Equal Opportunity and Nondiscrimination Statement                                    

In addition to its commitment to a harassment-free educational and working environment, the College is an equal employment opportunity employer. The College is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunities for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable state and federal laws on the matter. The College does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including gender, pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition or medical leave, marital status, sexual orientation, or any other category protected by law. The College also prohibits the harassment of any employee on any of these bases.

Location:

Claremont, CA

Job Posting Title:

Editorial Content Producer

Job Details and Requirement:

BASIC FUNCTION:

The Editorial Content Producer executes editorial and marketing strategies, primarily across the College’s website and social media platforms. This position develops compelling, nimble, and relevant content, increasing the College’s digital engagement, audience reach, and brand awareness to effectively tell our story, promote our initiatives, and grow community involvement.

The Editorial Content Producer plays a key growth role in College-wide communications by creating, collecting, and disseminating content across multiple digital and social channels for varied audiences. A passion for capturing the intellectual vitality of a small liberal arts college—including faculty and student life, College culture, and personal and academic growth in a residential setting—through a modern communications lens is essential. The successful candidate will be highly detail and deadline-oriented, with a track record of project versatility, independent judgment and collaboration, creativity and innovation, and a knack for compelling short-form, highly visual storytelling in multiple digital spaces.

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Reporting to the Executive Director of Strategic Communications and Marketing for Advancement, Admissions, and the President’s Office, the Editorial Content Producer works both independently and collaboratively to perform the following essential duties and responsibilities:

Content Development

• Create unique and visually-appealing content for increased digital impact and reach. This includes work with web and social media storytelling through videos, photos, digital reels, Instagram stories, short-form written Q&As and summaries, and other creative projects in the digital space.
• Plan, produce, and disseminate content by attending noteworthy College events, engaging with various aspects of a residential campus (student life, Admission, classroom and research work, the CMC Athenaeum speaker series), and working directly with identified subjects of interest to the Office of Strategic Communications and Marketing (SCM) for interviews and profiles.
• Work closely and collaboratively with the SCM editorial and marketing teams, as well as other content creators across the CMC campus.
• Collaborate with SCM’s social media editorial lead on calendar planning and content implementation across various channels, deadlines, and coordinated College efforts.
• Work closely with College programs and departments to proactively plan, share, and develop content and campaigns; develop and maintain strong intra-campus relationships.
• Edit and proofread content for accuracy and clarity.
• Attend editorial meetings and assist with additional production tasks as assigned.

Channel Integration

• Contribute to the College’s primary social media channels, including Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, and YouTube, by developing, curating, and executing engaging digital content to grow our audience, increase engagement, and drive our messages to target audiences.
• Merge skills and passion for visual storytelling to create engagement and consistency, build community, and advance the College’s presence across digital channels.
• Serve as an additional resource to monitor social media channels for appropriate, professional content and provide feedback and advice to channel managers; help review posts for acceptable discourse and escalate concerning content or comments for review.
• Understand and stay on top of growing social media trends, best practices, and key engagement opportunities, particularly with younger, college-age audiences. Maintain a keen eye for industry trends and emerging platforms.
• Identify and cultivate relationships with key community members and influencers to foster loyalty, advocacy, and integration.

Regular attendance is considered an essential job function; the inability to meet attendance requirements may preclude the employee from retaining employment. 

The successful candidate will also be able to perform the following essential functions:

• Take and follow directions.
• Meet deadlines and editorial standards.
• Balance multiple tasks and priorities.
• Work cooperatively with others.
• Display a positive attitude.
• Receive and respond appropriately to constructive criticism.
• Willingness to learn and listen.
• Perform other essential duties and tasks specific to the position.

QUALIFICATION STANDARDS & SKILLS:

EDUCATION: Bachelor’s degree in communications, marketing, or other related field, or any combination of education and experience that provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities is required.

EXPERIENCE: Two or more years’ experience in digital content creation or editorial support. Familiarity with higher education is preferred.

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, and ABILITIES: Individual must possess knowledge, skills, and ability to be able to successfully perform the essential functions of the position, or be able to explain or demonstrate how the essential functions will be performed, with or without reasonable accommodation, using some other combination of knowledge skills and abilities.

