Digital and Social Media Marketing Manager, Undergraduate Admissions

Boston, MA (Unknown)

Salary Not AvailableMid Level3+ years exp

Posted 3 days ago

Job Summary

Owns the Admissions website strategy, content, and digital recruitment initiatives, guiding social media, performance analytics, and cross-team collaboration.

  • Leads 300+ page site and 2M annual visitors
  • Oversees content, social media, and editorial planning

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead the strategy, development, and maintenance of the Admissions website, which includes more than 300 pages and serves approximately two million visitors annually.
  • Develop compelling website content using text, graphics, photography, video, and other digital media.
  • Ensure website content is accurate, accessible, current, and consistent with other University communications.
  • Develop and implement social media strategy across Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Snapchat, X, ZeeMee, and emerging platforms.
  • Create, publish, and monitor content that supports student recruitment and enrollment goals.
  • Analyze website, email, and social media performance to guide strategy and improve engagement.
  • Identify opportunities to strengthen BU’s visibility across search engines, answer engines, and AI-powered platforms.
  • Evaluate new technologies, AI tools, vendors, and industry practices that can improve effectiveness and efficiency.
  • Collaborate with admissions and enrollment staff on digital recruitment and yield initiatives.
  • Supervise student employees who create digital and social media content for BU Admissions.

Requirements

  • A bachelor’s degree and three years of experience with social media strategy and website management is required for this position.
  • Has strong writing and communication skills.
  • Displays an understanding of strategic digital marketing, preferably in higher education.
  • Has a strong eye for captivating content and attention.
  • Experience with HRML, CSS, WordPress, and Salesforce Marketing Cloud is a plus, but the department is willing to train these skills with the right candidate.

Benefits

  • Remote work is dependent on performance and responsibility. This position is designated as remote-local. The successful candidate must reside within a 3-hour commuting distance of the University to attend occasional in-person events as required.
  • Generous benefits package including health, dental, life insurance, tuition remission, retirement plan, paid time off.
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Boston, Massachusetts, USA
16K employees (893 in marketing)

Funding

Total Funding
$21.8M
Last Raise
$5M
Grant, 2 years ago

Funding History

  • Mar 2024
    Grant • $5M
  • May 2022
    Grant • $4.4M
  • Aug 2017
    Grant • $5.4M

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
4.1M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$3M
Traffic Source Mix
Search
49.7%
Direct
43.8%
Referral
5.2%
Social
0.7%
Paid
0.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~16K

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