Digital Creative Coordinator

The United States Naval Academy Alumni Association and Foundation (AA&F) is seeking a fulltime Digital Creative Coordinator to join its Communications Department in Annapolis Maryland. This role supports the organizations mission by helping bring to life stories of service leadership athletics philanthropy and lifelong engagement through compelling digital and visual storytelling.

The Digital Creative Coordinator supports the production coordination and administration of digital and visual content across AA&F communications channels including web social media email video podcasts publications and media outreach. This role plays an important part in translating the organizations mission and priorities into engaging multimedia content that resonates with alumni donors volunteers and institutional stakeholders.

Working closely with Creative Digital Editorial and Media Relations colleagues the Coordinator assists with content creation asset management project coordination and creative operations. The role provides daytoday support while also offering room for professional growth as technologies platforms and storytelling approaches continue to evolve-particularly in areas such as AIenabled creative tools and emerging digital formats.

This exempt position reports to the Executive Director of Enterprise Communications and has a salary range of $49600 - $62000.

This position pays a competitive salary commensurate with experience and is also eligible for an annual performance-based bonus when applicable. You would also be eligible for a generous benefits plan which includes medical dental vision an FSA an HSA a fully-vested 403(b) retirement plan with employer matching 22 days of accrued paid time off (PTO) per fiscal year 14 paid holidays per calendar year group life insurance short-term & long-term disability identity theft protection and annual opportunities for professional development. Although not guaranteed certain additional benefits may be offered through the Naval Academy such as use of certain recreational facilities (including the Brigade Sports Complex gym marina and indoor/outdoor pools) as well as category II eligibility for employee children to apply to the Naval Academy Primary School.

This position is based in historic Annapolis at our current offices in the Fluegel Alumni Center.

ABOUT THE UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY (USNA) ALUMNI ASSOCIATION AND FOUNDATION

The United States Naval Academy Alumni Association and the United States Naval Academy Foundation are two independent not-for-profit corporations sharing a single president and CEO and operating as a fully integrated organization in support of the Naval Academy and its mission. The organizations focus and core competencies are engagement and philanthropy in pursuit of complementary and closely aligned missions.

Our Mission: We connect and support our alumni and the U.S. Naval Academy community so that the Brigade and alumni lead and serve at their full potential for the good of the nation.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Creative & Digital Content Production

• Support the creation and editing of video content including filming basic editing captioning and formatting for digital platforms.
• Assist with podcast production and management including scheduling guest coordination basic audio editing show notes metadata and publishing support.
• Provide writing and editing support for digital communications including short features web content captions scripts and internal or external messaging as needed.
• Assist with graphic design and visual production including adapting templates resizing and versioning artwork and preparing basic printready and digital assets.
• Support photography needs for events interviews and oncampus activities including photo capture basic editing selection and archiving.

Creative Operations & Project Coordination

• Coordinate logistics for photo video and audio projects including scheduling preparation equipment coordination and onsite support when required.
• Prepare image and video selects maintain production checklists and assist with quality assurance prior to publication or distribution.
• Manage tasks timelines and assignments using Smartsheet ensuring projects move efficiently from intake through delivery.
• Assist with documentation of creative workflows and contribute to continuous improvement of production processes.

Digital Asset & Content Management

Organize tag and maintain digital assets within the organizations Canto digital asset management system ensuring accuracy accessibility and longterm usability.

Support file management version control metadata updates and archiving across platforms.

Assist with crossteam file transfers and preparation of content for deployment across channels.

CrossTeam Collaboration & Media Support

• Act as a collaborative liaison between Creative Digital Communications Editorial and Media Relations teams to ensure brand consistency and message alignment.
• Attend project and campaign meetings contributing a creative and executionfocused perspective.
• Provide media relations support as needed including identifying visual assets pulling background materials and supporting communications response efforts under direction.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelors degree required preferably in Communications Digital Media Journalism Marketing Graphic Design or a related field.
• 02 years of professional experience or relevant internship experience in communications media or creative roles.
• Working knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud tools (Photoshop InDesign Illustrator; Premiere Pro and/or audio tools a plus).
• Familiarity with or willingness to learn workflow and assetmanagement platforms such as Smartsheet Canto Canva or similar tools.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail with the ability to manage multiple tasks in a deadlinedriven environment.
• Demonstrated interest in multimedia storytelling digital communications and visual content creation.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across teams.
• Intellectual curiosity enthusiasm integrity and a commitment to professional growth and continuous learning.
• Willingness to perform other duties as assigned in support of Communications Department priorities.

GROWTH & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

This role is intentionally designed with flexibility and growth in mind. As the Digital Creative Coordinator develops skills and experience-and as creative technologies and platforms continue to advance-there will be opportunities to assume greater responsibility and contribute to shaping the future of visual and digital communications at the Alumni Association & Foundation. Potential areas of growth include advanced video production podcast leadership campaign execution and AIassisted content development.

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The USNA Alumni Association and Foundation is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Veterans encouraged to apply

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