Digital Media Specialist
- Employer
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Location
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Salary
- Salary Not Specified
- Date posted
- Mar 14, 2023
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About the role
Do you enjoy making technical information accessible by creating content that grabs people’s attention, making them want to learn more about what they see online? Do you rise to the challenge of making high-level concepts and research accessible and inviting to consumers? Would you like to work with leaders in the fields of software engineering, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence engineering on projects that matter to the Department of Defense, government agencies, and private industry?
We’re looking for a digital media specialist who is a strong writer and editor with experience in social media engagement on social platforms (specifically LinkedIn, YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram), familiarity with SEO, and knowledge in the branded content digital space. This person will help strategize, design and execute, and analyze digital campaigns for our organization. This digital media specialist will work with the communications team to create and edit new and innovative videos, photographs, and written content for our work and our trade shows to elevate our brand via content campaigns.
What you’ll do
- Coordinate campaign details with multiple internal teams to
ensure campaign execution is aligned with client needs and shared
in a timely manner.
- Create branded content social posts across multiple markets and
papers.
- Ensure social post content adheres to social media guidelines,
best practices, and is error free.
- Coordinate with teams to provide insight if changes are needed.
Write new copy using search engine optimization basics, edit, or
reinterpret as needed.
- Organize multiple posts and campaigns within internal campaign
platform.
- Communicate social post schedule and needs with internal
teams.
- Help create content for our social campaigns for
platforms.
- Develop content for internal communications and outreach,
including content aligned with our diversity, equity, and inclusion
initiatives.
- Stay up to date with latest social media technology, analytics,
and best practices.
- Bachelors degree in a communication-related field and
experience with online communication.
- 3-5 years experience in social media.
- Experience working in a team environment.
- Willingness to travel to various locations to support the SEI’s
overall mission. This includes within the SEI and CMU
community.
- You will be subject to a background check and must be eligible
to work in the United States without Visa sponsorship.
- Ability to write, copyedit, and proofread online content and
print documents and to conform to a style guide. Superior written
and oral communication skills.
- Strong work ethic and a desire to learn
- Understanding of web functions and standards, especially with
respect to podcasts, video and social media sharing (Facebook,
Twitter, LinkedIn)
- The ability to edit and rewrite content from other one sources
to another (and understand how to change the tone and length of the
content for each context).
- Strong copyediting, proofreading, and web publishing
skills.
- Ability to handle multiple tasks, respond to shifting
priorities, and pay careful attention to details.
- Ability to work in a team environment with technical experts,
professional writers, and administrative assistants.
- Education/Training: Master’s degree in a marketing or
communications related field.
- At least 5-8 years of experience working with digital content
and utilizing social media platforms
- Experience with Google Analytics and using SEO to improve
visibility of online content.
- Expertise in technical communication principles and English
usage.
The SEI helps advance software engineering principles and practices and serves as a national resource in software engineering, computer security, and process improvement. The SEI works closely with defense and government organizations, industry, and academia to continually improve software-intensive systems. Our core purpose is to help organizations improve software engineering capabilities and develop or acquire the right software, defect free, within budget and on time, every time.
The Strategic Communications Team informs the structure of the communication channels and helps the SEI’s technical staff inform our sponsor and the public about the research, methods, products, and services developed at the SEI while maintaining the consistency of the SEI brand.
Our benefits
Our benefits philosophy encompasses three driving priorities: choice, control, and well-being . Through Carnegie Mellon University, the SEI offers a wide range of competitive employee benefits to help you live well, including comprehensive health insurance, tuition benefits, and a generous PTO and retirement savings policy to name a few.
To learn more, visit these resources:
- Why Carnegie Mellon to learn more about
becoming part of an institution inspiring innovations that change
the world.
- Benefits at Glance to get a listing of
all employee benefits.
- Staff Member Benefits to get detailed
information about benefits for employees who are not faculty.
- Work with experts doing cutting-edge research to solve tough
problems for the government and the nation.
- Get an 8% monthly contribution for your retirement plan,
without having to contribute yourself.
- Get tuition benefits to attend classes at CMU for you and your
dependent children.
- Enjoy a healthy work/life balance with a flexible work
arrangement.
- Get access to university resources including campus fitness
facilities, mindfulness programs, child care, free transportation
on the Port Authority Transit System, and more.
- Enjoy annual professional development opportunities to attend
conferences and training or obtain a certification.
- Get relocation assistance.
Location
Pittsburgh, PA
Job Function
Marketing
Position Type
Staff – Regular
Full time/Part time
Full time
Pay Basis
Salary More Information:
- Please visit “ Why Carnegie
Mellon ” to learn more about becoming part of an
institution inspiring innovations that change the world.
- Click here to view
a listing of employee benefits
- Carnegie Mellon University is an Equal Opportunity
Employer/Disability/Veteran .
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Statement of Assurance
Company
Carnegie Mellon University challenges the curious and passionate to imagine and deliver work that matters.
A private, global research university, Carnegie Mellon stands among the world's most renowned educational institutions, and sets its own course. Start the journey here.
Over the past 10 years, more than 400 startups linked to CMU have raised more than $7 billion in follow-on funding. Those investment numbers are especially high because of the sheer size of Pittsburgh’s growing autonomous vehicles cluster – including Uber, Aurora, Waymo and Motional – all of which are here because of their strong ties to CMU.
With cutting-edge brain science, path-breaking performances, innovative startups, driverless cars, big data, big ambitions, Nobel and Turing prizes, hands-on learning, and a whole lot of robots, CMU doesn't imagine the future, we create it.
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