Digital Communications Specialist

Austin, TX (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableMid LevelFull time

Posted 4 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own the social content engine for a museum, shaping strategy, asset creation, and audience growth across platforms with a focus on exhibitions, programs, and memberships.

  • Social strategy ownership: plan and publish across channels, monitor engagement, and report performance.
  • Content creation: design digital assets and produce photography/video that align with branding and accessibility standards.
  • Storytelling and campaigns: develop campaigns that advance exhibitions, education, fundraising, and visitor experience.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Social Media Strategy and Management: Develop and implement social media strategies that support museum priorities, exhibitions, events, educational programs, membership initiatives, and special campaigns.
  • Social Media Strategy and Management: Create, schedule, publish, and manage content across the museum’s social media platforms.
  • Social Media Strategy and Management: Monitor audience engagement, respond to comments and messages, and foster meaningful interactions with visitors and followers.
  • Social Media Strategy and Management: Track trends and identify opportunities to grow audiences, increase engagement, and expand reach.
  • Social Media Strategy and Management: Maintain the social media content calendar in coordination with museum staff and stakeholders.
  • Social Media Strategy and Management: Analyze platform performance and prepare regular reports with insights and recommendations.
  • Digital Content Creation and Design: Create and design digital marketing assets using Canva and other design tools, including social media graphics, digital advertisements, email graphics, web content, and event promotions.
  • Digital Content Creation and Design: Develop creative content and campaigns that support exhibitions, public programs, membership initiatives, educational offerings, fundraising efforts, and institutional priorities.
  • Digital Content Creation and Design: Capture and edit photography and short-form video content featuring exhibitions, collections, visitors, staff, programs, and special events.
  • Digital Content Creation and Design: Produce engaging visual storytelling content for social media, digital advertising, websites, and email marketing.
  • Digital Content Creation and Design: Ensure consistency with museum branding standards, messaging, and accessibility best practices.
  • Digital Content Creation and Design: Maintain and organize digital media assets for future use.
  • Digital Marketing and Communications Support: Support the planning and execution of digital marketing campaigns designed to increase attendance, membership, engagement, and awareness.
  • Digital Marketing and Communications Support: Assist with website updates and digital promotions as needed.
  • Digital Marketing and Communications Support: Collaborate with museum staff to promote exhibitions, events, educational programs, memberships, fundraising initiatives, and other institutional priorities.
  • Digital Marketing and Communications Support: Identify and develop storytelling opportunities that highlight the museum’s mission, collections, educational impact, and visitor experience.
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The University of Texas at Austin

The University of Texas at Austin is one of the largest public universities in the United States. Founded in 1883, the University has grown from a single building, eight teachers, two departments and 221 students to a 350-acre main campus with 21,000 faculty and staff, 16 colleges and schools and more than 50,000 students.

Founded in 2014
Austin, Texas, USA
26K employees (1,078 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
12.9M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$987.3K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
45.4%
Direct
46.7%
Referral
6.7%
Social
0.5%
Paid
0.6%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~26.1K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
738 (3% of company)
Median Career Experience
13 years
Median Tenure
4.2 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
5

Funding

Total Funding
$189.6M
Last Raise
$3.3M
Grant, 2 years ago

Funding History

  • Jul 2024
    Grant • $3.3M
  • Jun 2023
    Grant • $18M
  • Jul 2022
    Grant • $100K

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