TEMP- Manager, Communications

District of Columbia, USA (On-site)

$38/hr – $64/hrSenior Level3+ years expFull time

Posted 3 days ago

Job Summary

Own and modernize AGU's digital and social communications by setting strategy, creating content, and driving audience engagement across programs.

  • Develop and implement short- and long-term communication strategies
  • Collaborate with program teams and the SCM to analyze engagement and optimize content
  • Manage social media content and analytics to engage members, the Earth and space science community, and the public

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Manage communications and marketing efforts on AGU’s digital and social media platforms, setting strategic goals and expectations and producing content.
  • Assess current and future digital communications and marketing needs.
  • Work in partnership with AGU program teams to help them identify target audiences and how best to promote, recruit, and continue long-term engagement with those audiences.
  • Recommend and implement long- and short-term communication strategies.
  • Provide analysis and recommendations to the SCM team to develop umbrella communication and marketing plans that connect audience goals across programs.
  • Works with SCM team to develop consistent digital content related to AGU’s programs and strategic goals for both internal and external audiences for social media channels (e.g., Instagram stories, WeChat, TikTok, YouTube)
  • Using analytics, develop innovative ways to engage AGU members, the Earth and space science community and the public on social media and other channels.
  • Work closely with the Marketing Data and Analytics Manager to assess engagement activity and make recommendations.
  • Assist in the monitoring the AGU news inbox.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience.
  • 3-6 years of related work experience.
  • Knowledge and experience managing social media and utilizing social media management software including analytics.
  • Adept at developing and shaping creative, innovative digital content.
  • Ability to identify emerging trends and opportunities for engagement.
  • Excellent judgment for reputational management and crisis communications.
  • Excellent research, writing and communications skills with a strong preference for proficiency in AP style.
  • Strong interpersonal skills.
  • Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite specially Word, Excel, Word Press, and Outlook.
  • Ability to travel 5% of the time.
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AGU is a global community supporting more than half a million advocates and professionals in Earth and space sciences.Save the Date for #AGU26 in San Francisco, CA, 7-11 December, 2026.Through broad and inclusive partnerships, AGU aims to advance discovery and solution science that accelerate knowledge and create solutions that are ethical, unbiased and respectful of communities and their values. Our programs include serving as a scholarly publisher, convening virtual and in-person events and providing career support. We live our values in everything we do, such as our net zero energy renovated building in Washington, D.C. and our Ethics and Equity Center, which fosters a diverse and inclusive geoscience community to ensure responsible conduct.AGU was established in 1919 by the National Research Council and operated as an unincorporated affiliate of the National Academy of Sciences for more than 50 years. We were independently incorporated in 1972.

Founded in 1919
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
353 employees (97 in marketing)
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Salaries

Posted range

$38/hr – $64/hr

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Median Tenure
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$5.3K
Traffic Source Mix
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31.5%
Direct
47%
Referral
7.4%
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4.5%
Paid
1.1%

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TEMP- Manager, Communications

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