Senior communications specialist - social media

Be the voice of Canonical across channels

The company is founder-led, profitable, and growing.

We are looking for an outstanding colleague to join our communications team as a senior social media specialist. Our brand is part of a global open source ecosystem. We encourage adoption through community engagement. We build credibility and trust through advocacy and thought leadership. The ideal person for this r...

Understanding of best practices for communications in tech 
Deep experience with all major social media platforms with strong creative judgement
Hands-on knowledge of social media management and analytics tools
Interest in mentorship and team development
An analytical eye and the ability to develop measuring frameworks to inform senior decision making
Exceptional interpersonal skills and aptitude for forging trusting relationships across diverse, cross-functional teams to ensure alignment with campaign objectives, paid media strategies and PR/AR initiatives
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, strong content marketer
Proven ability to prioritize and differentiate what matters from the noise, meeting deadlines without sacrificing quality
Process owner for organic social media, establishing standards and leading planning and distribution across channels
Interest in video and production, with some projects or strong thoughts on the use of video in social media
Willingness to travel up to 4 times a year for internal or external events