Social Media and Community Associate

Edutopia, the influential publisher of stories about what works in education, has built a distinctive place in education media by pairing high-quality, classroom-tested content with a community-first approach. Our work is powered by strong collaboration across editorial, marketing and community, and product, and we’re looking for a Social Media and Community Associate to help shape what comes next.

In this role, you’ll help define how educators discover Edutopia, engage with our ideas, and connect across our social channels. You’ll blend social programming with thoughtful community care, amplifying our content, strengthening relationships, and creating an experience that’s welcoming, responsive, and aligned with our mission. You’ll do that by:

• Keeping our feeds active, useful, and on-brand by creating, adapting, and scheduling content and monitoring comments and messages with care and consistency.
• Creating a high-trust community experience by engaging with educators in a way that is warm, respectful, and grounded in Edutopia’s values.
• Surfacing insights from the field by identifying recurring questions, emerging themes, and great ideas, and sharing them with our team to inform what we publish and promote next.

What You'll Do

Social Publishing & Content Creation (50%)

• Support the day-to-day creation and scheduling of social content across Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, and other emerging platforms.
• Draft clear, engaging, on-brand copy for social posts, events, and other initiatives as needed.
• Help adapt Edutopia articles, videos, and resources for social-friendly formats (e.g., quote cards, clips, carousels, and polls).
• Maintain and update social content calendars, ensuring posts align with the school year, timely topics, and key campaigns.
• Bring fresh, audience-first ideas to the table, proposing new formats and content concepts inspired by trends, insights, and what’s resonating with educators.

Community Support & Engagement (35%)

• Monitor comments, replies, and messages across social channels and help ensure educators feel welcomed and heard.
• Proactively surface user-generated content (UGC) that highlights authentic educator voices, and pitch posts that showcase that content.
• Track common questions, themes, and pain points you’re seeing in the community and share those insights with the marketing and editorial teams.

Insights & Collaboration (15%)

• Use analytics tools and platform insights to help understand what’s resonating and when our audience is most engaged.
• Contribute observations and help craft weekly reports that help us refine our social programming and community approach over time.
• Support teammates on special projects, events, and engagement initiatives (for example, live chats, AMAs, or conference coverage).

Requirements

Education & Experience

• 1–2 years of experience supporting social media and/or online community efforts for an established brand, digital media company, or nonprofit (internships and part-time roles count).
• Experience collaborating with creative teams (e.g., editors, designers, video producers, content marketers) to share digital content with wide audiences.
• Comfort using social media management tools (such as Sprout Social, Later.com, ManyChat, or similar platforms).

Required Skills & Competencies

• Curious, creative thinker and doer who enjoys testing new ideas (with guidance) and learning from results.
• Strong writing skills and a clear, friendly, professional tone in social copy.
• Genuine interest in educators’ experiences and a respectful, empathetic approach to community interactions.
• Highly organized, with the ability to juggle multiple posts, channels, and deadlines.
• Problem-solver who can recognize when to respond directly and when to escalate.
• Proactive, reliable, and comfortable working in a distributed, remote team.
  

Preferred Skills & Competencies

• Experience moderating online communities or managing comments and DMs on high-traffic accounts.
• Comfortable working remotely with tools like Slack, Trello, Zoom, and Google Workspace.
• Basic understanding of social analytics and how to interpret performance metrics.
• Familiarity with preK–12 education topics, trends, and common educator challenges.
  

Physical & Schedule Requirements

• At least 75% of this role is computer-based.
• Some evening and occasional weekend hours may be required (for live events, timely posts, or community coverage).

Our Culture

Edutopia offers a collaborative, supportive workplace that is fully remote. The editorial team gathers twice a year at company headquarters at Skywalker Ranch in California for several days of in-person meetings, work, and connection. 

Our team culture is friendly, engaged, collaborative, and growth-oriented. We are committed to cultivating a diverse and inclusive workplace.

Benefits

This is a full-time position based remotely anywhere in the United States. 

Edutopia is part of the George Lucas Educational Foundation, which offers comprehensive health, vision, and dental insurance; an employer match of up to 6% of salary for your retirement fund, vested immediately; and an annual education stipend to spend on professional development.

Salary Range

The salary range for this role is $65,000-$80,000 annually. An employee’s pay position within the salary range will be based on several factors, including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.

Note: This position is supported by grant funding for three years. Continuation of the position beyond that timeframe will depend on available funding and organizational priorities.

Work Environment and Requirements

This is a remote position based in the United States, requiring a dedicated home office workspace with reliable high-speed internet and standard office equipment. For tax and compliance purposes, employees must maintain a primary residence and work location in a single U.S. state. The position requires effective coordination with remote team members across time zones. Mandatory travel is required for periodic team gatherings and organizational meetings, plus other occasional domestic travel up to 10-15%. The position requires prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.

About the George Lucas Educational Foundation

The George Lucas Educational Foundation is dedicated to transforming prekindergarten through 12th grade (pre-K to 12) education, so all students can acquire and effectively apply the knowledge, attitudes, and skills necessary to thrive in their studies, careers, and adult lives. Founded by innovative and award-winning filmmaker George Lucas in 1991, the Foundation is a nonprofit, nonpartisan 501(c)(3) private foundation that is operated for educational purposes. We welcome all who are devoted to improving education.

The George Lucas Educational Foundation is an equal opportunity employer. We foster a working culture where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, and pursue our mission to improve education in a rapidly changing world. We strongly encourage and welcome all people to apply, as applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, or veteran or military status.