A candidate for Santa Barbara City Council is seeking an experienced Social Media Manager to lead the campaign’s digital presence through Election Day. This role owns social media strategy and hands-on execution — content creation, publishing, community engagement, paid social, and analytics — and includes maintaining and updating the campaign website. Prior social media experience on a political campaign is required.

The ideal candidate is a strong storyteller who understands local politics and the Santa Barbara community, can operate independently in a remote environment, and can move quickly when campaign moments demand rapid response. While this position runs through Election Day, there is potential for the right candidate to continue in ongoing social media and digital work in a different industry after the campaign concludes.

This position is fully remote. Santa Barbara area or strong local familiarity preferred.

Employment Type: Part-Time / Contract, Hourly — through Election Day, with potential for continued work in a different industry afterward

Key Responsibilities:

Social Media Strategy & Content

• Develop and execute a platform-specific social media strategy aligned with the campaign’s message, priorities, and timeline through Election Day.
• Create, schedule, and publish engaging content — copy, graphics, and short-form video — across Facebook, Instagram, X/Twitter, YouTube, Nextdoor, and other platforms as appropriate for local voters.
• Build and maintain a content calendar coordinated with campaign milestones: forums, endorsements, mailers, canvass launches, ballot drop, and Election Day.
• Cover campaign events (in person or via coordinated content capture) and turn them into timely posts.
• Maintain a consistent candidate voice, visual identity, and message discipline across all channels.

Community & Voter Engagement

• Monitor accounts daily; respond to comments, messages, and mentions in a timely, on-message manner.
• Grow local followership and engagement among Santa Barbara voters, neighborhood groups, and community organizations.
• Identify and flag emerging issues, misinformation, or reputational risks for rapid response with the candidate and campaign team.

Paid Social & Analytics

• Plan and manage paid social campaigns targeted to district voters, including audience targeting, budgets, creative testing, and optimization.
• Comply with platform political advertising requirements (advertiser verification, disclaimers) and applicable California/FPPC digital ad disclosure rules, in coordination with the campaign’s treasurer or compliance advisor.
• Track performance against goals (reach, engagement, sign-ups, donations); report regularly and recommend improvements.

Website Management

• Update and maintain the campaign website (WordPress, Squarespace, Wix, Webflow, or similar CMS), keeping content current and aligned with social messaging.
• Build landing pages and forms for volunteer sign-ups, yard sign requests, events, and donations.
• Monitor site analytics and basic SEO; troubleshoot issues and coordinate updates as needed

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Prior hands-on experience managing social media for a political campaign (candidate or ballot measure) required; California campaign experience is ideal
• Demonstrated ability to create high-performing content, including graphics and short-form video (Canva, Adobe Creative Suite, CapCut, or similar)
• Experience with social media scheduling and management tools (e.g., Buffer, Hootsuite, Sprout Social, Later)
• Working knowledge of social media analytics and reporting
• Experience updating websites through a major CMS (e.g., WordPress, Squarespace, Webflow)
• Excellent writing and editing skills with a sharp sense of tone, timing, and audience
• Strong organizational skills; able to manage a multi-platform content calendar under campaign deadlines
• Self-starter comfortable working independently in a remote environment, with responsiveness during key campaign moments
• Sound judgment and discretion with sensitive campaign information

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with California political campaigns, including familiarity with California/FPPC compliance and disclosure requirements
• Experience supporting a successful local election campaign, including voter outreach, digital engagement, and campaign communications
• Familiarity with Santa Barbara — its neighborhoods, local issues, media outlets, and community organizations
• Experience running paid political/issue advertising on Meta and Google, including ad authorization and disclaimer requirements
• Email marketing platform experience (Mailchimp, Constant Contact, or similar) for supporter newsletters
• Photography and video production/editing experience for events and rapid-response content
• Spanish-language fluency for bilingual voter outreach

Work Environment & Schedule

• Remote, with availability to cover or coordinate coverage of local campaign events preferred
• Flexible schedule, with responsiveness for time-sensitive posting during debates, endorsements, news cycles, and the final push to Election Day
• Estimated 10–20 hours per week, scaling up as the election approaches
• Paid hourly; time tracked and invoiced or reported on an agreed cadence
• Position runs through Election Day with a brief wind-down period; strong performers may be offered continued hourly work supporting social media and digital projects in a different industry

Cambio Consulting Group LLC is a minority-owned Small Disadvantaged Business. Our Public Sector Practice helps executives and managers at all levels of government maximize performance and efficiency in the face of ever tightening budgets and increased demand for services. Our public sector team members find solutions that help government leaders with issues including policy review, governance, analytics, financial management, human capital, and information technology for a broad range of federal agencies. Our staff is committed to providing services that are on par with the biggest consulting firms while providing real, long-term growth opportunities to the communities that we live in.

www.cambiocg.com

Job Types: Part-time, Contract

Pay: $25.00 - $45.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Experience:

• managing social media for a political campaign (California): 4 years (Required)
• create high-performing content-graphics & short-form videos: 4 years (Required)
• Canva, Adobe Creative Suite, CapCut or similar: 4 years (Required)
• social media scheduling/management tools:Buffer,Hootsuite,et: 4 years (Required)
• knowledge of social media analytics and reporting: 4 years (Required)
• updating websites with a major CMS:WordPress/Squarespace/etc: 4 years (Required)
• Excellent writing and editing skills : 4 years (Required)
• manage a multi-platform content calendar:campaign deadlines: 4 years (Required)

Work Location: Remote

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