• Create and/or produce original and adaptive material for various media channels and participate in all details related to production.

• Gather assets, write, edit, produce, and manage digital content projects and platforms.

• Populate and manage editorial calendar, develop complex production schedules, write, copyedit, and edit digital content, using project management tools such as Intervals to successfully manage all stages of a project.

• Collaborates with stakeholders to identify project scope and deliverables.

• Ensures deadlines are met and communicates with a broad range of staff to deliver content.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Journalism, English, Communications, or Digital Media Production; Master’s degree a plus

• Excellent writing, editing, and content design skills to create and publish content

• Demonstrated experience managing multiple digital projects in a production environment using numerous distribution channels such as web pages, e-newsletters, and social media

• A strong background in arts and humanities and an understanding of a cultural research environment is highly preferred

• A proven self-starter who can work independently as well as work in a highly collaborative, team environment.

• Enthusiasm for the web and its potential in a cultural research environment.

• Understanding of best practices in user-centered design and UX disciplines is highly desirable

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Writing and content design:

• Outstanding narrative writing ability, with facility for both informational and storytelling content

• Expertise in discovering story ledes in dense or specialized art history text and tailoring for platform and audience

• Proven ability to write and adapt content across a range of digital platforms from social, to eNewsletters, to web pages

• Successfully adapt branding guidelines; apply knowledge of best practices in content strategy and communications to multimedia, text, and images

• Ability to analyze campaigns and metrics feedback and translate anecdotal or qualitative data into content planning and creation

• Execute strong CTAs, headlines, and compelling ledes

• Iterate and rewrite in a fast-paced environment

Editorial:

• Proven ability to tactfully give and receive feedback

• Expert knowledge of Chicago and AP style

• Meticulous copy editing and editorial skills

• Ability to adapt existing style guidelines to text and content pieces

• Demonstrated ability to diplomatically communicate edits and rewrites with a wide range of staff

Project Management:

• Expertise in creating and managing editorial schedules

• Proven ability to multitask and meet competing and multiple deadlines.

• Ability to quickly respond and adapt to changing priorities

• Maintain editorial calendar that contains running story topics and publication schedule

• Outstanding ability to tactfully communicate deadlines, manage competing priorities, and keep projects on schedule

• Develops new skills and levels of technical agility, and learns new software to expand possibilities of media production. Keeps current with trends and innovations in the media community.

• Expert attention to detail needed to create and maintain asset libraries, folders, tags, and metadata across systems

Digital Media:

• Proficiency in media creation and production tools. Working knowledge of content management systems; Creative Suite; project management software tools such as Trello, Intervals, and AirTable.

• Skill in selecting and adapting image and video assets for various content purposes and platforms

• Ability to crop and position images with an eye for composition and detail

• Working knowledge of video editing and other tools for creatively presenting digital content is a plus