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Digital Media Specialist

Washington, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 5 Sept 2024

💰 $74,000/yr($67,000/yr – $74,000/yr)

About the role

DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFEPOSITION DESCRIPTION JOB TITLE: Digital Media SpecialistCLASSIFICATION: Professional 3SALARY: $67,000 - $74,000 FLSA: ExemptDEPARTMENT: Integrated MarketingLOCATION: Washington, DCREPORTS TO: Director of MarketingNUMBER OF DIRECT AND INDIRECT REPORT(S): 0 LAST REVISED: June 2024 POSITION SUMMARYThe Digital Media Specialist is charged with creating and managing content on defenders.org and Defenders’ social channels to ensure seamless and engaging experience for a variety of audiences. The Digital Media Specialist will be a creative and strategic thinker who helps drive engagement and action regardless of medium. This position will develop templates, graphic images, banners, reports and invitations as requested for the purposes of brand awareness, external engagement, advocacy and fundraising. Reporting to the Director of Marketing, the Digital Media Specialist is an integral team player who will work with all departments within Defenders. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Create digital content including invitations, PPTs, graphic images, infographics, social quotes, brochures, one pagers, videos (including TikToks, Meta Reels, YouTube shorts), etc.
Post social media content natively and through our social media scheduling platform.
Support needs for collateral pieces, advocacy tool kits and editorial content planning, managing timelines, working cross-departmentally on scheduling and promotion.
Provide assistance on storytelling to staff, guest authors, and stakeholders in support of Defenders’ external affairs and brand awareness endeavors.
Coordinate with the Director of Marketing to track performance of defenders.org website pages and social media accounts; provide regular updates on analytics and trends in support of content strategy.
Regularly review websites of other organizations (nonprofit and commercial) to identify emerging trends and best practices, use this intel to help strategize new content for website, plan layout and execute formatting.
Perform all other work-related duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONSEducation: Bachelor’s (B.A./B.S.) degree or equivalent Experience: 4 years of relevant experience. An equivalent combination of education and experience may be accepted as a satisfactory substitute for the specific education and experience listed above.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities for All Defenders

https://defenders.org/knowledge-skills-and-abilities Knowledge, Skills, Abilities for Professional 3 Administrative

Ability to accurately maintain electronic and physical records
Anticipate and meet the needs of internal and/or external stakeholders delivering excellent service

Communication

Ability to clearly and accurately communicate with internal and external stakeholders
Ability to articulate complex ideas clearly, accurately and concisely
Ability to convey effective messages to broad and diverse constituencies
Ability and willingness to effectively represent Defenders’ interests in external environments
Ability to exert influence and build consensus with internal and external stakeholders

Critical Thinking

Ability to handle sensitive and confidential matters with discretion
Strong research and data analysis skills, including ability to gather and synthesize information from multiple sources to produce high quality work products in a consistent, efficient, accurate, and timely manner
Creative problem-solving and troubleshooting skills with willingness to experiment and innovate new methods.
Facilitate and promote the integration of diversity, equity, and inclusion strategies into Defenders’ work.

Project Management

Ability to work well under pressure and tight deadlines while balancing competing assignments
Ability to remain flexible and adaptable to shifting priorities while r