Social Media & Website Manager

Palo Alto, CA (On-site)

$25/hr – $40/hrMid Level3+ years expContract

Posted 7 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own and publish content across the WordPress site and social channels, coordinating with design and PR to stay current and on-brand while tracking basic analytics.

  • Content Ownership: publish across WordPress, LinkedIn, X, and YouTube with a steady cadence.
  • Creative Briefing: write briefs and set deadlines for designers and video; ensure brand consistency.
  • PR + Analytics Loop: align with external PR for amplification and derive social/web content from earned coverage and milestones.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Publish and update content across the WordPress site, LinkedIn, X, and YouTube; keep everything current, accurate, and on-brand.
  • Own social proactively: plan, create, and ship a steady cadence of strong content; actively monitor, engage in-voice, and react fast to relevant news and moments.
  • Set and manage tasks for graphic designers and video: write briefs, set deadlines, review for brand consistency.
  • Coordinate with the external PR firm on timing and amplification (PR is managed by the Brand Experience Manager); turn earned coverage, preprints, and milestones into social and web content.
  • Maintain the content calendar, a basic SEO/AEO baseline for our core terms, and report channel + site analytics with recommendations.

Requirements

  • 3+ years running social and digital content for a brand, startup, or agency.
  • Excellent, proactive social instincts and sharp copy; can make technical or scientific material clear and credible.
  • Hands-on WordPress (publishing, pages, basic SEO) and fluent across LinkedIn, X, YouTube with their analytics/scheduling tools.
  • Comfortable briefing and directing designers/video (Figma, Canva, or Adobe).
  • Self-directed and reliable; owns a calendar and hits deadlines with limited oversight.

Preferred

  • Strong plus: Deep tech / neurotech / science comms background; SEO/AEO experience; video editing; experience supporting a launch or raise.
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Founded in 2018
Milan, Lombardy, ITA
19 employees (11 in marketing)