Editorial and Social Media Supervisor

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Job Description

Editorial and Social Media Supervisor

Do you thrive in helping student writers, editors, copyeditors, and creatives improve their craft and create stunning messages? Are you a gifted writer who loves communicating through the written word and developing communication strategies? Are you skilled in social media marketing and public relations campaigns?

The journalism and editing supervisor is responsible for supervising the production of professional media for the College of Humanities departments and organizations. This position makes you a key member of the Digital Media and Communications team (DMaC) of the College of Humanities. The ideal candidate will have training in commercial, journalistic, or feature writing with strong editing skills and is comfortable evaluating visual design. The candidate also will have experience leading teams and supervising content development, and will be skilled at social media content creation and messaging.

What you’ll do in this position:

• Collaborate closely with the DMaC manager and PR/design supervisor to assist in the strategy, planning, and development of DMaC messaging
• Supervise a team of student writers/editors who engage in investigative journalism, magazine publication, and digital content development
• Supervise a team of social media specialists to strategize and produce engaging, audience-focused social media content
• Ensure content maintains DMaC tone, voice, and style
• Supervise the planning, writing, and editing of the Humanities alumni magazine, a 36-page semiannual professional publication that has a circulation of 32,000 hardcopy and 20,000 electronic copies per issue
• Complete edits on stories, marketing materials, programs, and reports produced by students, faculty, staff, and alumni
• Meet and collaborate with faculty and administrative staff to create effective messages to publicize Humanities events and academic offerings

What qualifies you for this role:

Minimum education/experience required:

• Bachelor’s degree in journalism, communications, professional writing, English, publishing, or related field of study AND two years of work experience (part-time is acceptable)

Preferred:

• Master’s degree in journalism, communications, professional writing, English, publishing, or related field of study AND two years of professional experience

Skills, abilities, knowledge, licenses, certifications:

Required:

• Superior communication and writing skills
• Experience in teaching, mentoring, or training
• Capable of creating promotional materials that can be utilized in various platforms (print, web, and social media)
• Knowledge and ability to create multi-disciplinary digital campaigns that include organic social media, blogging, YouTube, and marketing
• Leadership skills in the execution of communication strategy
• Solid editorial skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to manage multiple projects
• Self-motivated and creative
• Collaborative work style

Preferred:

• Experience in magazine development with an emphasis on writing and editing
• InDesign experience laying out magazines
• Photoshop and Illustrator
• Portfolio management software such as Airtbale, Basecamp, Asana, etc.

Documents required at time of application:

Cover letter, resume, portfolio with 4 writing samples that show experience in short- and long-form writing, including one creative writing sample and one news story example, and 4 editing samples with explanations of your edits; 5 social media campaign samples created under your direction, with explanations of their effectivene