DoD SkillBridge Fellowship - Social and Community Specialist, People Brand

Social and Community Specialist

(DoD SkillBridge Fellowship)

Hungry, Humble, Honest, with Heart.

The Opportunity

Are you a storyteller or social media pro in uniform, ready to bring those skills to the civilian world? Through the DoD SkillBridge program, Nutanix is looking for a Social and Community Specialist to manage our Life at Nutanix social channels and employee advocacy hub, helping us amplify real stories about our people and our culture to the candidates and employees who matter most. Whether you have worked in public affairs, mass communications, or recruiting, this fellowship gives you hands-on experience across social media, community building, and employer brand.

You will help bring our employee community and culture to life and keep our voice consistent across channels, from LinkedIn and internal Slack to advocacy campaigns and culture moments.

About the Team

The People Brand team sits at the intersection of communications, culture, and brand, supporting both talent attraction and employee engagement strategies at Nutanix. We partner with Talent Acquisition, Culture, Internal Comms, Brand Marketing, and Development to build clear, creative, human-first messaging that helps people connect to our mission, values, and opportunities.

This role reports to the Senior Manager, Global People Brand, and supports a distributed global team that values creativity, consistency, and collaboration. We care deeply about mentoring people stepping into communications and marketing careers.

Your Role

• Manage the day-to-day engagement of the Life at Nutanix social channels, organic and paid, sharing real employee stories and culture content with candidates and employees.

• Run and improve our employee advocacy program in Bambu: keep great content flowing and get more employees sharing it.

• Grow and moderate the #LifeAtNutanix Slack community, and rally employees to amplify what matters.

• Plan, schedule, publish, and report across channels, keeping everything on brand and on voice.

• Track what is working, bring ideas to campaign brainstorms and comms reviews, and help shape our social and community strategy.

• Learn our tools (LinkedIn, Bambu, Slack, scheduling and reporting) and grow into owning the social and community function end to end.

Military Experience That Aligns

Ideal for service members with experience in:

• Public Affairs / Mass Communications (Army 46S, Navy MC, Air Force 3N0X2, Marine Corps COMMSTRAT / 4500 field, Coast Guard PA): running social media and command channels, telling your unit's story, and engaging internal and external audiences.

• Recruiting, marketing, or morale and community programs (for example, Army 79R and equivalents): audience outreach, event promotion, and building engaged communities.

• Any role where you ran social media, produced content, wrote newsletters or command messaging, or built and engaged a community.

What You Will Bring

• Strong writing and a clear, human voice.

• Comfort on social media and an eye for a good story.

• Organized and reliable across several projects and deadlines.

• Interest in employer brand, social, and community building.

• A quick-learner mentality, or existing familiarity with social and content tools.

• A collaborative, curious mindset and an interest in the tech industry.

• Eligibility for the DoD SkillBridge program as a transitioning U.S. service member.

Work Arrangement

• Hybrid, based in Durham, North Carolina.

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