📍 Remote | 🌐 Global Team | 🕒 Full-Time
💼 Communications | 💰 Salary Range (U.S.): $76,765 – $144,201 (Adjusted by location)
🧭 About the Role
The Wikimedia Foundation is seeking a creative and detail-driven Social Media Specialist to manage and grow its digital presence. You’ll be the voice behind the Wikimedia Foundation and Wikipedia’s social media channels, crafting compelling content and shaping strategic campaigns that inform, inspire, and engage a global audience.
This is a highly collaborative role—ideal for a skilled digital communicator who’s passionate about storytelling, global causes, and public knowledge.
🔍 What You’ll Do
- Own day-to-day management of Foundation and Wikipedia social media channels
- Develop and maintain a dynamic social media content calendar
- Write engaging copy, schedule posts, and manage community engagement
- Collaborate with teams to support campaigns, announcements, and global events
- Monitor digital trends and social conversations, identifying strategic opportunities
- Support crisis communications and rapid response as needed
- Guide internal staff and community members on social media best practices
- Analyze data, report on metrics, and make strategy recommendations
- Manage vendor relationships, such as external social media agencies
✅ What You Bring
- 5+ years of experience in digital communications and social media strategy
- Exceptional copywriting and editing skills across channels and formats
- Strong grasp of digital trends, tools, metrics, and audience segmentation
- Organized, self-starter mindset with ability to juggle multiple projects
- Proven experience managing high-engagement social platforms
- Global perspective and sensitivity to diverse cultural contexts
- Excellent interpersonal and collaborative communication skills
- Experience managing social during crisis or high-stakes situations
💡 Bonus Points
- Experience with graphic design tools (e.g., Figma)
- Involvement in Wikimedia communities or open knowledge movements
- Familiarity with Wikipedia or other Wikimedia projects
- Multilingual skills or global campaign experience
💙 Why Join Wikimedia Foundation?
At the Wikimedia Foundation, you’ll work with a globally distributed team committed to free knowledge and open access. We offer:
- Remote-first culture in 40+ countries
- Competitive salaries adjusted by location
- Comprehensive health and wellness benefits
- Generous paid time off
- A values-driven, mission-aligned workplace
- Opportunity to impact one of the world’s top 10 websites
🌍 Help shape the voice of the movement that powers free knowledge. Apply today and make a global impact—one tweet, thread, or story at a time.