Senior Social Media Specialist

CesiumAstro•Austin, TX

14h

About The Position

At CesiumAstro, we are developers and pioneers of out-of-the-box communication systems for satellites, UAVs, launch vehicles, and other space and airborne platforms. We take pride in our dynamic and cross-functional work environment, which allows us to learn, develop, and engage across our organization. If you are looking for hands-on, interactive, and autonomous work, CesiumAstro is the place for you. We are actively seeking passionate, collaborative, energetic, and forward-thinking individuals to join our team. We are looking to add a Senior Social Media Specialist to our team. If you are passionate about marketing, thrive in a dynamic and challenging environment, and are interested in working with a company focused on satellites, spacecraft, and aerospace systems, we would like to hear from you. In this position, you will lead CesiumAstro's day-to-day digital communications and social media operations across all platforms in support of corporate visibility, brand positioning, executive communications, recruiting, growth initiatives, and strategic business objectives. This role plans, organizes, executes, and optimizes integrated digital communications programs while ensuring consistency, accuracy, timeliness, and operational discipline across all digital channels. The Senior Social Media Manager operates with general supervision, independently managing complex calendars, approvals, deadlines, content coordination, and cross-functional communications with precision and consistency.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Digital Media, Journalism, or related field preferred; equivalent experience considered.
5-8 years of relevant experience in social media, digital communications, digital marketing, content strategy, or related roles.
Work experience, portfolio, and demonstrated execution capabilities are valued more heavily than formal education alone.
Strong understanding of major social media platforms, digital engagement strategies, and evolving content trends.
Experience managing corporate social media programs and digital communications calendars.
Experience with social media management, analytics, monitoring, scheduling, and content development tools.
Proficiency in managing social media platforms, including LinkedIn, X, Instagram, YouTube, and Facebook.
Familiarity with social media and web analytics tools, including native platform analytics and Google Analytics.
Exceptional organizational, project management, and follow-through skills.
Stellar writing, editing, and communications capabilities.
Highly proactive and forward-thinking with the ability to anticipate needs and opportunities.
Strong judgment, professionalism, attention to detail, and operational discipline.
Ability to travel up to 10% for trade shows, events, and company activities.
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with evolving priorities and occasional real-time/after-hours coverage for events

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting executive communications, trade shows, events, recruiting initiatives, and corporate announcements.
Experience in aerospace, defense, government, technology, manufacturing, or highly regulated industries.

Responsibilities

Develop and execute integrated digital communications and social media strategies aligned with corporate objectives and brand positioning
Manage and grow the company's presence across LinkedIn, X, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, and emerging digital platforms
Stay current on evolving platform capabilities, digital trends, algorithms, AI-enabled tools, content formats, and engagement strategies
Recommend new approaches, technologies, tools, and digital opportunities to improve visibility, engagement, and operational efficiency
Support executive visibility and thought leadership initiatives across digital channels
Build, maintain, and manage detailed editorial calendars, posting schedules, campaign timelines, and digital deliverables
Coordinate and execute digital communications programs with consistency and operational discipline
Gather and organize company news, awards, trade show participation, events, milestones, executive activities, announcements, internal initiatives, and industry developments for digital amplification
Draft, edit, coordinate, and publish social media content, digital campaigns, announcements, graphics requests, captions, and supporting materials
Ensure content aligns with approved messaging, branding, legal requirements, and strategic priorities
Coordinate real-time and scheduled content coverage for trade shows, customer activities, events, and company milestones
Partner closely with marketing, business development, engineering, HR, recruiting, operations, legal, executive leadership, and external partners to gather information and coordinate communications activities
Coordinate review and approval processes for digital communications and public-facing content
Ensure messaging consistency across digital, web, PR, internal communications, recruiting, and event activities
Support recruiting, workforce development, community outreach, customer engagement, and corporate visibility initiatives through digital channels
Maintain strong communication and responsiveness across internal stakeholders and external partners
Maintain organized content libraries, digital assets, historical records, analytics reports, approvals, and publishing documentation
Manage deliverables, dependencies, timelines, and deadlines with precision and consistency
Ensure digital campaigns and communications activities are executed on time and without gaps
Anticipate communications needs and proactively prepare content opportunities in advance rather than operating reactively
Identify risks, scheduling conflicts, or operational gaps and develop backup plans when needed
Support operational consistency and process discipline across all digital communications activities
Track, analyze, and report on digital performance metrics, audience engagement, campaign effectiveness, and channel growth
Provide recommendations based on data, performance trends, and audience insights
Monitor industry trends, competitor activity, and relevant news developments to identify opportunities for engagement and visibility
Assist in measuring ROI and effectiveness of digital communications initiatives
Support digital promotion and communications for trade shows, conferences, customer events, community events, executive engagements, and corporate initiatives
Coordinate live coverage, photography coordination, content capture, and post-event amplification strategies
Ensure event-related communications and digital deliverables are prepared, approved, and executed on schedule