Digital Media Manager

Olney Theatre Center; Olney; On-site; GBP 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional arts organization in the United Kingdom is seeking a Digital Media Manager to enhance their online presence. The successful candidate will create and coordinate digital content across various platforms and engage new audiences. Responsibilities include managing the website, optimizing email campaigns, and innovating on social media. A strong background in digital media with relevant experience and proficiency in tools like Adobe software is essential. Competitive salary and benefits package offered.

Benefits

Medical and life insurance options

10 annual leave days

403b Retirement Account

Qualifications

• Minimum 1–3 years of experience in digital media, preferably for the arts.
• Experience creating videos, must submit demo reel or samples.
• Ability to adopt and cultivate organizational voice.

Responsibilities

• Create and supervise online messaging through various platforms.
• Maintain Olney Theatre’s website with regular updates.
• Drive innovation on social platforms and report on campaign effectiveness.

Skills

Video creation

Social media strategy

Content management systems

Adobe software proficiency

Project management

Collaboration

Education

1–3 years of experience in digital media

Tools

Adobe InDesign

Adobe Illustrator

Photoshop

Final Cut Pro

Job description

Job Title: Digital Media Manager
Department: Marketing and Communications
Reports To: Director of Marketing and Communications

Position Summary

Olney Theatre Center for the Arts, one of the DMV’s most exciting theater companies, is seeking a Digital Media Manager to tell our story online. Olney Theatre Center for the Arts produces and curates theatrical performances for the diverse audiences in our community, and educates, learns from, supports, and inspires a more inclusive generation of theater-makers. We are seeking a Digital Media Manager to create and coordinate online messaging through our website, app, and social media accounts. The successful candidate will join an award‑winning regional theatre that emphasizes artistic rigor, prioritizes equity, diversity, inclusion, and access; and places collaboration at the center of our work.

Responsibilities

As a part of a welcoming and creative organization, you will:

• Tell the story of Olney Theatre Center through online content in ways that attract new audiences and deepen the connection with existing audiences.
• Create, maintain, and supervise the execution of a social media calendar that balances marketing and sales priorities with community engagement and keeps a consistent organizational voice. Respond to comments, tags, and messages.
• Create additional digital content for Olney Theatre’s different operations including advancement, community engagement, special events, company management, education, and others. You will also be central to the important storytelling of Olney Theatre’s capital campaign: Staging the Future, A Campaign to Transform Olney Theatre Center, as well as other similar projects.
• Maintain Olney Theatre’s website with regular updates and keep all pages current.
• Create and optimize Olney Theatre Center’s email campaigns to promote current and upcoming performances, educational programs, and fundraising objectives.
• Drive Olney to innovate on existing and emerging social platforms and be able to enhance the Theatre’s unique POV on each.
• Coordinate with contracted videographers for B‑roll and archival recordings. Maintain a library of B‑roll and distribute as necessary.
• Report on the effectiveness of social media campaigns using monitoring services and platform‑generated results.

Requirements

• Experience creating videos from 3 seconds to 2 minutes in length. Must submit a demo reel or links to at least 3 work samples.
• An Instagram or TikTok account that communicates your personal narrative through visuals that are clever, composed and appealing.
• Familiarity with website content management systems using a WYSIWYG editor. Knowledge of html and CSS is a plus.
• A list of arts organizations or companies that you think are creating the most compelling content on Social Media and the ambition to compete with the best of them.
• The ability to adopt and cultivate Olney Theatre Center's organizational voice, which is friendly, rigorous in its artistry, and accessible.
• The desire to work collaboratively, around creative people who treat each other with respect and professionalism.
• An ability to carry out a concept from start to completion, on your own, and as a coordinator of talent and technical staff.
• A proven ability to meet deadlines.
• A talent for juggling multiple creative projects and switching easily between decisions for each.
• Exceptional computer skills. Competent knowledge of the following software applications is desired: Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Final Cut Pro (or other video editing software). Experience with Wordfly, MailChimp, Constant Contact or similar email program.
• Requires 1–3 years of experience in digital media, preferably for the arts or a similar non‑profit/mission‑based organization. A BA/BFA degree is not required, but useful.

Salary, Benefits, and Start date

Annual salary: $50,000
Preferred start date: February 2, 2026.
Benefits: Medical and Life Insurance with options to add Dental, Vision, and Disability Insurance as well as an FSA and 403b Retirement Account.
Time Off: 10 days of annual leave (with opportunity to accrue more after 5 years at the organization), 5 personal days, and accrued sick days in addition to designated administrative holidays.

To Apply

Please submit your resume and cover letter, a demo reel or links to at least 3 work samples, to [e-mail] before January 11, 2026.

About Olney Theatre Center

Founded in 1938, Olney Theatre Center produces world and American premieres of plays and musical revivals; presents the work of leading companies and artists; tours nationally and locally; teaches students of all ages; and mentors a more inclusive generation of theatremakers. For more than 8 decades, OTC has brought impactful theatre performance and education to our community, helping to grow the vibrancy and vitality of our home in the Baltimore/Washington, DC metropolitan region. For more information visit olneytheatre.org/about-us.