Social Media Editor, POGO Investigates

Project On Government Oversight • Washington, DC

1d • $74,000 - $80,000 • Remote

About The Position

The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) is seeking a talented Social Media Editor to lead its newsroom's social media efforts. This role is responsible for executing the POGO Investigates social strategy across various platforms (X, Bluesky, LinkedIn, Instagram, and Facebook), transforming investigations into native, platform-first content to engage readers and establish POGO Investigates as a credible voice in accountability journalism. The position reports to the Digital Engagement Manager.

Requirements

• Three years of experience running social media for a newsroom, news outlet, or journalism nonprofit, with a track record of packaging reported stories for social platforms.
• Demonstrated ability to create native content across formats, including written threads, carousels, short-form video, and data graphics, using tools such as Canva, Adobe Express or Creative Cloud, CapCut, or comparable software.
• Strong news judgment and story instincts: ability to identify the lead finding in a long investigation, write tight and accurate copy, and work within journalistic standards for sourcing and attribution.
• Excellent writing and editing skills with the ability to adapt voice by platform while staying consistent with a newsroom brand.
• Experience with social media management and analytics tools (Sprout Social or similar) and the ability to translate performance data into content decisions.
• Ability to work under deadline, manage a multi-platform calendar, and coordinate across reporters, newsroom leadership, editors, designers, and communications staff.
• Understanding of nonpartisan communications and the judgment to cover politically charged subjects without partisan framing.
• Commitment to POGO's mission and values, including equity and inclusion.

Nice To Haves

• Experience at an investigative or accountability-focused outlet, or covering federal government, Congress, or public policy.
• Basic video editing and motion graphics skills, and experience directing or shooting reporter-facing video.
• Experience building or relaunching a social presence, including audience retention through a rebrand or acquisition.
• Familiarity with LinkedIn newsletters, native document posts, and audience development among policy and professional audiences.

Responsibilities

• Owns the POGO Investigates social content calendar and produces native packages for every investigation launch, including X and Bluesky threads, LinkedIn long-form and native document posts, Instagram carousels, Reels, Stories, and data cards, and Facebook visual summaries.
• Writes social copy in the POGO Investigates voice (confident, intellectual, conversational, nonpartisan, independent; grounded in evidence rather than advocacy) that prioritizes findings over links and adheres to content mix targets (roughly 70 percent native, 30 percent link).
• Produces recurring content across the newsroom's content pillars, such as standalone data points, archive features, behind-the-investigation and reporter spotlight content, and impact and outcomes posts, to maintain account activity between investigation launches.
• Creates and edits short-form video (30-60 seconds), pull-quote and data graphics, and document snapshots using established templates and the Brand Kit, collaborating with the associate designer and Creative team for higher-production assets.
• Builds and maintains an evergreen content bank by auditing raw and published assets (interview footage, B-roll, testimony clips, data visualizations, podcast audio, published data) and clipping them into platform-ready formats.
• Drives email list growth in coordination with the Digital Engagement Manager through social media, utilizing link stickers, newsletter conversion pushes, and automation tools like ManyChat.
• Tracks performance in Sprout Social and native platform analytics against the PI strategy's benchmarks (follower retention, platform engagement rates, content mix, LinkedIn growth) and reports weekly during launch and monthly thereafter.
• Works closely with the Digital team's social media manager and digital engagement staff to align the POGO Investigates accounts with POGO's main channels, including collaborative posts, cross-posting, sharing content, and avoiding duplication.

Benefits

• Health, dental and vision insurance
• 403(b) employee investment plan available, with employer contribution once eligible
• Life insurance, short-term and long-term disability coverage
• Paid holiday, vacation, and sick leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed