Digital Specialist

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Title 

Digital Specialist 

Position Description 

The RAND Office of Communications and External Affairs (CEA) has an exciting opportunity in its Research Editorial & Production group for a digital production professional to support RAND’s mission to help improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis. 

As part of the Digital Production team, the Digital Specialist will post PDF and digital research content on RAND’s website and execute other digital production tasks in support of RAND’s communications and outreach goals. Primary duties include the following: 

• Prepare documents, digital content, and digital assets for posting to rand.org, including optimizing PDF documents and maintaining assets and metadata in the content management system. 

• Maintain the schedule for posting research documents and assets and coordinate with CEA colleagues on product rollouts. 

• Prepare and send HTML emails. 

• Work with digital designers, research editors, and front-end developers on page layout and coding for digital research content. 

• Respond to site visitor requests for support or site information. 

• Assist with other digital content management tasks. 

In all these activities, a successful Digital Specialist must work collaboratively and effectively with colleagues in CEA and the broader RAND organization to promote RAND standards for high-quality and objective research communications. 

Qualifications 

Required 

• Interest in and facility with new and innovative digital technologies. 

• Attention to detail and a proven track record of successful multitasking. 

• Good verbal and written communication skills. 

• Command of Mac and Windows operating systems. 

• Proven knowledge of HTML and CSS. 

• Experience with Acrobat, Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, or related design software. 

• Experience using content management systems. 

Preferred 

• Working knowledge of Adobe Experience Manager and Workfront. 

• Experience developing digital or PDF content according to best practices for accessibility. 

Education Requirements 

An associate’s degree is required for this position; a bachelor’s degree is preferred.