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# communications specialist - social media

- **Company:** Canonical Ltd.
- **Location:** UK (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Free and Open-Source Software
- **Published:** July 28, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.workingnomads.com/job/go/1756230/

## About the Role

The ideal candidate is passionate about technology, technology marketing and the use of technology in marketing. They would love to gain experience translating strategy into impact, and collaborating with multiple stakeholders. They enjoy learning and improving themselves, the team and the organization. They problem solve, get hands-on, experiment, measure and use automation and AI to make daily life easier. To succeed in this role, the candidate must be driven, organized and attentive to detail., * Understanding of best practices for communications in tech

 * Deep experience with all major social media platforms with strong creative judgement
 * Hands-on knowledge of social media management and analytics tools
 * Interest in mentorship and team development
 * An analytical eye and the ability to develop measuring frameworks to inform senior decision making
 * Exceptional interpersonal skills and aptitude for forging trusting relationships across diverse, cross-functional teams to ensure alignment with campaign objectives, paid media strategies and PR/AR initiatives
 * Excellent verbal and written communication skills, strong content marketer
 * Proven ability to prioritize and differentiate what matters from the noise, meeting deadlines without sacrificing quality
 * Process owner for organic social media, establishing standards and leading planning and distribution across channels
 * Interest in video and production, with some projects or strong thoughts on the use of video in social media
 * Willingness to travel up to 4 times a year for internal or external events

## Description

* Develop and own the communications strategy across multiple channels, with a focus on excellent planning, messaging quality and timely delivery
 * Deliver regular analysis and reporting on various communications channels, content performance and campaigns results
 * Support the growth and nurturing of Canonical's enterprise audience, while increasing product adoption
 * Develop flair with copywriting and asset creation to create messaging that aligns with the brand and its personality, and drives audiences towards action
 * Be audience centric and use modern tools to understand market sentiment
 * Create awareness on integrated campaigns, product launches, webinar series, industry announcements and core content.
 * Package all of Canonical's product offerings and educational material creatively, while overseeing distribution strategy and alignment across channels


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