Social & Digital Media Specialist — DoD

About the role

RC Strategies is hiring a Social & Digital Media Specialist to run the official digital presence of a Department of Defense client in the Honolulu area. You will be the online voice of a U.S. Navy organization: creating multimedia content, managing official social channels, engaging a large and loyal audience in real time, and using analytics to sharpen what gets published.

This is an embedded, on-site role on a military installation on Oahu, working weekdays alongside the client's team.

• Execute a digital media strategy for an official U.S. Navy presence
• Produce multimedia content: video, graphics, articles, and infographics
• Manage official Facebook and Instagram channels on a structured content calendar
• Run real-time engagement: polls, contests, live sessions, and community response
• Analyze audience behavior and content performance; deliver monthly performance reporting
• Keep every post aligned with DoD and Navy public affairs and OPSEC guidance

• U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain a Common Access Card (CAC), including a favorable federal background investigation (Tier
  3)
• 3+ years managing social media or digital content for an organization or brand, with a portfolio of published work
• Strong writing, video, and graphics skills; comfortable owning a channel end to end
• Available on-site in the Honolulu area, Monday–Friday during standard duty hours

• A current CAC, an active clearance, or a favorably adjudicated background investigation from recent DoD work
• Navy Mass Communication Specialist (MC), Army/joint Public Affairs, or DINFOS training
• Experience running official military or government social media accounts
• Military community fluency: veterans and military spouses strongly encouraged to apply
• Adobe Creative Cloud, short-form video editing, and social analytics tools

• Anticipated start: early fall 2026; position is contingent on contract award