Hybrid Digital Communications & Content Specialist

Cornell Tech; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 70,458 - 78,356; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work option

Benefits package

Job summary

Cornell Tech is hiring a Digital Communications Specialist to highlight faculty excellence and student achievements globally. You will lead digital content creation, manage assets, and coordinate across social, web, and email channels with a lean team.

The role includes overseeing brand consistency and managing vendor relationships. The position requires a Bachelor’s degree with 2–4 years in communications, design, or project management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field with 2–4 years in communications, design, project management, digital asset management.
• Highly proactive, organized, efficient, detail‑oriented, able to follow detailed instruction.
• Proven ability to multitask successfully and meet deadlines.
• Proven ability to lead meetings with colleagues and external vendors.
• Exceptional writing, communication, and visual communication skills.
• Experience with Basecamp or similar project‑management tools.
• Proficiency with Sprout Social or comparable social‑media management and analytics platforms.
• Experience with Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Premiere, Bridge, Acrobat, InDesign, Illustrator).
• Experience with MailChimp or similar newsletter‑management tools.
• Experience managing content in a CMS.
• Self‑driven, capable of taking ownership of tasks and delivering.
• Excellent organizational skills and meticulous attention to detail.
• Ability to cultivate inclusive working relationships with students, faculty, staff, and community.

Responsibilities

• Project management – collaborate across campus to plan and execute digital communications across social media, web, email newsletters, campus monitors, and slide presentations; manage relationships with vendors.
• Digital content creation – strategize, draft, publish photo, video, and written content for events, programs, and initiatives across Cornell Tech’s channels; draft briefs and campaigns.
• Digital asset management – create assets using Adobe, Mailchimp, Figma; publish content to Sprout Social, YouTube, Mailchimp; manage asset library.
• Promotional assistance – write social posts, create ads/materials, pull analytics, analyze trends, monitor conversations, present recommendations to improve performance.
• Website management – maintain key sections of the Cornell Tech site; copyediting, page building; train colleagues on WordPress; collaborate with external dev team.
• Brand stewardship – advise on brand, fulfill asset requests, maintain web presence, review content for style and messaging consistency.
• Administration – oversee P‑card usage, receipts, vendor contracts; learn multiple programs to train colleagues.
• Other duties as assigned and complete required trainings.

Skills

Communication

Project management

Content creation

Editorial coordination

Social media management

CMS management

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Basecamp

Sprout Social

Adobe Creative Suite

MailChimp

WordPress

CMS

Job description

Cornell Tech is hiring a Digital Communications Specialist to highlight faculty excellence and student achievements globally. You will lead digital content creation, manage assets, and coordinate across social, web, and email channels with a lean team.

The role includes overseeing brand consistency and managing vendor relationships. The position requires a Bachelor’s degree with 2–4 years in communications, design, or project management.