The University of Chicago
Digital Media and Communications Manager
The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60290
Department
Make your application after reading the following skill and qualification requirements for this position.
DIV Divinity: Staff
About the Department
The Martin Marty Center for the Public Understanding of Religion builds on a longstanding conviction of the Divinity School that the best and most innovative scholarship in religion arises from sustained dialogue with the world beyond the academy. It contributes to this dialogue by offering scholarly perspectives on the religious questions facing the wider public, while encouraging faculty and students to situate their scholarly questions within a broader cultural frame of reference.The University of Chicago Divinity School is a space and a community dedicated to some of the most important, most exhilarating, and most humbling questions of humanity. The School is animated by two impulses seldom found together: by the critical study of religious traditions, objects, and ideas, and by the implications of those traditions and ideas for how faith might be practiced, life might be lived, and community might be realized. The conjunction of these approaches in a Divinity School situated at the very center of one of the world’s great research universities has produced many scholars, teachers, leaders, and ideas that have had a profound effect upon the possibilities for thinking about religion, and thereby a profound effect upon the world. Read more at https://divinity.uchicago.edu/.
Job Summary
The Digital Media and Communications Manager plays a crucial role in the work of the Martin Marty Center for the Public Understanding of Religion, particularly in the development and implementation of the Center’s communications and marketing strategies. Reporting to the Executive Director of the Marty Center and working closely with its Program Manager, the Digital Media and Communications Manager shapes the Center’s online identity. Primary responsibilities will include website maintenance, social media management, and event publicity. The Digital Media and Communications Manager also develops and oversees the Center’s multi-media projects, including its work in film and audio.ResponsibilitiesContributes to the Center’s overall research and programming agenda.
Provides input on and executes strategy for the Center’s online presence, including digital communications and platforms.
Manages all digital and social media assets. Associated responsibilities may include website development, routine website maintenance, written and visual publicity, compiling and analyzing relevant metrics based on established strategic goals.
Plans, develops, and produces audio/visual projects, working closely with staff, faculty, students, partners, and vendors.
Maintains knowledge of developments in subject matter related to the Center’s mission and goals (for example, understanding how religion is being discussed on public platforms, including in news and social media).
Manages outside vendors including website developers, video production, and graphic designers to ensure project scoping and timely completion.
Networks with other units at the University and represents the Center in communications and marketing-related arenas.
Networks with community organizations and journalists to build relationships and partnerships that advance the Center’s goals.
Plans, develops and disseminates information designed to keep the public informed of the organization's programs, accomplishments, or point of view, with moderate levels of guidance and direction.
Accomplishes assigned duties through two or more of the following: written communications; visual/graphic media, which may include Web site development and maintenance; avenues of digital communications and social media. The incumbent is still acquiring higher-level knowledge and skills.
Solves a range of straightforward problems, as work assignments are difficult and broad in nature, usually requiring originality and ingenuity. Manage digital and social media assets (including routine website maintenance); compiles and analyzes relevant metrics based on established strategic goals.
Continues to build knowledge of the University, processes, and customers.
Performs other related work as needed.
Minimum Qualifications
Education:
Minimum requirements include a college or university degree in related field.---Work Experience:
Minimum requirements include knowledge and skills developed through 2-5 years of work experience in a related job discipline.---Certifications:---Preferred Qualifications
Education:Master’s degree in humanities or social science.
Experience:Prior experience in communications or related field.
Experience with digital storytelling.
Previous experience in a university or similarly complex institution.
Technical Skills or Knowledge:Deep fluency and knowledge of digital communications best practices including accessibility, website development, social media, data maintenance, and email marketing.
Excellent communications skills required for the effective delivery of the Center’s vision, mission and brand.
Familiarity with website coding (HTML/CSS) and graphic design.
Proficiency with social media and CMS/CRM tools.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office.
Proficiency in video and audio editing and production.
Proficiency in production of marketing and communication materials.
Preferred CompetenciesExcellent written and verbal communications skills.
