Social Media Lead & Content Manager

One-Year Contract Role

Position Title: Social Media Lead and Content Manager

Reports To: Executive Director

Employment Type: This role will be structured as a W-2 non-exempt hourly or independent

contractor/consultant - expectations: 20 hours a week

Location: Kirkland, WA, the surrounding community, and remote

Submission Deadline: January 16, 2026

About Community Loaves

Community Loaves™ is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit with a simple but powerful vision: bringing communities together through baking to reduce hunger and promote wellness. Our small but mighty organization relies on over 1000 passionate home-based volunteer bakers who create fresh whole-grain sandwich loaves and Energy Cookies, delivering them to 50 food bank partners through 64 community hubs twice monthly. While we’re rooted in Washington and the Puget Sound area, our impact has reached into other states, including California, Oregon, and Idaho, and is still growing. We dream big – envisioning a sustainable program that communities nationwide can embrace and make their own.

Being a small, volunteer-driven organization means our paid staff wear many hats and have the unique opportunity to grow their skills across different areas. You’ll find yourself contributing to various aspects of our mission and discovering new strengths along the way.

Our Mission: To nurture strong communities through the connection, training, and empowerment of home-based bakers to reduce hunger and promote wellness.

KEY ROLE OBJECTIVES

What You’ll Do:

The Community Engagement and Marketing Specialist is responsible for building strong relationships with community members, partners, and volunteers while enhancing the organization’s visibility through strategic marketing and communications. This role blends outreach, storytelling, and digital marketing to expand the organization’s impact, engage diverse audiences, and strengthen brand awareness.

Key Responsibilities Include:

Community Engagement

• Develop and implement social media campaign strategies to engage new audiences and sustain long-term participation.
• Using social media tools, cultivate and maintain relationships with community partners, volunteers, donors, and stakeholders.
• Spotlight our efforts locally, regionally, and nationally, raise awareness of food insecurity, and invite participation to help Bake A Difference.
• Attend and capture 1-2 community donation events or hub events per month (in-person or virtual). Driving event storytelling and ensuring a plan for capturing photos/video for ongoing marketing use.
• Build and maintain a community contact list and partner tracker to document outreach efforts and relationships.

Social Media Marketing & Communications

• Using an agreed-upon monthly content calendar framework, deliver specific social media campaign objectives weekly, projected to be 3-5 posts per week—a mix of amplification and new post creation.
• Plan, create, and execute digital social media marketing campaigns to grow the organization's presence across all relevant platforms, building and expanding upon existing content frameworks.
• Interact with our Breader Together network to capture and share the many stories of connection and purpose at the heart of our work.
• Help establish a strong marketing foundation — a scalable ‘engine’ of repeatable strategies and content tactics that amplify our story and that of our stakeholders across multiple platforms and hubs.
• Establish and track specific campaign goals, including A/B testing, impressions, reach, follower growth rate, brand mentions, engagement rate, comments, shares/reposts, and provide detailed monthly analytics summarizing these metrics and key learnings.
• Create and maintain a company content resource library that includes all archived social media assets, including event photos, campaign copy, campaign-specific style guides, and testimonials.
• Collaborate with the ED in the extension of our current visuals and written voice that aligns with Community Loaves’ established brand assets.
• Working with the ED to create 2-3 events that invite partnerships with suppliers, food banks, and/or local community organizations as a natural extension of our work.

Program Support

• Collaborate with staff to promote programs across the organization
• Provide content support for annual reporting and grant materials, including stories, data, and photos.
• Participate in program-specific activities - volunteer shifts, flour-truck delivery, special donation events to deepen understanding of all program efforts.

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

Must Haves:

• Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Marketing, Public Relations, Nonprofit Management, or related field (or equivalent experience)
• 2–4 years of experience in marketing, community engagement, or outreach (nonprofit experience preferred).
• Strong writing, editing, and storytelling abilities.
• Proficiency with digital marketing tools (e.g., Buffer, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Canva, Adobe Creative Suite, WordPress, and/or similar).
• Experience with social media platforms and analytics
• Excellent interpersonal and presentation skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
• Candidate must reside in the greater Seattle area and have a reliable vehicle.

We’d Love It If You Have:

• Passion for community building and social impact.
• Creative problem-solving and adaptability.
• Strong organizational and project management skills.
• Cultural competence and the ability to engage with diverse communities.
• Bilingual or multicultural experience.

Compensation & Benefits

This is a 12-month initiative with a $50,000-60,000 budget. Hourly pay is aligned with the annualized compensation. 1099 contractor (individual or 1–3 person boutique firm): Scope-based agreement aligned to the role’s outcomes and one-year term. All work product created under this engagement is considered work-for-hire and owned by Community Loaves; portfolio/case-study use permitted with prior written approval.

Since this is a contracted part-time position, there are no benefits included.

HOW TO APPLY

Send resume and cover letter by 1/16/2026 to jobs@communityloaves.org. If applying as a marketing firm, please include a short capabilities summary, relevant portfolio links, two references, and a sample scope aligned to the responsibilities above.

Community Loaves is an equal opportunity organization that welcomes applicants of all backgrounds, abilities, identities, and experiences. If you meet most, but not all, of the qualifications, we encourage you to apply.

If you require accommodations to participate in the application process, please contact us at jobs@communityloaves.org.

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