About us: 

As the Jewish Voice for Peace family of organizations (JVP), we are growing, developing and mobilizing a powerful grassroots, multiracial base of Jews toward a future of Judaism beyond Zionism, Palestinian freedom and the end of Israeli apartheid and occupation. 

About you:

A talented written and visual communicator, you have a passion for changing hearts and minds towards justice for Palestinians and a well-honed sense of the imagery and language that does so. You recognize social media’s potential to challenge harmful established narratives and to amplify neglected and repressed ones, and you enjoy strategizing about and executing the best ways to harness this potential in service of movements for justice. You have considerable experience creating content that adheres to an organizational voice and vision.

The ideal candidate for this position is someone who is creative, collaborative, passionate about social justice, and extremely social media savvy. You have experience using social media at the organizational level for social justice advocacy, political education and campaigning. You regularly create compelling graphics, video and text for a variety of social media platforms. You’re familiar with the American Jewish community, inspired by the movement for Palestinian freedom, and have a history of activism for social justice causes.

About the role:

The Social Media Coordinator is part of a four-person team ensuring JVP’s social media presences educate our combined audience of 2.4 million people, build digital community, shift narratives, and inspire people to take action. With a focus on content creation and story-telling, the Social Media Coordinator helps contribute to daily content creation for social media accounts on: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Bluesky. 

Working under the direction of the Communications Director, the Social Media Coordinator will apply JVP’s identity, voice, branding, and messaging in their work towards our long-term narrative shift goal: to build, demonstrate, and mobilize powerful, multiracial, American Jewish support for the movement for Palestinian freedom.

They will conceive of and implement the creation of compelling graphics and artwork, in line with JVP’s visual identity. They will support during rapid response, and also coordinate with JVP chapters, members and partner organizations in the Palestine solidarity movement. They will ensure the security of our social media accounts.

The successful candidate will be asked to sign a NDA where permitted.

Some weekend work required, within a 32-hour work week. Remote position with some travel required.

Strong preference for candidates who can start on September 15, 2025.

JVP is a union workplace with the Washington Baltimore News Guild, and this role is part of our staff union.

Descriptions of duties:

Ensure JVP social media accounts educate, shift narratives and mobilize

• Write and design unique original content that creates awareness, educates and inspires people to take action with minimal oversight, in line with JVP voice, visual style and theories of change

• Create content that reaches and galvanizes new moveable audiences, promoting and centering Palestinian voices, experiences and analysis, and working towards American Jewish community transformation 

• Identify new areas or trending issues for social media content and propose and create posts with minimal oversight 

• Ensure all content complies with JVP organizational priorities and narrative strategy

• Protect JVP and the larger movement for Palestinian freedom by adhering to JVP security practices

Implement JVP social media strategy 

• Pursue social media target audience identification to reach movable audiences

• Ensure relevance through trend-spotting, trialing new approaches and exploring new platforms

• Build organizational membership and digital community through social media  

• Support and help design organizational social media strategy during rapid response scenarios and for JVP campaigns

Additional duties and responsibilities:

• Limited fundraising and other responsibilities that all staff share

• Some travel required pending COVID restrictions

Required Skills: 

Social Media

• Demonstrated experience in crafting social media content on a variety of platforms for a social justice organization, including advocacy and campaigning that builds digital community

• Demonstrated success in engaging and growing social media audiences for progressive causes and digital campaigning

Story-telling

• Sharp, flexible messaging, strong writing and storytelling skills

Strategy

• Familiarity with social media security best practice, and an interest in exploring emerging platforms and tracking social media trends

Graphic Design

• Proficiency in creating compelling digital graphics and video for social media platforms. 

Relevant knowledge

• Committed to JVP’s mission; knowledgeable about Jewish communities and values and about Palestinian history and organizing

• Committed to the politics of collective liberation (including Palestine liberation, Black liberation, queer and trans liberation, workers rights & economic justice, and climate justice)

Teamwork

• Strong interpersonal communication and relationship-building skills 

• Demonstrated ability to handle, keep track of, prioritize and follow-through on multiple projects

Not required, but nice to have:

• Familiarity with local and international Jewish and Palestinian social media accounts 

• Your own network of social media organizers and influencers

• Experience with communications work for government-facing advocacy or progressive electoral politics

• Knowledgeable about current events in Palestine/Israel and related social media trends

• A demonstrable commitment to grassroots fundraising and integration of fundraising with other organizational activities

Please note: As part of JVP’s commitment to equity and transparency, we have a no negotiation policy. Salary negotiations can introduce bias and perpetuate wage inequality.

Our Job Application Process: 

We aim to be transparent and efficient in our hiring process. Each question you will be asked throughout our hiring process ties directly back to one of the skills and experiences listed above. In each stage, you will be asked to provide examples of these skills and experiences or how you would draw on your experience to handle a scenario commonly found at JVP. Our typical hiring process includes: 

• Job application: You will not be asked to submit a cover letter. Instead, the application consists of several questions related to the role you are applying for. Your answers will be assessed anonymously by the hiring committee, based on the skills outlined above. You may be required to upload a CV or resume. The hiring committee will not look at your CV/resume or any identifying information until you have been invited to a first round interview, and will make those initial decisions based on your answers to the initial set of questions. 

• 25 min video interview: usually with the hiring manager and staff members you would work with on a regular basis

• Written work assessment, responding to a scenario commonly found on the job.

• 50 min video interview: May be the same group of staff or a slightly larger group as the first interview 

• Reference check

Depending on logistics and scheduling, our hiring process generally takes about 4 weeks from the job closing to a job offer. We let candidates know after each step in the process, once we’ve made a decision, whether they are moving forward to the next stage or not, so candidates know the status of their application. 

People of color, Sephardi and/or Mizrahi applicants, people with disabilities, and transgender or gender non-conforming applicants strongly encouraged to apply.

Jewish Voice for Peace opposes anti-Jewish, anti-Muslim, and anti-Arab bigotry and oppression. JVP does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, age, ethnicity, religion, national origin, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, marital status, disability, or status as a U.S. veteran.

Benefits of working at JVP: 

• A four day, 32 hour work week for bargaining unit staff (unless we are in rapid response)

• Up to 16 accumulated vacation days per year

• Up to 12 sick days per year

• Paid time off for political education and anti-racist training

• 17 paid holidays (9 floating and 8 federal)

• Health, vision, and dental insurance with premiums currently paid by JVP, and 15% of family benefits to be paid by JVP

• A supplemental health fund for trans and gender nonconforming staff

• Leave without pay, bereavement, parental leave and medical leave

• Flexible Spending benefit

• 1% of salary paid into 401k by JVP

JVP is committed to providing flexible work arrangements that suit the needs of our staff. All our positions are remote and based in the United States.