Associate Social Media Content Creator
About The Position
Skyryse is seeking an Associate Social Media Content Creator to join its Design team, a small, broad group covering design, brand, marketing, and product. The role manages Skyryse’s social media presence across LinkedIn, Instagram, X, and YouTube, and creates the copy, video, and photography that support those channels. It offers creative latitude and responsibility for content that is published. The work involves identifying activity across the company—including flight tests, prototype builds, and company milestones—and quickly turning it into content for internal and public audiences. The creator will develop ways to showcase Skyryse teams’ work and help build the company’s communication channels and public brand. The position reports to the Director of Design and works closely with Communications, Corporate Development, and the CEO. This is a full-time, onsite role based in El Segundo, California, with regular travel to Skyryse hangar locations in Southern California, including Camarillo and Hawthorne. Schedule flexibility is required when flight tests or milestones occur outside core hours.
Requirements
- 1–4 years of experience in social media, content creation, or a related field.
- Experience running social media channels for a brand, organization, or oneself, with a track record of consistent content generation.
- Fluency with LinkedIn, Instagram, X, and YouTube, and understanding of what performs natively on each platform.
- Experience capturing and editing short-form video and photography for social platforms.
- Proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite, including Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Lightroom.
- Experience creating content in live, uncontrolled environments.
- Strong writing skills for short-form copy, captions, and hooks.
- Ability to travel regularly between the El Segundo headquarters and hangar locations in Camarillo and Hawthorne.
- Schedule flexibility when flight tests or milestones fall outside core hours.
- Self-motivation and ability to manage multiple parallel-path projects.
- Candidates must submit a portfolio, links to social channels they have run, or a personal website to be considered.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with social analytics and scheduling tools.
- Experience running a recurring content series or posting schedule.
- Experience creating content in a technical, industrial, engineering, or aerospace environment.
- Interest in aviation, hardware, or complex technology, and patience to understand what is being captured well enough to tell the story accurately.
- Experience working cross-functionally at a startup.
Responsibilities
- Manage day-to-day content planning, development, and publishing for Skyryse’s LinkedIn, Instagram, X, and YouTube channels in collaboration with Design and Communications.
- Build and maintain a content calendar for public and internal channels.
- Create social content, including copy, video, and photography.
- Capture flight tests, prototype builds, installations, first flights, and company milestones, and quickly turn them into creative assets for internal and external audiences.
- Draft posts, captions, and on-screen text in accordance with the review and approval process, partnering with Communications.
- Track Engineering and Flight Test work, anticipate milestones worth covering, and proactively pitch and plan future content.
- Coordinate with Engineering, Flight Test, and site personnel to capture content safely while respecting access constraints in live operational environments.
- Track platform engagement and use it to inform future creative and content development.
- Organize and archive content and assets, and maintain equipment used.
- Work cross-functionally with other Skyryse teams to accomplish project goals.
- Occasionally participate in creative work outside the role’s area of expertise as needed and according to skill set.
Benefits
- Valuable stock option plan.
- Heavily subsidized medical, dental, and vision plans.
- Full-time employees are eligible for 20 days of paid time off and 5 sick days annually, subject to Company policy.
- Opportunity to contribute to improving aviation safety and accessibility.
- Dynamic work environment and colleagues described as smart, motivated, and enjoyable to work with.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
