JOIN THE SWAY TEAM!
Community & Content Coordinator
Location: San Leandro, CA (in-person required)
Employment Type: Part Time (15-20 hours/week) with evaluation for Full Time after 6 months
Employment Level: Junior to Mid-Level
Compensation: $28-$35/hourly, dependent on experience
Reports to: Communications Lead
Apply before: March 1, 2025
OVERVIEW
Sway is a California-based biomaterials startup harnessing the power of seaweed to create home-compostable replacements for plastics. We are currently focused on scaling seaweed-based polybags for the fashion industry. Sway's technology drops into traditional plastic infrastructure, while simultaneously working to replenish ocean health, promote regenerative materials, and ultimately create a more inclusive environmental movement.
THE ROLE
We are excited to welcome a part-time Community & Content Coordinator to the Sway team! This role will focus on ensuring that Sway engages thoughtfully with our growing community, blending organizational and creative skills to effectively support communications across a variety of audiences and mediums. Our dream candidate has the following qualities:
🌊 Exemplary Communicator: You tell stories with passion, distill complex topics with ease, love cross-pollinating, and are comfortable speaking with anyone – fashion brands, material engineers, industrial composters, policy experts, and ocean scientists (as just a few examples).
🌊 Strong Writer: You write quickly and cleanly, seamlessly matching Sway’s style. Ditch the AI, please.
🌊 Skilled Creator: You’re highly skilled in creating graphic, photo, and video content in diverse contexts. Bonus points for experience in product photography!
🌊 Highly Organized: You balance big-picture ideas with flawless execution. Automations, templates, and SOPs are your jam.
🌊 Community Connector: You know how to build and nurture meaningful relationships both online and offline – because what’s a movement without community?
🌊 Adaptable and Eager: You thrive in a fast-paced environment and are always ready to dive into the next challenge. No task is too small, no detail overlooked.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Daily:
• Manage team email inbox, ensuring timely and thoughtful responses to inbound inquiries. Coordinate with the team to resolve issues and forward requests as appropriate.
• Proactively engage with social media inbox, comments, tags, and peer accounts to foster community.
Weekly - Biweekly:
• Contribute to Sway’s social media, newsletter, and other developing platforms with writing, graphic design, and execution.
• Support Sway’s cross-platform strategy development through trend monitoring, content ideation, and vision boarding.
• Capture photo and video (iPhone okay) imagery as needed, building out a library of high-quality, brand-aligned visuals that can be used across Sway marketing. Note: it’s essential that this hire is based in the Bay Area and able to work in-person from Sway Labs to capture content on a whim!
Special Projects:
• Support the development of organizational talking points by analyzing trending questions, executing industry research, and collaborating with teammates.
• Increase team organization and efficiency by developing scalable processes, automations, and templates for internal and external communications.
• Conduct research, deep dives, and competitor analyses to identify trends and opportunities across next-generation materials and compostable packaging industries.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
• 2+ years of experience in social media, content creation, and/or community management.
• Exceptional organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Flawless writing skills, with the ability to adapt tone and voice for different audiences.
• Strong graphic design experience, ideally with a portfolio to showcase past work.
• Proficient in Canva (or similar design tools), Mailchimp (or similar email marketing tools), and social media management platforms.
• Proficient in photo/video content creation (iPhone okay) in various contexts, ideally with experience in product photoshoots.
• Comfortable narrating and appearing in social media content.
• Passion for ocean health, regenerative materials, and climate action.
• Based in the Bay Area and able to work from Sway Labs (San Leandro) as needed.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
• Proficiency across Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, Premiere Pro).
• Experience in product photography and styling for social content.
• Strong understanding of social media trends, algorithm changes, and best practices.
• Experience with B2B content marketing, particularly in sustainability or biomaterials.
HOW TO APPLY
After preparing your resume/CV and cover letter, please apply directly through the link below by March 1, 2025. We will reach out to select candidates for interviews in March.
