Digital Content Producer

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill; Elkins Hills (NC); On-site; USD 48,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

University Communications and Marketing at UNC-Chapel Hill is seeking a digital content producer to create compelling online experiences that connect audiences with the university's stories and priorities. You will write website copy, produce newsletters, and coordinate visuals across sites, collaborating across teams.

The ideal candidate has strong editorial judgment, experience with WordPress or similar CMS, and a track record delivering content on tight deadlines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a discipline related to the area of assignment.
• Experience as a communications professional with strong written content.
• Wordpress and CMS experience.
• Strong written and oral communications; ability to build relationships.
• Experience writing feature stories on tight deadlines.
• Experience telling stories through video multimedia channels.

Responsibilities

• Create digital content for UNC-Chapel Hill websites and newsletters.
• Write engaging website copy and produce newsletters.
• Coordinate visuals across sites and across teams.
• Manage own projects independently while collaborating with colleagues.
• Support daily publishing needs for UNC.edu and related sites.

Skills

Strong written communication

Oral communication

Editorial judgment

Project coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

WordPress

Email service provider

Job description

Position Title

Public Comm Specialist - Journey

Primary Purpose of Organizational Unit

University Communications and Marketing protects and advances Carolina's reputation as the nation's first and best public research university. In partnership with leaders and colleagues across campus, the team is responsible for developing and implementing an integrated strategy to share the impact of our university's teaching, research and service that improves our state, nation and world. Areas within University Communications and Marketing include Web Planning and Production, Internal Communications, Development Marketing, Executive Communications, Strategic Communications, Marketing, Social Media, Creative Services, and the UNC Visitors Center.

Position Summary

UNC-Chapel Hill's University Communications and Marketing department is seeking a digital content producer to create compelling digital experiences that connect people with UNC-Chapel Hill's stories, resources and institutional priorities. This a perfect role for a curious communications professional who has experiencing sharing content across digital platforms and translating complex issues into digestible information that audiences will engage with. A member of the editorial and digital production team, this position combines editorial judgement, web production and audience strategy to ensure content is useful, engaging and accessible for its channel and intended audience. This person should be able to independently manage their own projects, but also be a strong collaborator who can work across teams to write engaging website copy, produce newsletters and identify ways to share visuals across sites. The digital content producer will work on a team that contributes to UNC.edu, The Well newsletter, giving.unc.edu and other University websites. Each producer will have a primary specialty while providing cross coverage for major initiatives, high-interest stories and daily publishing needs. The ideal candidate would have experience with a CMS (ideally WordPress) or email service provider. Experience with finding and developing written stories on deadline is a plus.

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements

Bachelor's degree in a discipline related to the area of assignment; or equivalent combination of training and experience. All degrees must be received from appropriately accredited institutions.

Management Preferences

• Must have experience as a communications professional with a strong background in producing compelling written content and have Wordpress and CMS experience.
• Must have strong written and oral communications skills and the ability to develop and maintain positive relationships across campus to best position the University according to its strategic goals.
• Must have experience writing feature stories on tight deadlines.
• Experience telling stories through video multimedia channels.

Salary

$48,000 - $52,000

Contract type

Full-time Permanent

Hours per week

40

Work Schedule

Monday-Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm

Work Location

CHAPEL HILL, NC