Digital Content and Communities Assistant

Wayne State University is searching for an experienced Digital Content and Communities Assistant at its Detroit campus location.

Wayne State is a premier public urban research university located in the heart of Detroit Michigan where students from all backgrounds are offered a rich high-quality education. Our deep-rooted commitment to excellence collaboration integrity diversity and inclusion creates exceptional educational opportunities which prepare students for success in a global society.

POSITION PURPOSE

Assistwith the development of WDETs digital content and communications toreach and build relationships with new audiences. Implement strategies to growWDETs online communities and engage members in a way that cultivates loyalty user creativity and viral energy.

ESSENTIALJOB FUNCTIONS

• Assist with the creation and incorporation of daily content into the WDET website.
• Collaborate with a network of staff journalists; cultivate relationships with a network of diverse contributors and source out of housematerial for incorporation into daily content streams.
• Assist in quality assurance of all digital content.
• Develop brand defining communications across multiple social media social networking and UGC outlets with niche web communities and blog.
• Engage and grow a wide diverse community of listener advocates and foster WDETs ability to learn and adaptthrough perpetual audience and community engagement.
• Serve in a liaison and resource capacity and remain current with industry developments and trends. Assistin the gathering and preparation of data and audience analysis.
• Perform related duties as assigned.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS

Coordinate activities to provide content and increase participation in WDETs digital channels. Assist with the training andmotivation of internal and external contributors. This position reports directly to the Digital Manager.

• Graduation from an accredited college or university or equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Major coursework in mass communications broadcast journalism or related field preferred.

• Reasonable previous related job experience.
• Demonstrated experience developing digital/multimedia content through a CMS and in depth understanding of CMS software.
• Reasonable understanding of HTML and CSS.
• Proven ability to build and engage in communities through social media. Superior verbaland written communication skills and attention to detail.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills including high level understanding of digital metrics.

THIS DESCRIPTION IS INTENDEDTO INDICATE THE TYPES OF TASKS AND LEVELS OF WORK DIFFICULTY THAT WILL BEREQUIRED OF POSITIONS THAT WILL BE GIVEN THIS TITLE AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUEDAS DECLARING WHAT THE SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF ANY PARTICULARPOSITION SHALL BE. IT IS NOT INTENDEDTO LIMIT OR IN ANY WAY MODIFY THERIGHT OF ANY SUPERVISOR TO ASSIGN DIRECT AND CONTROL THE WORK OF EMPLOYEESUNDER THEIR SUPERVISION. THE USE OF APARTICULAR EXPRESSION OR ILLUSTRATION DESCRIBING DUTIES SHALL NOT BE HELD TOEXCLUDE OTHER DUTIES NOT MENTIONED THAT ARE OF A SIMILAR KIND OR LEVEL OFDIFFICULTY.

H72 - WDET

H8703 - WDET (H8703)

• Regular Employee
• Job type: Full Time
• Job category: Staff/Administrative

• Compensation type: Annual Salary
• Hourly rate:
• Salary minimum: $52812.00
• Salary hire maximum: $63377.00

Office environment

• Number of openings: 1
• Reposted position: No
• Reposted reason: None (New Requisition)
• Prior posting/requisition number:

University policy requires certain persons who are offered employment to undergo a background check including a criminal history check before starting work. If you are offered employment the university will inform you if a background check is required.

Required Experience:

Junior IC