive movement.” And Greg Easterbrook of The Atlantic observed that Third Way “is rapidly emerging as Washington’s most important beyond-ideology think tank.”*FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK fb.com/ThirdWayThinkTank*FOLLOW US ON X @ThirdWayTweet*FOLLOW US ON BLUESKY @thirdway.bsky.social

Founded in 2005
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
152 employees (25 in marketing)

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$65K/yr – $80K/yr

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Social Media Content Specialist

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