Scientific Communications - Social Media & Community Management
$75,000–$90,000 year
On-siteTustin, California, United States
Job Summary
Own Zymo's organic social presence across LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube by managing content calendars, drafting posts, and engaging with comments and messages to build trust within the scientific community. Translate product stories, scientific resources, and community opportunities into credible, visually engaging social content that avoids overt promotion. Collaborate cross-functionally with Marketing, Product, and Creative teams to amplify stories, webinars, and user experiences while maintaining a warm, direct brand voice. Track performance metrics to identify audience resonance and share actionable insights on content strategy.
Required Qualifications
- 3+ years of experience in social media, community management, brand communications, or content strategy
- Strong writing ability with the ability to create clear, engaging, and credible social content
- Experience managing organic social accounts, especially LinkedIn and Instagram
- Strong editorial and visual judgment, including an understanding of what feels valuable, on-brand, engaging, or too promotional
- Ability to translate product, commercial, technical, and scientific inputs into content that builds trust, connection, and interest
- Strong understanding of how copy, imagery, layout, pacing, and platform format work together in social content
- Community-first mindset with the ability to build engagement through conversations, not just broadcasting
- Strong cross-functional collaboration skills with the ability to work with marketing, product, commercial, creative, scientific, and brand stakeholders
- Basic understanding of social performance metrics and how to turn results into useful insights
- Must be able to lift 50 lbs
Desired Qualifications
- Experience in life science, biotech, healthcare, scientific publishing, B2B, or another technical field
- Experience building social engagement for a technical or expert audience
- Familiarity with YouTube, short-form video, reels, carousels, thumbnails, and platform-specific storytelling
- Experience supporting social amplification of webinars, events, grants, campaigns, product launches, collaborations, or user stories
- Basic photography, video editing, or social content production skills are a plus
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