RAND Corporation is hiring: Digital Producer II in Pittsburgh

Job Type:
Regular

Digital Producer II

Position Description

The RAND office of Communications and External Affairs (CEA) has an exciting opportunity in its Research Editiorial and Production group for a mid-career digital communications professional to support RAND's mission to help improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis.

Working within the Digital Production team and with the Manager, Digital Production, the Digital Producer will create and maintain digital and web content in support of RAND's communications and outreach goals. Primary duties include the following:

• Creates and manages webpages in coordination with internal clients, ensuring accuracy of content, structure, and navigation.

• Collaborates with digital project teams to estimate and build complex digital assets and support web-based tools, ensuring adherence with budget, schedule, and design standards.

• Advises research teams on options, appropriate digital assets and tactics to achieve outreach goals, provides estimates for proposed work.

• Draft, edit, and post web-optimized short-form content in compliance with RAND policies and editorial standards.

• Creates email campaigns in support of client outreach goals and for promotion of events.

• Develops and implements social media campaigns in close coordination with the social media manager.

All these activities require the ability to work collaboratively and effectively with colleagues in OEA and the broader RAND organization to promote RAND's standards for high-quality and objective research communications.

Qualifications

Required

• Prior experience in creating and maintaining digital communications content.

• Demonstrated knowledge of HTML and CSS, content management systems, and image editing tools.

• Familiarity with digital best practices, including search engine optimization, code validation, accessibility, and writing for the web.

• Strong project management skills.

• Ability to manage multiple projects, take initiative, and learn new skills and software.

• Strong writing, communication, and content creation skills.

Preferred

• Working knowledge of Adobe Experience Manager, Adobe Creative Suite (particularly Adobe Acrobat Pro and Photoshop), Workfront, Salesforce, and Predictive Response.

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

• Background in writing for the web, particularly in science or research communication.

• Experience in project management and leading cross-disciplinary teams.

Education Requirements

A bachelor's degree is required for this position.

Experience

Three to five years of relevant experience.

Location

This position will be located at one of the following RAND offices: Arlington, Va.; Pittsburgh, Pa,; Boston, Ma.; or Santa Monica, Calif. This position is eligible for RAND's hybrid work environment, which enables a blend of on-site and remote work. Some onsite presence will be required to meet business needs, including on an ad-hoc basis; onsite needs will vary from month to month.

Special Note

A portfolio of relevant work that speaks to the ability to create digital and web content must be included with the application.

Salary Range

$73,700 - $121,300

RAND considers a variety of factors when formulating an offer, including but not limited to, the specific role and associated responsibilities; a candidate's work experience, education/training, skills, expertise; and internal equity. The salary range includes base pay plus RAND's sabbatic pay (which provides additional compensation above base pay when vacation is taken). In addition, RAND provides strong benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, paid time-off and more.

Equal Opportunity Employer: race/color/religion/sex/sexual orientation/gender identity/national origin/disability/vet