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Digital Communications Specialist, Cornell Tech (NYC)
New York City (Cornell Tech) · Contract
No sponsorship$70k-$78kDetected 12 days ago
Computer VisionFigmaPhotoshopIllustratorAdobe Creative SuiteInDesignProject ManagementSocial Media MarketingHRISPremiere ProWordPressPhotographyResearchLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationPublic SpeakingOrganizational Skills
About the role
- As an employer, we value staff who are agile, ambitious, creative, curious, and eager to innovate.
- For many of the job duties the incumbent engages in self-directed work and has ownership over process and execution.
- Successful candidates will need to have and display the following competencies as part of this role:
Responsibilities
- Proven ability to lead meetings with colleagues and external vendors.
- Project management: Collaborate across campus to plan and execute digital communications across social media, web, email newsletters, campus monitors, and slide presentations, and to produce branded collateral and merchandise.
- Work with the Communications and Marketing team to manage relationships and provide logistical support and editorial guidance to external vendors, including freelance photographers, videographers, writers, and web developers.
- Collaborate with external vendors and draft multimedia briefs, social media campaigns, video concepts, and photography shot lists.
- Digital asset management: Create digital assets using Adobe, Mailchimp, Figma, and other apps. Publish content on Sprout Social, YouTube, Mailchimp, and tech.cornell.edu. Edit, organize, and manage the digital asset library. 15%
- Website management: Manage and maintain key sections of the Cornell Tech website and related sites, and engage in copyediting, page-building, troubleshooting, training colleagues on WordPress, and collaborating with Cornell Tech's external web development team.
- Brand stewardship: Advise constituents on the Cornell Tech brand, fulfill asset requests, create and distribute campus merchandise, maintain the brand's web presence, manage licensing via the Exemplar portal, and review content for style and messaging consistency.
- Administration: Oversee the team's P-card usage, submit receipts, and collaborate with the Finance team to create and manage vendor contracts.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in relevant field and 2 to 4 years of experience in communications, design, project management, digital asset management.
- Proven ability to multitask successfully and meet deadlines
- Experience with Basecamps or similar project management tools.
- Proficiency with Sprout Social or comparable social media management and analytics platforms.
- Experience with Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Premiere, Bridge, Acrobat, InDesign, and Illustrator).
- Experience with MailChimp or similar newsletter management tools.
- Experience managing content in a CMS.
- Please read the required Notice to Applicants statement by clicking here.
- Completion of any university required compliance trainings.
Nice to have
- Working knowledge of AP Style.
- Experience with Wordpress.
- Experience with Figma, Exemplar Licensing Appspace, Localist, Sprout Social.
- Experience training colleagues in procedures, programs, and systems.
- Culture of Inclusion and Community Standards
- As a member of the Cornell University community, it is important to recog nize our shared responsibility to each other to cultivate a culture of inclusion for all.
- Cornell Core values
- While position responsibilities vary greatly, the Skills for Success and Leadership Skills for Success are foundational to what is expected of every employee and leader working at Cornell.
Skills
- Prior relevant work or industry experience
- Education level to the extent education is relevant to the position
- Unique applicable skills
- Academic Discipline
Compensation
- $70,458 to $78,356
- $66,300.00 - $93,269.00
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- Noted pay ranges reflect the potential pay opportunity for each job profile.
- The hiring rate of pay for the successful candidate will be determined considering the following criteria:
- The hiring rate of pay for the successful candidate will be determined in accordance with the rates in the respective collective bargaining agreement.
Company info
- Contact Name:
- Menasha Joseph Seeraj
- Contact Email:
- maj95@cornell.edu
- Job Titles and Pay Ranges:
- Non-Union Positions
- Noted pay ranges reflect the potential pay opportunity for each job profile.
- The hiring rate of pay for the successful candidate will be determined considering the following criteria:
- To learn more about Cornell's non-union staff job titles and pay ranges, see Career Navigator.
- Union Positions
- The hiring rate of pay for the successful candidate will be determined in accordance with the rates in the respective collective bargaining agreement.
- To learn more about Cornell's union wages, see Union Pay Rates.
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Equal opportunity
- Cornell University embraces diversity in its workforce and seeks job candidates who will contribute to a climate that supports students, faculty, and staff of all identities and backgrounds.
- We hire based on merit, and encourage people from historically underrepresented and/or marginalized identities to apply.
- Cornell welcomes students, faculty, and staff with diverse backgrounds from across the globe to pursue world-class education and career opportunities, to further the founding principle of "... any person... any study." No person shall be denied employment on the basis of any legally protected status or subjected to prohibited discrimination involving, but not limited to, such factors as race, ethnic or national origin, citizenship and immigration status, color, sex, pregnancy or pregnancy-related conditions, age, creed, religion, actual or perceived disability (including persons associated with such a person), arrest and/or conviction record, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender expression and/or identity, an individual's genetic information, domestic violence victim status, familial status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
- Consistent with federal law, Cornell engages in affirmative action in employment for qualified protected veterans as defined in the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) and qualified individuals with disabilities under Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.
Visa & Work Authorization
- Add Visa sponsorship is not available.
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