Specialist, Communications and Marketing

USA (Remote)

$80K/yr – $90K/yrMid Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive communications and content operations for a remote team, overseeing media relations, social/digital publishing, and internal comms with tight deadlines.

  • Own media relations, social publishing, and internal comms coordination to meet deadlines.
  • Must-have: 5+ years in communications, PR, or digital publishing with proven deadline management.
  • Standout: Remote, mission-driven role in education with nonprofit exposure.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Support media relations and press activities, including press release distribution, media tracking, and coordination of follow-up and interview logistics
  • Manage social media scheduling, monitoring, and engagement while identifying opportunities to amplify content and respond to audience interactions
  • Format, publish, and maintain blog and website content, ensuring quality, accuracy, accessibility, and on-time delivery
  • Coordinate internal communications through Slack, email, and all-staff updates, and supporting internal campaigns and message distribution
  • Maintain editorial calendars, templates, workflows, and trackers to ensure alignment, visibility, and timely execution across communications and marketing initiatives

Requirements

  • 5 years of professional experience in communications, marketing, public relations, digital content publishing, social media management, or a related field.
  • Demonstrated success managing multiple deadlines, workflows, approvals, and publishing timelines in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
  • Experience supporting communications execution across one or more of the following areas: media relations, social media, digital publishing, or internal communications.
  • Strong computer skills with cloud-based systems and collaboration tools, especially Google Workspace applications, Asana, Slack, Zoom, and related tools used to support communications and marketing workflows.
  • Excellent organizational and time management skills, with strong attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple moving pieces while meeting deadlines.
  • Ability to work independently, exercise sound judgment, and follow through on assignments with minimal direction and supervision.
  • Experience working in a team-oriented, relationship-building, collaborative environment.
  • Must reside in and be legally authorized to work in the USA.

Preferred

  • A Bachelor’s degree in communications, marketing, education, or a related field
  • Experience supporting publishing workflows for blogs, websites, email, or social media channels.
  • Experience with PR management or media database tools.
  • Experience supporting community management or audience engagement on social media.
  • Experience working in a remote environment.
  • Previous experience in the nonprofit, education, or K–12 space, including experience working in and/or serving K–12 school organizations.

Benefits

  • Fully remote work environment. Everyone works from home!
  • Flexible work schedules within our Monday-Friday work week.
  • Flexible paid time off.
  • Closed for 10 company-recognized holidays, plus Winter Break.
  • Competitive compensation and benefits package
  • Three medical insurance plans to choose from, plus dental and vision plans.
  • Employer-paid Life & AD&D Insurance, and Voluntary Life & AD&D
  • Employer-paid short-term and long-term disability insurance.
  • Voluntary accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity insurance plans are available.
  • 403(b) retirement plan with a matching employer contribution after 90 days of employment.
  • Allowances for internet, phone, wellness, and professional development expenses.
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Our vision is a world where people know, use, and enjoy mathematics.Illustrative Mathematics is a discerning community of educators dedicated to the coherent learning of mathematics. We collaborate at illustrativemathematics.org, sharing carefully vetted resources for teachers and teacher leaders to give our children an understanding of mathematics and skill in using it. We provide expert guidance to states and districts working to improve mathematics education.

Founded in 2011
Tucson, Arizona, USA
192 employees (30 in marketing)