The Senior Manager, Social Media will lead the next chapter of Common Cause’s digital presence. This role is responsible for shaping and executing a bold, cohesive social media strategy across all major platforms. You will own the social calendar, guide content development, manage one staff member, and work closely with teams across the organization—including Digital, Communications, Development, and state offices—to elevate our storytelling and expand our reach.
This is a deeply creative, highly strategic role with the freedom to experiment, build, and innovate. Our first Sr. Manager, Social Media hire will be an ambitious, proactive social media leader who is comfortable pushing boundaries, testing bold ideas, and aggressively evolving strategy to drive growth rather than maintaining the status quo. You’ll have a wide-open lane to transform our social presence, bring fresh ideas, and make civic participation more accessible, exciting, and culturally relevant.
This is a full-time role reporting to the Senior Director of Communications; this role is remote anywhere within the lower 48 United States. We hope our new Senior Manager, Social Media will start in March 2026.
Responsibilities
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Lead our strategic use of social media across the organization - Build and execute a comprehensive social media strategy that advances Common Cause priorities, expands our reach, and unites our brand messaging
- Lead a cohesive, unified approach to social media across departments
- Develop platform-specific strategies for Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Threads, BlueSky, YouTube, and emerging channels
Develop and deliver high-impact content to support our work - Oversee the creation, publishing, and optimization of daily content across all platforms
- Maintain and manage a unified social media calendar tied to strategic campaigns, press moments, fundraising, and advocacy priorities
- Transform complex policy topics into compelling, accessible, and high-impact digital stories
- Proactively identify new tools, formats, and trends from across the social media landscape to test and adopt
- Create viral-ready moments, experiment with storytelling styles, and push creative boundaries
Use data and analytics to guide social media strategy and optimize performance - Ensure that social efforts are tied to measurable goals, outcomes, and impact in alignment with Common Cause’s mission and goals
- Track and analyze, and report on social media performance, using data to guide decisions, refine strategy, and identify new opportunities
- Prepare regular reports that share key social media metrics, insights, and trends with the broader team
Build strong cross-functional collaboration and alignment - Partner closely with digital, communications, and development colleagues to ensure messaging consistency and integrated execution within the External Affairs department
- Build relationships across the organization, coordinating with state teams and supporting their needs within a cohesive national strategy
- Create paid digital advertising efforts by developing social-first campaigns and collaborating on paid strategies
Manage and develop communication team members - Directly supervise the Social Media Associates and/or any Interns(s): collaboratively set goals that are aligned with the work, coach and develop them towards these goals, and support their career progression and retention at Common Cause
- Set expectations for quality, timeliness, and creativity in content production and scheduling
- Offer mentorship that builds skills in strategy, storytelling, analytics, and cross-team collaboration
Qualifications - You will thrive in this role if you have:
- A strong commitment to Common Cause’s nonpartisan mission and to advancing civil rights through our pro-democracy agenda
- Strong knowledge of content creation best practices, and a creative approach to using visual, written, and video formats
- Ability to work in a fast-paced or rapid response environment to manage and meet deadlines for multiple short- and long-term priorities at once, with high attention to detail; strong organization skills, and the ability to manage your time independently
- Ability to compel action through both written and verbal communication, including distilling complex concepts into engaging and accessible storytelling for a broad audience, and to differentiate communications as needed for various audiences
- Demonstrated ability to stay ahead of emerging social media trends, platforms, algorithms, and tools, and translate that knowledge into strategies that expand reach, engagement, and impact with priority audiences.
- A track record of working collaboratively with others, with the ability to build rapport, trust, and credibility with multiple stakeholders with diverse interests
- Ability to navigate organizational and power dynamics, respectfully navigate conflict while maintaining your values, and influence others to adopt changes to meet common goals
- Innovative and strategic thinking skills, with the ability to navigate through ambiguity to achieve goals, and a resourceful approach to solve problems
- A commitment to equity in the goals of your work and in how you work with others
- Openness to feedback and awareness of your own strengths and areas for growth
- Familiarity with office productivity tools including Microsoft Office and Zoom
The following is required: - Experience managing the social media strategy for a mission-driven organization, public figure, brand, campaign, or creative agency, including having successfully built or transformed a social media strategy from the ground up
- Proven experience building social media accounts from the ground up or dramatically scaling existing ones, with clear examples of transforming low- or mid-performing channels into high-impact, high-engagement platforms.
- Experience using analytics, performance metrics, and other data to create social media strategy
- Demonstrated knowledge of video editing platforms, including Canva, Vimeo, Adobe Premiere Pro, and CapCut
- Demonstrated knowledge of social media platforms, including TikTok, X, Bluesky, Facebook, etc.
- Demonstrated knowledge of democracy issues, including voting rights, redistricting, campaign finance reform, disinformation, ethics, etc.
- Have managed at least one staff member, intern and/or Fellow
- Willing to have a social media presence on behalf of Common Cause, including being tagged on posts and creating content on behalf of the organization (as needed, Common Cause may provide accounts for staff members to use)
- Per our nonpartisan policy, Common Cause staff members may not currently be in elected office (or running for office); on the Steering Committee or Finance Committee for any political candidate; or affiliated with the leadership of a political party
Additional information about this role: - This position is classified as supervisory and therefore not included in the union-represented collective bargaining unit
- Common Cause is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time; please note that if hired, you will be asked to produce documentation for authorization to work in the US
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$97,850 - $113,300 a year
Note that we do have geography-specific percentage increases, depending on where you are located; details here.
In order to ensure greater equity and transparency as an organization, Common Cause sets salary ranges consistently based on job responsibilities, and we determine salary for each staff member based on relevant years of experience (you can read more about our approach to compensation here, including where we offer geographical adjustments). For these reasons, we do not negotiate on our salary ranges or our specific salary offers.
In addition to salary, we also offer a generous benefits package, including:
• A robust healthcare plan that covers 97% of employee’s medical care, 100% of employee’s vision and dental benefits, and 75% of family medical care and 100% of family vision and dental benefits
• Long-term disability and life insurance
• Generous Paid Time Off including 20 Days of Vacation and 10 observed Holidays per year, and additional days off for Thanksgiving and Winter break
• 16 weeks of paid parental leave
• Flexible spending accounts
• A 401k retirement savings plan, with immediate Employer Match
• Dependent Care and Pet Care Support when you travel for work
• Funds for professional development
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Common Cause is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applicants of any race, creed, color, religion, ethnicity, national origin, income class, political affiliation, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, veteran status, or marital status, as well as applicants who have been previously incarcerated.
Common Cause (501(c)(4)) and Common Cause Education Fund (501(c)(3)) are nonpartisan, nonprofit grassroots affiliate organizations dedicated to upholding the core values of American democracy. We work to create an open, honest, and accountable government that serves the public interest; promote equal rights, opportunity, and representation for all; and empower all people to make their voices heard in the political process.
Founded in 1970 and headquartered in Washington, DC, Common Cause has members and supporters living in every congressional district in the United States, and offices in 23 states around the country.