Overview

We are a diverse team from around the world working together on a mission to make DuckDuckGo the world’s most trusted search engine, and we want your help!

Join us as a Social Media Strategist and become part of the team engaging with our expanding community of users.

As part of our growing team, you will be collaborating with team members at all levels to spread awareness and educate users on the benefits of DuckDuckGo.

Examples of projects you might work on include analyzing the landscape of current and potential social media channels and providing actionable recommendations to the team, and creating content on a variety of social media outlets. Over time you will be responsible for brand communication and representing DuckDuckGo on a variety of platforms.

We are a remote company, meaning our employees can work wherever they want around the world. We empower our team to be self-directed and self-motivated in their projects. If that seems awesome and you like the idea of our core values — Build trust, Question assumptions, and Validate direction — you’ll fit right in.

What you will do:

  • Analyze, develop, and execute both paid and earned social media strategies and campaigns to engage with users and potential users.
  • Spread awareness of the DuckDuckGo brand and values, specifically focused around educating users on protecting internet privacy.
  • Increase DuckDuckGo’s exposure and effectiveness on social media, including on new channels, while maintaining the company’s voice and character.

What we are looking for:

  • Proven success managing social media channels (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat)
  • Understands various channels’ strengths/weaknesses as well as when to leverage them.
  • Someone who can exemplify DuckDuckGo’s brand personality.
  • Standout communication skills; you communicate clearly, with empathy, and can adapt to different audiences and situations to elicit emotional responses.
  • Is able to effectively explain concepts and break solutions into simple steps.
  • A creative yet analytical mindset; someone who understands the importance of data-driven decision making.
  • A strategic thinker, the person who will ask the “what if” questions.

Other things to know:

  • We are a small, remote team in different time zones and communicate with a variety of tools throughout the day. You should feel comfortable with the intricacies of this type of work situation.
  • Sometimes we meet up! You can expect to travel at least 2x a year: once for our all-hands meetup and another for a team retreat (each ~4-5 days)
  • We want to have a major impact on raising the standard of trust online. To do this we believe in a focused approach, with company-wide objectives, and with each team member working on a single top priority at a time.
  • Our work philosophy is built upon empowered project management. All team members have opportunities to run projects.
  • All projects are run transparently, and we encourage everyone to participate in areas of interest throughout the company. Anyone and everyone can (and should) ask questions and offer feedback around the product and internal projects.
  • We try to exemplify our values (build trust, question assumptions, and validate direction) in everything we do.

About DuckDuckGo

DuckDuckGo is a general purpose search engine that doesn't track its users. Our privacy policy and our community driven "Instant Answers" have helped put us on the map as a default option in browsers like Apple Safari and Mozilla Firefox. We believe in real privacy, smarter search and less clutter. Try DuckDuckGo today!

Join us in raising the standard of trust online. At DuckDuckGo our mission is to be the world's most trusted search engine. We are a remote team with contributors from around the world, including the US, UK, Canada, Italy, Japan, and more.

We have a unique hiring process that includes contracting with us first to see if there is a good fit. We are happy to work through the process on a flexible timeline around your current schedule. To learn more about our hiring process and our internal culture click here and get started on your application below.

Joining our small team is a unique opportunity to work with others and make a significant impact. We are looking forward to hearing from you.