Resourcefulness, creativity, detail-orientation, and ability to work independently.
Effectively multi-task under deadlines, ask questions as necessary.
Work effectively and collaboratively across all levels of the organization.
A demonstrated ability to think creatively.
Ability to manage multiple details while adhering to a broader concept or purpose.
Application DocumentsResume (required)
Cover letter (required)
Writing sample (required)
When applying, the document(s)
MUST
be uploaded via the
My Experience
page, in the section titled
Application Documents
of the application.
Job Family
Communications
Role Impact
Individual Contributor
FLSA Status
Exempt
Pay Frequency
Monthly
Scheduled
Weekly Hours
37.5
Benefits Eligible
Yes
Drug Test Required
No
Health Screen Required
No
Motor Vehicle Record Inquiry Required
No
Posting Statement
The University of Chicago is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity/Disabled/Veterans and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, age, status as an individual with a disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, or other protected classes under the law. For additional information please see the University's Notice of Nondiscrimination.Staff Job seekers in need of a reasonable accommodation to complete the application process should call 773-702-5800 or submit a request via Applicant Inquiry Form.We seek a diverse pool of applicants who wish to join an academic community that places the highest value on rigorous inquiry and encourages a diversity of perspectives, experiences, groups of individuals, and ideas to inform and stimulate intellectual challenge, engagement, and exchange.All offers of employment are contingent upon a background check that includes a review of conviction history. A conviction does not automatically preclude University employment. Rather, the University considers conviction information on a case-by-case basis and assesses the nature of the offense, the circumstances surrounding it, the proximity in time of the conviction, and its relevance to the position.The University of Chicago's Annual Security & Fire Safety Report (Report) provides information about University offices and programs that provide safety support, crime and fire statistics, emergency response and communications plans, and other policies and information. The Report can be accessed online at: http://securityreport.uchicago.edu. Paper copies of the Report are available, upon request, from the University of Chicago Police Department, 850 E. 61st Street, Chicago, IL 60637.
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Make your application after reading the following skill and qualification requirements for this position.
DIV Divinity: Staff
About the Department
The Martin Marty Center for the Public Understanding of Religion builds on a longstanding conviction of the Divinity School that the best and most innovative scholarship in religion arises from sustained dialogue with the world beyond the academy. It contributes to this dialogue by offering scholarly perspectives on the religious questions facing the wider public, while encouraging faculty and students to situate their scholarly questions within a broader cultural frame of reference.The University of Chicago Divinity School is a space and a community dedicated to some of the most important, most exhilarating, and most humbling questions of humanity. The School is animated by two impulses seldom found together: by the critical study of religious traditions, objects, and ideas, and by the implications of those traditions and ideas for how faith might be practiced, life might be lived, and community might be realized. The conjunction of these approaches in a Divinity School situated at the very center of one of the world’s great research universities has produced many scholars, teachers, leaders, and ideas that have had a profound effect upon the possibilities for thinking about religion, and thereby a profound effect upon the world. Read more at https://divinity.uchicago.edu/.
Job Summary
The Digital Media and Communications Manager plays a crucial role in the work of the Martin Marty Center for the Public Understanding of Religion, particularly in the development and implementation of the Center’s communications and marketing strategies. Reporting to the Executive Director of the Marty Center and working closely with its Program Manager, the Digital Media and Communications Manager shapes the Center’s online identity. Primary responsibilities will include website maintenance, social media management, and event publicity. The Digital Media and Communications Manager also develops and oversees the Center’s multi-media projects, including its work in film and audio.ResponsibilitiesContributes to the Center’s overall research and programming agenda.
Provides input on and executes strategy for the Center’s online presence, including digital communications and platforms.
Manages all digital and social media assets. Associated responsibilities may include website development, routine website maintenance, written and visual publicity, compiling and analyzing relevant metrics based on established strategic goals.
Plans, develops, and produces audio/visual projects, working closely with staff, faculty, students, partners, and vendors.
