Summary
Socket is hiring a Social Media Manager to own our presence across every platform where developers and security practitioners are paying attention. We want someone who runs our channels like a product: watching metrics and trends closely, and changing course fast when something isn’t landing.
Job Overview
- Job type: Full time
- Work setting: Work from home
- Location: Remote (Worldwide)
- Salary: Competitive pay
- Employer: Socket
Responsibilities
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Own the Platforms
- Manage Socket’s presence across every platform in our mix, and help identify where we should expand next
- Track performance metrics and platform trends on an ongoing basis, and adapt content and strategy based on what the data shows
- Keep Socket present and timely in fast-moving developer conversations and trends as they happen
Produce the Content
- Slice long-form podcasts, webinars, and interviews into high-impact 30 to 60 second clips
- Edit and optimize clips for each platform with captions, dynamic cuts, and visual hooks
- Turn technical blog posts and product updates into carousels, memes, and short screen-recording walkthroughs
- Run a consistent, reliable weekly content calendar
Engage the Community
- Engage directly in comments, reply to industry peers, and jump into trending tech topics with Socket’s point of view
- Build a recognizable presence in developer conversations, not just a posting schedule
- Inbound inbox triage, and crisis and reputation monitoring
About You:
- Deep tech and developer literacy: fluent in developer culture, humor, tools, and pain points
- Exquisite meme capabilities, applied judiciously across different platforms and tones
- Terminally online, sharp, and technically precise
- AI native: uses modern AI tools by default as part of how the work gets done
- Proven short-form video and audio editing skills, backed by a strong portfolio
- Demonstrated storytelling ability across a series of posts or a campaign, not just single posts
- Platform fluency: a distinct voice and editing approach for each platform we operate on
- A deep sense of ownership over the channels and the content, not just execution of a calendar
- Ability to take a rough idea or concept and move fast, without needing every detail specified
- Impeccable discretion regarding online communication, given the visibility and stakes of a public brand voice
- Experience in DevRel, developer marketing, or a technical newsroom or media environment, preferred
- Existing presence or credibility within a developer community, preferred
- Experience owning a content calendar solo, end to end
- Comfort with security, infrastructure, and open source subject matter
We know how important clarity is when looking for a new role, so we’ve put together a read-me about the Interview Process at Socket.
Benefits: Our benefits are crafted to support you and your family, so you can take care of what matters most and thrive in and outside of work. We offer:
- Market competitive salary bands
- Meaningful equity program
- Comprehensive health benefits for you and your family (99% coverage)
- Flexible time-off, holidays, and winter shutdown to rest & recharge
- Paid parental leave
- Remote-first, with quarterly team off-sites
At Socket, we
- Pursue Excellence: We set ourselves apart by consistently delivering work of exceptional quality and distinction.
- Move with urgency and focus: We prioritize swift, decisive action.
- Think rigorously: We care about being right and it often takes reasoning from first principles to get there. We value alternative perspectives and have constructive discussions.
- Trust and amplify: We overtrust, always assume good intent, and give specific feedback to help each other improve.
- Feel a strong sense of ownership: We wear many hats and feel a strong sense of overall ownership of the company and we’re non-territorial regarding our nominal domains.
- Are customer obsessed: We relentlessly prioritize the needs of our customers, striving to exceed their expectations and delight them at every interaction.