Communications Senior Associate, Social and Content

Acumen is looking for a Communications Senior Associate to join the marketing and communications team and work with our founder and CEO Jacqueline Novogratz. This role reports to the Communications Director to the CEO. We are seeking someone passionate about amplifying our founder’s inspirational voice across platforms. This role would be based in New York. Our office is working under a hybrid model and working in the office on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.

Acumen
We’re investors. A different kind of investor. We invest in people and companies working to solve problems for people living in poverty, investing in essential products and services that bring more opportunities, more choices to millions. To date, Acumen has positively impacted 501 million lives by investing $154M in 167 innovative, early-stage companies in Africa, Latin America, South Asia, and the United States. But investing clearly isn’t just about capital. It’s about investing in people. We’ve been investing in people for years. Connecting with over 1,500 emerging leaders in their own countries and engaging them in extended collective dialogue on what constitutes a “good society”, moral inquiry, and skill building.

About Marketing and Communications
The Marketing and Communications team are the guides and stewards of our brand voice. They shape how, when and where it comes to life. As strategists, writers, designers, data practitioners and makers, they seek effective and creative ways to inform, empower and meaningfully connect with our audiences globally. Through audience definition, campaign strategies, content, PR, events and partnerships they drive visibility and memorability of our thought leadership, insights and brand story. 

About the role
The Communications Senior Associate, Social & Content supports the day-to-day communications work around Acumen’s CEO, helping shape and activate her voice across digital channels while also contributing to general research, planning and communications tasks.

This role will manage social media execution end-to-end — from content creation to scheduling to analytics — while also serving as a trusted extra set of hands for internal communications, meeting preparation and narrative research. The ideal candidate is a strong executor who is eager to learn how senior-level communications come together behind the scenes.

Specifically the Communications Senior Associate will be responsible for:

• Support the planning, creation and execution of CEO communications such as speeches, posts, media prep and overall narrative development


• Drive coordination, preparation and follow-up for communications projects, alongside general research and communications administrative tasks


• Direct the editorial calendar and schedule posts across platforms including LinkedIn, Instagram, X/Twitter, Facebook and others as needed


• Work with communications director to draft, edit and create engaging social content


• Brief teams on content capture and creation and cover live events and trips when needed


• Partner with Acumen’s in-house story studio team to produce multimedia content for CEO’s channels aligned with brand and voice


• Analyze channel performance and audience insights to proactively recommend strategies for growth and deeper community engagement


• Oversee organization of internal media assets, such as photo and video libraries

Skills and Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of experience contributing to social media, communications, or content work


• Comfort creating and editing basic video and visual content; experience with tools like Canva is a plus


• Strong writing and copy-editing skills, with attention to tone and detail


• Highly organized, dependable, and able to manage multiple priorities


• Curious, eager to learn, and comfortable asking questions


• A collaborative mindset and willingness to pitch in beyond a narrow job description


• Ability to handle confidential matters and information with discretion


• Self-reflective and aligned with Acumen’s values 


• Authorized to work in the U.S. (based in NY, or willing to relocate to NY for this role)

Deadline to apply
Apply as soon as possible as applications will be reviewed and interviews will be scheduled on a rolling basis. 

The salary range for this role in New York is $65,000 to $74,000  plus a performance-based bonus. This range represents the present low and high end of pay range for this role. Actual compensation will vary based on various factors including but not limited to experience. Acumen has equal pay, so pay is determined through comparison to a cohort of employees in the market at the same level of accountability. A full detail of compensation and benefits will be available through the first screening.

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