Content Manager - STEM Stories & Editorial Strategy

Nashville Public Radio; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Drexel University in University City, Philadelphia, seeks a Content Manager to plan, develop, edit, and distribute high-quality content supporting engineering communications and audience engagement.

The Manager serves as the college's primary writer and editor across digital, print, and multimedia, translating STEM topics for diverse audiences and coordinating with faculty, students, alumni, and researchers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in communications, English, journalism, marketing, technical writing, or related field.
• 4 to 6 years of professional writing, editing, and content creation experience.
• STEM storytelling: interview researchers, scientists, or engineers and translate complex topics into clear narratives.
• Multi-channel delivery: experience writing and editing digital feature stories, newsletters, web copy, magazines, and social media content.
• Editorial knowledge: advanced editing with university style guides.
• Project management: capable of handling high-volume content deadlines in a shared-services environment.
• Collaboration: strong interpersonal skills with diverse groups including faculty, alumni, students, and administrators.

Responsibilities

• Research, write, edit, and publish articles, feature stories, newsletters, reports, web content, and marketing materials.
• Interview faculty, students, alumni, researchers, and industry partners.
• Translate technical and academic subject matter for diverse audiences.
• Develop content to support research visibility, faculty recognition, community engagement, advancement, and reputation-building.
• Maintain content calendars and manage editorial workflows.
• Review and edit content submitted by contributors.
• Coordinate with University Marketing to ensure brand consistency and accuracy.
• Develop web content and update digital assets.
• Support newsletters and email communications.
• Coordinate with marketing technology staff to optimize content performance and search visibility.

Skills

STEM storytelling

Multi-Channel Delivery

Editorial knowledge

Project management

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Communications, English, Journalism, Marketing, Technical Writing, or related field

Tools

Content Management Systems

Enterprise email marketing platforms

Job description

Drexel University in University City, Philadelphia, seeks a Content Manager to plan, develop, edit, and distribute high-quality content supporting engineering communications and audience engagement.

The Manager serves as the college's primary writer and editor across digital, print, and multimedia, translating STEM topics for diverse audiences and coordinating with faculty, students, alumni, and researchers.