Massachusetts Institute of Technology — Senior Manager, Content and Communications
Filed in Professional on February 9, 2023
The Abdul Latif Jameel World Education Lab (J-WEL) at MIT seeks a senior manager of content and communications to use expertise in the design, development, and dissemination of content to reach educators and decision-makers across the world. Responsibilities include collaborating on setting content strategy and executing key elements; creating new content; designing content creation schedule and aligning with events/opportunities; participating in website relaunch; developing annual reports and outreach materials; brand management; overseeing the development of presentation materials and other integrated communications resources; designing and running communications campaigns; managing the communications budget; determining objectives and success metrics; developing methods for collecting feedback; overseeing and supporting events design; and other duties as assigned.
A full job description is available here.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field
- Four years’ experience overseeing communications and content creation functions
- Experience managing staff and engagements with external partners/agencies
- Proficiency with MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), Google suite, Acrobat, Adobe Creative Suite,
- Canva or other tools for graphical design, MailChimp or other newsletter tools, and communication and collaboration tools/platforms (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, WordPress, etc.)
- Knowledge of web, video, and audio platforms
- Ability to quickly adapt to new communications technologies
- Excellent interpersonal skills, including ability to collaborate effectively with a range of people at all levels and represent J-WEL to outside parties and media
- Flexibility
- Excellent organizational, proofreading, and verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to manage multiple requests simultaneously
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master’s degree in a related field
- Journalism, content marketing, or other professional communications writing experience
- Proficiency with Salesforce or similar CRM or databases
- Knowledge of HTML, CSS, and web content management and analytic tools (Drupal, WordPress, Google Analytics)
- Familiarity with financial, administrative, and operational approaches in higher education
Must be able to work occasional evenings and early mornings for special events.
Interested candidates may apply online at https://hr.mit.edu/careers. Please reference job number 22325.
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