Maintains knowledge of developments in subject matter related to the Center’s mission and goals (for example, understanding how religion is being discussed on public platforms, including in news and social media).
Manages outside vendors including website developers, video production, and graphic designers to ensure project scoping and timely completion.
Networks with other units at the University and represents the Center in communications and marketing-related arenas.
Networks with community organizations and journalists to build relationships and partnerships that advance the Center’s goals.
Plans, develops and disseminates information designed to keep the public informed of the organization's programs, accomplishments, or point of view, with moderate levels of guidance and direction.
Accomplishes assigned duties through two or more of the following: written communications; visual/graphic media, which may include Web site development and maintenance; avenues of digital communications and social media. The incumbent is still acquiring higher-level knowledge and skills.
Solves a range of straightforward problems, as work assignments are difficult and broad in nature, usually requiring originality and ingenuity. Manage digital and social media assets (including routine website maintenance); compiles and analyzes relevant metrics based on established strategic goals.
Continues to build knowledge of the University, processes, and customers.
Performs other related work as needed.
Minimum Qualifications
Education:
Minimum requirements include a college or university degree in related field.---Work Experience:
Minimum requirements include knowledge and skills developed through 2-5 years of work experience in a related job discipline.---Certifications:---Preferred Qualifications
Education:Master’s degree in humanities or social science.
Experience:Prior experience in communications or related field.
Experience with digital storytelling.
Previous experience in a university or similarly complex institution.
Technical Skills or Knowledge:Deep fluency and knowledge of digital communications best practices including accessibility, website development, social media, data maintenance, and email marketing.
Excellent communications skills required for the effective delivery of the Center’s vision, mission and brand.
Familiarity with website coding (HTML/CSS) and graphic design.
Proficiency with social media and CMS/CRM tools.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office.
Proficiency in video and audio editing and production.
Proficiency in production of marketing and communication materials.
Preferred CompetenciesExcellent written and verbal communications skills.
Resourcefulness, creativity, detail-orientation, and ability to work independently.
Effectively multi-task under deadlines, ask questions as necessary.
Work effectively and collaboratively across all levels of the organization.
A demonstrated ability to think creatively.
Ability to manage multiple details while adhering to a broader concept or purpose.
Application DocumentsResume (required)
Cover letter (required)
Writing sample (required)
When applying, the document(s)
MUST
be uploaded via the
My Experience
page, in the section titled
Application Documents
of the application.
Job Family
Communications
Role Impact
Individual Contributor
FLSA Status
Exempt
Pay Frequency
Monthly
Scheduled
Weekly Hours
37.5
Benefits Eligible
Yes
Drug Test Required
No
Health Screen Required
No
Motor Vehicle Record Inquiry Required
No
Posting Statement
The University of Chicago is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity/Disabled/Veterans and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, age, status as an individual with a disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, or other protected classes under the law. For additional information please see the University's Notice of Nondiscrimination.Staff Job seekers in need of a reasonable accommodation to complete the application process should call 773-702-5800 or submit a request via Applicant Inquiry Form.We seek a diverse pool of applicants who wish to join an academic community that places the highest value on rigorous inquiry and encourages a diversity of perspectives, experiences, groups of individuals, and ideas to inform and stimulate intellectual challenge, engagement, and exchange.All offers of employment are contingent upon a background check that includes a review of conviction history. A conviction does not automatically preclude University employment. Rather, the University considers conviction information on a case-by-case basis and assesses the nature of the offense, the circumstances surrounding it, the proximity in time of the conviction, and its relevance to the position.The University of Chicago's Annual Security & Fire Safety Report (Report) provides information about University offices and programs that provide safety support, crime and fire statistics, emergency response and communications plans, and other policies and information. The Report can be accessed online at: http://securityreport.uchicago.edu. Paper copies of the Report are available, upon request, from the University of Chicago Police Department, 850 E. 61st Street, Chicago, IL 60637.
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