Social Media Manager

Long Beach, CA (Hybrid)

$90K/yr – $130K/yrSenior Level8+ years expFull time

Posted 12 hrs ago

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Job Summary

Own and shape True Anomaly's social strategy and presence across key platforms, and drive audience growth and engagement through collaboration with Brand, Communications, product, and leadership.

  • Own executive social presence and platform voice
  • Synchronize social with earned media and policy narratives
  • Define success metrics and report impact

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Own True Anomaly's social strategy and presence across platforms — LinkedIn, X, Instagram, YouTube, and emerging channels — each approached on its own terms rather than cross-posted
  • Build and run the social content calendar: the publishing rhythm, sequencing, and cadence that turns an ambitious content agenda into a consistent presence
  • Write and ship in True Anomaly's voice — clear, precise, confident without performing confidence — adapting the narrative to what each platform rewards without diluting it
  • Run day-to-day publishing, community management, and engagement, including timely response in live moments — launches, demos, industry news, and press
  • Grow True Anomaly's audience across platforms and, more importantly, deepen engagement with the audiences that matter: talent, defense and space press, policymakers, the defense-tech community, and investors.
  • Build the owned communities around True Anomaly's mission and content, and find repeatable ways to convert reach into genuine relevance in the domain
  • Manage organic-first amplification, including boosting high-performing content to extend reach — lightweight paid support of organic work, not a standalone paid-media program
  • Brief and partner with the VP of Brand and Creative, who owns the creative and content for social. You define what a moment needs and write the copy; the creative itself — the visual craft and produced content — comes from the Brand and Creative team. You own the platform strategy and voice, not the creative output
  • Partner with Communications to keep social synchronized with the earned-media, executive, and policy narrative — amplifying press moments and thought leadership without freelancing the message
  • Work with product, business development, and leadership to translate what's actually happening in the business into content people want to follow

Requirements

  • 8+ years running social and community for a brand, with demonstrable results; audience growth, engagement, and a clear connection to business or mission impact, backed by metrics rather than anecdotes
  • A strong writer first. This role lives or dies on voice, and True Anomaly's external standard is high. You write clearly, directly, and without hedging
  • Real platform fluency; you understand what each channel rewards, you can read what's working, and you adapt fast without chasing every trend
  • Comfortable being the whole function today and building it tomorrow. You want to own the strategy and do the work, and you find a blank slate energizing rather than daunting
  • Comfortable working directly with C-suite on their social presence - you can earn an executive's trust, advise on voice and timing, and ghostwrite convincingly while helping them build a real audience
  • Sound judgment and high discretion. Social sits in public, close to sensitive topics in defense and national security. you know what to post, what to hold, and when to escalate
  • Genuine interest in defense, national security, or space is a meaningful signal. Category expertise is not required; intellectual seriousness about the mission is
  • Fluency with AI and modern content tooling as part of how you work, not an afterthought

Benefits

  • Equity + Benefits including Health, Dental, Vision, HRA/HSA options, PTO and paid holidays, 401K, Parental Leave

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