Social & Digital Communications Associate

Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan; Detroit (MI); On-site; USD 57,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

20 days vacation

5 personal days

11 holidays

9 sick days

Parental leave

Disability coverage

Pension after 1 year

Job summary

The Communications Associate at Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan leads day-to-day digital communications and marketing efforts in Detroit, contributing to donor engagement and campaign visibility across social, email, and website channels.

The role is hands-on, supports brand and campaign strategies, and requires 2–4 years of experience in social media content, digital communications, and content production. On-site work in southeast Michigan is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required in communications, marketing, PR, journalism, English or related field.
• 2–4 years of professional experience with social media, digital communications, marketing and content production.
• Demonstrated writing and editing ability for digital audiences; work samples available on request.
• Hands-on experience managing organizational social media accounts with scheduling and community management.
• Experience building and deploying email campaigns in a marketing platform.
• Experience updating websites via a CMS.
• Working knowledge of digital analytics and ability to summarize performance for non-technical audiences.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and virtual meeting platforms.
• Ability to collaborate across departments and manage competing publishing deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Draft, schedule, and publish content across social channels per editorial calendar and brand voice.
• Monitor comments and messages daily; escalate time-sensitive items.
• Build, test, and deploy digital newsletters and email campaigns; coordinate with internal teams.
• Make routine updates to cfsem.org and intranet via CMS; flag issues for Brand and Marketing Officer.
• Write and edit short-form digital copy and adapt long-form content for digital channels.
• Support giving campaigns with content production, scheduling, and asset coordination.
• Compile recurring analytics for web, email, social, and paid performance; provide summaries.

Skills

Social media

Digital analytics

Content writing

Email campaigns

CMS / WordPress

Team collaboration

MS Office

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in communications, marketing, public relations, journalism, English

Tools

WordPress

Job description

The Communications Associate at Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan leads day-to-day digital communications and marketing efforts in Detroit, contributing to donor engagement and campaign visibility across social, email, and website channels.

The role is hands-on, supports brand and campaign strategies, and requires 2–4 years of experience in social media content, digital communications, and content production. On-site work in southeast Michigan is expected.