• Deploy professional skills in digital settings to best promote the College’s strategic interests.
• Must be able to understand and effectively communicate the culture, mission, and history of the College’s liberal arts environment.
• Demonstrate effective, accurate, and clear communication with excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal skills.
• Must have writing experience.
• Must have experience producing content for social media.
• Must have familiarity with CRM and email platforms, content management systems, analytics tools, social media management tools, and basic HTML/CSS.
• Must have basic graphic design and multimedia productions skills using software such as Photoshop, Illustrator, Canva, or similar systems.
• Strong aptitude for or proficiency with photography and short form video.
• Must understand the importance of merging meaningful images with words.
• Must follow all written and verbal instructions, asking questions as needed for clarification of projects/tasks/duties/assignments.
• Operate computers proficiently with basic Microsoft Office software (such as Word, Excel, Outlook) and associated professional software. Use assigned technology/devices/equipment to achieve annual goals and maintain confidentiality.
• Handle all activities and highly confidential information with patience, discretion, good judgment, courtesy, and tact while working with people from a wide variety of backgrounds.
• Prioritize and perform multiple projects/tasks, meet deadlines/timelines, respond to others in a timely manner, and work both independently and as a collaborative member of the College with a high standard of integrity and ethics, in support of the College’s strategic vision and the division’s/department’s annual goals.
• Use exceptional organizational and time management skills to effectively complete work with accuracy and a keen attention to detail in fast paced environment.

OTHER:

REQUIRED HOURS: The regular hours for this full-time position are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. Holiday, weekend and evening work hours may be required. Regular hours may vary due to needs of the College.

CLASSIFICATION AND STATUS: This is a regular, full-time, 12-month, exempt, benefits-eligible position.

Supervisor – AB1825: No

Mandatory Reporter – CA Penal Code: No

Responsible Employee – Title IX: Yes

Campus Security Authority – The Clery Act: Yes

IPEDS Category Job Code: 21-0000/23-0000/27-0000 - Community, Social Service, Legal, Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: Light (up to 20 lbs.)      

SALARY RANGE: The anticipated salary range is $70,304 - $71,000 per year. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Claremont McKenna College offers employee benefits that include health, dental, and vision plans; flexible spending accounts; health savings accounts; paid vacation, sick, and holiday time; retirement benefits; basic and voluntary life insurance; dependent tuition remission; ride-share incentives; and more.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY: None

REPORTS TO: This position reports to the Executive Director of Strategic Communications and Marketing for Advancement, Admissions, and the President’s Office

GROOMING AND APPEARANCE: Employees are expected to wear attire that is appropriate to the office or department in which they work.

BACKGROUND CHECK: The successful candidate will be required to undergo a full consumer background check. Employment is contingent on the satisfactory results of the aforementioned, in addition to compliance with the requirements cited in this job description.

ADA/OSHA: This job description defines the essential or fundamental job duties of this position. It is assumed that employees hired for this position can perform the essential functions of this job without imposing risk of substantial harm to the health or safety of themselves or others. It may also include marginal functions, generally defined within Title 1 of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Reasonable accommodations will be provided for qualified applicants with disabilities who self-disclose.

DISCLAIMER: This job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this position. Duties and responsibilities can change and develop over time; accordingly the College reviews job descriptions on a periodic basis and may make changes of business necessity.

AT-WILL EMPLOYMENT: Employment with the College is “at-will” meaning that the terms of employment may be changed with or without notice, with or without cause, including, but not limited to termination, demotion, promotion, transfer, compensation, benefits, duties, and location of work. There is no agreement express or implied between the College and you for continuing or long-term employment. While the College has every hope that employment relationships will be mutually beneficial and rewarding, employees and the College retain the right to terminate the employment relationship at will, at any time, with or without cause. The President is the only person who can modify or alter the at-will employment relationship.

Claremont McKenna College hires and promotes individuals on the basis of their qualifications, consistent with applicable state and federal laws, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, breastfeeding or related medical condition, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, marital status, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic characteristic or information, military and veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by state or federal law.  Inquiries may be directed to the Director for Human Resources, 528 N. Mills Avenue, Claremont, California 91711-4015, (909) 621-8490.  All applicants must complete and submit an online application to be considered for an open position.

Employment is contingent upon new employee providing documents verifying U.S. citizenship or, for aliens, documents verifying legal permission to work in the United States, applicant's acceptability for positions requiring use of a college vehicle is contingent upon a driving record acceptable to the College's automobile liability insurance. Promotion from within is encouraged whenever qualified employees of Claremont McKenna College are available. Interested employees of the College are urged to contact the Office of Human Resources if qualified for any open position. Please do not contact departments directly.

Disability Accommodations                                                                                    

In compliance with applicable laws ensuring equal opportunities to qualified individuals with a disability, CMC will make reasonable accommodations for the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified individual (applicant or employee) with a disability if the disability affects the performance of essential job functions, unless the accommodation results in an undue hardship for the College. Employment decisions are based on the merit and not an individual’s disability.               

An applicant or employee who requires an accommodation should contact the immediate supervisor and the Human Resources Office. If multiple accommodations are identified that do not pose an undue hardship for the College, the selection of an accommodation will be at CMC’s discretion. To request disability accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process, please contact Human Resources at (909) 621-8490 or [email protected] for assistance.