About the George Lucas Educational Foundation
Founded by filmmaker George Lucas in 1991, the George Lucas Educational Foundation (GLEF) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to transforming pre-K-12 education so all students can thrive in their studies, careers, and adult lives. As a part of GLEF, Edutopia is a solutions-based media organization finding and telling the stories of what works in prek-12 schools across the world–its website, newsletters, and social media channels reach millions of educators every month, highlighting research-backed strategies and real-world examples they can use immediately. We've built a vibrant, positive, highly engaged community of educators committed to improving learning outcomes for all students.
Our mission-driven team values collaboration, continuous improvement, and transformative storytelling. As a fully remote organization, we foster an inclusive environment where innovation thrives and every team member is empowered to drive meaningful educational change.
The Opportunity
Edutopia, part of the George Lucas Educational Foundation (GLEF), has carved out a distinctive reputation in the education media landscape through a community-first mindset and strong cross-team collaboration between our editorial, marketing and community, and product teams. We’re now seeking a Community Engagement Strategist to join us in the next chapter of this journey.
This is a groundbreaking new role at the intersection of community engagement, editorial storytelling, and digital innovation. You'll identify and use cutting-edge tools (such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Sora, Canva Magic Studio, Diffit, etc.) and emerging distribution channels (internal message boards, new social platforms, virtual events, outbound notifications) to curate and create engaging content and experiences with and for educators. Working closely with our editorial, community, and design teams, you’ll develop stories and content extensions like quizzes, downloadable charts, provocative questions, and usable classroom materials by “listening in” as educators write, converse, and engage on Edutopia’s website and social channels. You’ll be obsessive about our audience’s engagement with the content you develop, using data and user feedback to ensure that everything we produce is compelling, useful, meets our editorial standards, and aligns with our broader mission.
You may be a great fit if a lot of this list is true about you:
Content strategy & co-creation:
Community engagement & cultivation:
Work Environment and Requirements
This is a remote position based in the United States, requiring a dedicated home office workspace with reliable high-speed internet and standard office equipment. For tax and compliance purposes, employees must maintain a primary residence and work location in a single U.S. state. The position requires effective coordination with remote team members across time zones. Mandatory travel is required for periodic team gatherings and organizational meetings, plus other occasional domestic travel up to 10–15%. The position requires prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
Eligibility Requirements
This position is open only to individuals legally authorized to work in the United States who will be W-2 employees. We are not accepting applications from staffing agencies, consulting firms, or third-party recruiters. Candidates must be able to work as direct, full-time employees of the organization.
Salary range: $65,000–$85,000 with exact salary depending on experience, skills, geographic location, performance, and business needs.
Employees receive a generous benefits package, including three weeks of paid time off (and the workdays between Christmas Day and New Year's Day are also paid holidays), comprehensive health/vision/dental insurance, an employer match of up to 6% of salary for your retirement fund (vested immediately), and an annual professional development stipend.
The George Lucas Educational Foundation is an equal opportunity employer. We strongly encourage and welcome all people to apply, as applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, or veteran or military status.