Digital Communications Contractor

Bantam Communications•Remote, Remote

1d•$50 - $70•Remote

About The Position

Bantam Communications is seeking an experienced Digital Communications Contractor for an as-needed, 1099, fully remote engagement. This role supports advanced energy public affairs work, focusing on utility-scale wind, solar, and battery storage projects in rural communities. The contractor will operate in a fast-paced, multi-client environment, delivering polished work under tight deadlines. Responsibilities include social listening, opposition monitoring, project reporting, Facebook comment moderation, paid campaign management (Meta, Google), and organic content calendar development, each requiring adherence to specific client-defined formatting, sourcing, and messaging. Assignments are project-based, requiring the contractor to independently manage defined deliverables, meet requirements, and adhere to deadlines. The ideal candidate can seamlessly integrate into a dynamic workflow and produce high-quality results with minimal supervision.

Requirements

3+ years in digital communications, social media management, or public affairs, ideally in a fast-paced multi-client setting.
Hands-on experience building and reporting on Meta and Google paid campaigns, including targeting, disclaimers, and cost-per-lead analysis.
Proven ability to run social listening and opposition monitoring and to write clear, structured reports at volume under recurring deadlines.
Exceptional writing and editing discipline, with the ability to follow exacting, client-specific formatting and sourcing rules.
Able to manage many concurrent projects independently in a remote environment, with proactive project-management hygiene.
US-based independent contractor legally authorized to work in the United States.

Nice To Haves

Experience in energy or infrastructure, or in a politically sensitive, regulated public affairs environment.
Familiarity with community engagement and organized opposition dynamics in rural communities.
Experience with NapoleonCat or similar moderation tools, Agility PR or comparable media monitoring, Looker Studio, Speak4, monday.com, and HeyOrca.
Comfort using AI tools (e.g., Claude) to accelerate research, report production, and content workflows.

Responsibilities

Produce monthly multi-state social listening and opposition monitoring deliverables, conforming to specified templates, formatting, and citation requirements, including permalinked sourcing and disclosed-monitoring purpose statements.
Cover Facebook comment moderation and response across assigned project pages, drafting client-approved responses and managing comment filtering through moderation platforms.
Build, launch, and/or optimize paid Meta, Google, YouTube, StackAdapt, and streaming campaigns across various lanes, including ad copy iteration, disclaimer and compliance verification, and cost-per-lead and performance analysis.
Develop monthly organic content calendars per project, drafting copy to client-specific SEO, tone, and messaging conventions, and routing through content-approval tools.
Analyze performance dashboards.
Support assigned letter-of-support and advocacy campaigns, including Speak4 landing pages, RSVP and event promotion, and letter-of-support tracking.