Job Description

Why Join Our Team:

At FedWriters, our primary focus is our employees! Be a part of a growing company, where we believe in promoting from within and work with you to develop your career goals. As an employee we want to engage you with skill development and provide feedback to promote team collaboration. In addition, we recognize our employees based on their performance.

One of the many other reasons to join is our Benefits listed below:

• Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Long-term and Short-term disability
• Life Insurance
• 401 K
• Holiday Pay
• Paid Time Off

Overview:

This position is in support of the National Science Foundation (NSF). The Social Media Strategist will write, research, and coordinate content for social media platforms featuring high-profile NSF activities and events. The Social Media Strategist will work with the social media team and report to the Creative Services Branch Chief.

This position is a hybrid role, onsite for two days a week at NSF HQ in Alexandria, VA. The position may included working evening and weekends to cover live events and conferences.

Responsibilities:

• Developing, writing, and coordinating copy and obtaining multimedia content for the NSF accounts to include:
  • Coverage of events, announcements, and observances
  • Speeches
  • Events including senior executive leaders and high-profile agency content
• Planning, drafting, and developing digital engagement plans and strategies to address a variety of complex scientific research topics in order to enhance various aspects of the agency's mission
• Developing social media content that articulates, interprets, and explains important, complex, and potentially controversial NSF science programs and research findings
• Assisting in evaluating agency-wide external digital engagement campaigns, projects, or studies and drafting evaluation results into an appropriate report format
• Providing the government with expertise in measuring attitudes and actions among the general public and using findings to improve, refine, and enhance digital engagement campaigns and other deliverables
• Collaborating with scientists and OLPA personnel in the preparation and review of social media content
• Gathering, developing, and checking the accuracy of social media content with subject-matter specialists, program officials, and other appropriate POCs
• Providing editing and proofreading through all stages of social media content
• Coordinating with outside agencies' social media managers for NSF events
• Participating in staff planning or event management meetings to coordinate content in advance of events
• Representing the social media team at meetings
• Working with metrics analysts to produce regular reports on the engagement and success of the accounts
• Ensuring any NSF campaigns are appropriately represented in the account
• Supporting all NSF social media accounts as needed

Qualifications:

• Strong understanding of social media principles and strategies
• Strong editing and writing skills
• Ability to translate scientific content into plain language for a variety of audiences
• Bachelor's degree
• At least 6+ years of social media management experience developing content for scientific or technical agencies/companies/offices
• Experience working with scientists or in academia is desired
• Experience with federal plain language and AP styles is desired

FedWriters is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/vets.

Min Pay Rate:
USD $75,000.00/Yr.

Max Pay Rate:
USD $77,500.00/Yr.

Job Tags

Holiday work, Temporary work, Afternoon shift, 2 days per week,

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